Ted Owen of the Global Gaming League, would like to put video games in the next Olympics. He feels that the Olympics are once again becomeing boreing and needs something new to spice it up. I don't see this happening this next Olympics, but maybe in the future.
"People aren't watching [the Olympics] as much anymore," he argued. "You need to bring younger viewers back if you want to keep making money. To do that, you need to embrace non-traditional sports. They did it with snowboarding - and look how the popularity of that has surged in the Games. Video games deserve to be seen as a non-traditional sport. ... They would bring something to the Games that [that age group] engages in and everyone understands."
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do you mean they might do a lot of Wii tournaments. Or hold like a wii-Lympics?
It would be a good idea.
do you mean they might do a lot of Wii tournaments. Or hold like a wii-Lympics?
It would be a good idea.
No, they want to use Video Games in the Official Olympics. Read the Source.
Hehehe I would love to be an Olympian and win a gold in Mario.
P.S. Speaking of winning, has anyone seen the video on gameklip of the two guys racing to see who could beat Super Mario Bros the quickest? Sick video check it out.
I already mentioned this article and then was promptly crapped on because someone else covered it a month before that.
I like video games, but Video Game Geeks do not deserve an Olympic medal.
I like video games, but Video Game Geeks do not deserve an Olympic medal.
Ya, i agree, but it would be weird to watch video games on the olympics. THAT WOULD BE SOOOOOO WEIRD.
Ya, it would be funny. Go to Bejjing to play video games on tv. WOW THAT WOULD BE AWESOME. ESPECIALLY if it was for all ages!!
