The Weird History of Sports and Games | Compilation
Sports, games, and entertainment of the masses have been part of the human experience since, well, humans existed! …showcasing physical prowess, raw talent, or even taking time of a busy schedule for a board game or two. Join us as we get into all things sports, spectating, and many other things! For example, what was the average spectator experience at the old Roman Colosseum like? How did Milton Bradley start an incredible board game empire? …and what was that whole Atari E.T. video game debacle all about? These and many more subjects in today’s compilation – let us you your favorite game or sport in the comments!
Chapters
00:00:00 – What It Was Like to Be an Ancient Olympian
00:11:38 – What Being a Spectator at the Rome Colosseum Was Like
00:22:23 – How A Baseball Player Became a World War II Assassin
00:34:02 – The Family-Friendly Milton Bradley Corporation Has A Bizarre History
00:44:14 – How the ET Video Game Ended Atari
00:54:33 – When The Olympics Became A Hostage Crisis
01:04:39 – Facts About Bobby Fischer
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@SPQR271
June 19, 2026 at 7:03 pm
Bread and circuses to keep the idiots busy and not asking questions
@TheZxtv
June 19, 2026 at 7:03 pm
BRUNSON
@commandodante13
June 19, 2026 at 7:03 pm
and i though 007 base from Dušan "Dusko" Popov, Codename:Tricycle
@badtigerpromos
June 19, 2026 at 7:03 pm
Being rich is still a good an advantage
@Dark16489
June 19, 2026 at 7:03 pm
I find the gamebooks pretty interesting. The Choose Your Own Adventure Gamebooks and Fighting Fantasy there are other types though. The books didnt play around because the choices could lead you to a good or bad outcome even the endings. Some people back in the day started with these before going into the videogames like the text based games for the Commodore64.
@SigmaJAD
June 19, 2026 at 7:03 pm
These are chronic
@joanclare9788
June 19, 2026 at 7:03 pm
Yea, men running and clothes not being invented yet kinda turns the stomach. Eghhh
@moheb.34
June 19, 2026 at 7:03 pm
Hello