The Olympics, FIFA, and why we love sports: Crash Course Games #17

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Published 2016-08-05

Today, John Green is going to be your substitute teacher as we dive into the world of sports! Now “sports” is a pretty broad genre of game, we probably couldn’t even cover them in an entire series, but today we’re going to do our best to look at the origins of sports as they trace their histories back the Olympics (and even a little earlier), and look at how the rise of national pride and gaming communities has led us to the cultural behemoth of the FIFA World Cup. It’s a lot to cover, but we’re do our best to answer the big question for you non-sports-loving-gamers out there along the way: why do we love sports anyway?

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All Comments (21)

@cavalcadeofbobs3559 7 years ago

YAY! John Green! I have misssed him since world history!
@asherfitzgerald6036 7 years ago

Of course when John gets hold of an episode it becomes a history lesson :D XD Love it!
@simplyoiseau 7 years ago

"Players almost never bite eachother." John Green quoting Luis Suarez lol
@aziz716 7 years ago

9:08 "Loving Liverpool is literally bad for my health" lmao
@jonasmuller1880 7 years ago

OMG! It is so much fun to watch John Green explain aspects of society, like he did and used to on CC literature and American/World History! I would be thrilled if we see more of that kinda stuff :)
@luisguillermojg 7 years ago

I actually met Andre during Comic-Con. He's very sweet in person, and I was surprised by how tall he is.
@unknownentity4926 7 years ago

This was a nice change in pace for this series. I love John and I certainly love me some Vidya Gaems!
@Zeldaschampion 7 years ago

Since John plays so many Soccer video games, he was probably the better pick anyways.
@yochlel2642 7 years ago

8:07 Ah yes, Kickabout, the prog rock song and ending theme to Harper's Bazaar Adventure, i love that song.
@StephenStaver 7 years ago

Of course, John is the one to talk about Sports games. XD
@schmittelt 7 years ago

Is there a Crash Course: Ancient Mythology in the works? I'd love that!
@Xenophage100 7 years ago

JOHN! So glad to see you doing this video. Your Crash Course: History videos are my favorites of all the Crash Course content.
@jigglycarollo805 6 years ago

This is an important episode. Glad I finally got around to it like a year after it was uploaded.
@jaxxon2475 7 years ago

Inb4 this video gets taken down for saying the words "Olympics"
@TheCheesyNachos 7 years ago

6:42 "players almost never bite each other" Looking at you, Suarez.
@Araanor 7 years ago

I've never liked football but I still enjoy watching it with close friends from time to time. It's fun to get passionate about something together even if you don't really care who wins or loses. You feel a special connection with your friend
@gabe_klassen 7 years ago

Very excited and surprised to see John this week! Great job as always John!
@snowman01 7 years ago

serena williams won 4 premier league trophies???
@TBSkyen 7 years ago

Put John on the couch and suddenly it feels a lot like History and Literature are sneaking their way in :)
@KimShailee 7 years ago

Is youtubing a sport? I'd like it to be a sport... Why isn't it a sport?!