Podcast #27 - Football and video games

After two months of stoppages beyond our control - our partner Freepod having closed its doors - MO5.COM Podcasts are back with a topical issue. And even if the football is not of interest to everyone, including the gamerswe have tried to use an approach that focuses more on the choices of design classics such as Pelé's SoccerKick OffSensible SoccerNintendo World CupFootball Manager as well as the inevitable PES and FIFA. What's more, if Pierre-Alexandre Conte is a video games journalist (on Jeuxvideo.com) and football (on Hat-trick.co.uk), Étienne Périnis not particularly a football fanatic, even though he has single-handedly achieved all the goals he has set. sprites from Marcel Desailly Pro Soccer on N-Gage and designed the famous Bearded Soccer. The programme, which went into long extra time with the referee failing to refocus the debate towards the end, was recorded at the association's premises using its own equipment.

De gauche à droite : Yves Breem, Étienne Périn, Pierre-Alexandre Conte et Jean-Sébastien Brugalat

From left to right: Yves Breem, Étienne Périn, Pierre-Alexandre Conte and Jean-Sébastien Brugalat

The participants in this podcast are :

  • Pierre-Alexandre Contevideo games and football journalist
  • Étienne Péringame designer
  • Yves Breemsecretary of MO5.COM and specialist press expert
  • Guillaume Verdineditorial manager of Mag which covers the latest retrogaming
  • and Jean-Sébastien Brugalatwho has the bite of Luis Suárez

Bonus feature: the football test from Kotakuour article on Pixel Soccerthe famous blog post about a paranormal event that occurred in Super Soccerthis improbable video which sees the equally unlikely meeting of Didier Drogba and Kirbyand finally, a lengthy explanation on the history and etymology of the word ". Soccer " (spoiler It comes from the word "association"!)

This 2 hour 36 minute programme can be listened to using the player below, or downloaded from the website. here or via iTunes. Don't hesitate to leave comments or ask questions, either here or on the Facebook podcasts. We'll be answering them in future broadcasts.