The Forgotten Games of the Modern Olympics
At the first modern Olympics in Athens in 1896, anyone who showed up on the day of competition would have an opportunity to compete. The classical Olympics were more than sporting events: they included poetry readings, debates, art, theatre, diplomatic meetings between sworn enemies. And Pierre de Coubertin wanted all of this in the modern Games.
This created an argument which, in some respects, carries on today: What constitutes an official Olympic Event? And that’s what we’re exploring in this first of two Olympic episodes on My Dark Path. These are the unusual, the forgotten and the absurd events run at the modern Games. Let’s see how deep we can dive – by the way, seeing how deep you could dive was one of the events…
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Forgotten Sporting events like rope climbing, tug of war, croquet, and angling
Forgotten Olympic art competitions like architecture, literature, music, painting, and sculpture
Father of the modern Olympics Pierre de Coubertin
Successful amateur Olympic competitor Spyridon Louis
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MUSIC:
Stuck in Reverse by Bryant Lowry
Brenner by Falls
Astro Vision by PALA
I Will Deliver by Strength to Last
Visions by Caleb Etheridge
Heroes by Craig Allen Fravel
Dreaiming of Unity by Cody Martin
Perfect Spades by Third Age
The PC Gamer Show — Overwatch, Steam Controller, and more
The PC Gamer Show is our weekly livestreamed podcast, airing every Tuesday at 1pm Pacific on Twitch. This is the full episode from Tuesday, October 20th, 2015.
This week's topics:
00:01:49 - What we've been playing recently.
00:14:29 - Talking about our hands-on with Overwatch.
00:34:07 - Our experience so far with Valve's Steam Controller and Steam Link.
00:55:10 - Hearthstone's Warsong Commander nerf and the delicate practice of balancing competitive games.
01:11:38 - A goodbye to our outgoing Editor-in-chief, Evan Lahti.
01:27:18 - Viewer questions from Twitch chat.
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