Thumb Wars

Thumb Wars is a weekly show hosted/produced by Shaun dedicated to starting and encouraging dialogue and debate on a wide variety of topics within the video game industry. New episodes are released on Blistered Thumbs every Sunday.

Episodes

 * The Changing of MMO (August 13th, 2012)
 * Wi(i)ll U Play the Game? (September 17th, 2012)
 * Toyko Game Show 2012 (September 24th, 2012)
 * Story in Video Games (October 22nd, 2012)
 * Video Game Horror: (Un)Dead or Alive? (November 5th, 2012)
 * Star Wars, Disney & LucasArts: From Here to Where? (November 6th, 2012)
 * Character Wars (November 12th, 2012)
 * The Games of 2013 Part 1 (November 19th, 2012)
 * The Games of 2013 Part 2 (November 26th, 2012)
 * A Wii U Review WITH(out) LYRICS (December 4th, 2012)
 * The Disappointments of 2012 (December 17th, 2012)
 * The Triumphs of 2012 (December 25th, 2012)
 * New Year's Eve Special (December 31st, 2012)
 * Gamer Resolutions 2013 Edition (January 8th, 2013)
 * Sony VS The Used Video Game (January 14th, 2013)
 * Night of the Dormant Games (January 21st, 2013)
 * SOLD! The Aftermath of THQ (January 28th, 2013)
 * Solving the Puzzle: The Next Xbox/Playstation (February 4th, 2013)
 * Video Game Movies: WoW, NFS & HL/P (February 18th, 2013)
 * After the Reveal: Examining the PS4 (February 28th, 2013)
 * Making Money at What Cost? (March 4th, 2013)
 * Assassins, Pirates & Annual Sequels (March 13th, 2013)
 * EA & Life After Riccitiello (March 25th, 2013)
 * To Review the Reviewers (April 3rd, 2013)
 * LucasArts, Laura Croft & Layoffs (April 12th, 2013)
 * Graphic Language: Crytek, Next Gen & Microsoft (April 16th, 2013)
 * Special! - Persona 3 vs. Persona 4 (April 22nd, 2013)
 * U & Mii Make 3: Nintendo Vs E3? (April 30th, 2013)
 * Special! - Last Chance for Square Enix? (May 6th, 2013)
 * EA/Star Wars: Power of the Dark Side? (May 14th, 2013)
 * Ninten-Dont's?: LPs & Twitter (May 20th, 2013)
 * Xbox One: The Loneliest Number (May 27th, 2013)
 * Sonic - The Once & Future Hog (June 3rd, 2013)
 * Pre-3: Sony, Nintendo and Microsoft (June 9th, 2013)
 * E3 2013 Roundtable Special (June 15th, 2013)
 * Console Exclusives: The Next Generation (June 25th, 2013)
 * Persona Problems? The Future of Atlus (July 2nd, 2013)
 * Broken Rage: Kickstarter & Double Fine (July 8th, 2013)
 * All Thumbs? The State of Game Criticism (July 16th, 2013)
 * 2-For-1: Superheroes & Atlus Follow-Up (July 22nd, 2013)
 * Special! - Phil Fish and Death Threats (July 31st, 2013)
 * Special! - Tie-in-One: Sonic, Mega Man & Injustice (August 2nd, 2013)
 * Quarter Fallout: Breath of Fire, Nintendo Art, & More (August 5th, 2013)
 * Movies & Games: Zelda, Gran Turismo & the Future (August 13th, 2013)
 * 2nd Hand Accounts: Gamestop & Xenoblade (August 19th, 2013)
 * Next Stage: Xbox One vs PS4 Continues (September 2nd, 2013)
 * Go Mighty - Keiji Inafune, Kickstarter, & Japan (September 9th, 2013)
 * Keeping Scores: Of Numbers & Reviews (September 17th, 2013)
 * Sold! Atlus, SEGA & What Comes Next (September 23rd, 2013)
 * Building a Head of Steam(OS) (September 30th, 2013)
 * Delaying Tactics (October 26th, 2013)
 * Controversy: Digital Only & Microtransactions (November 5th, 2013)
 * Too Soon? The Unfinished Xbox One & PS4 (November 14th, 2013)
 * Giving Thanks: Mario/Zelda, Digital & More (December 3rd, 2013)
 * Best of 2013 (January 9th, 2014)
 * A Fond Farewell for Now (January 25th, 2014)
 * VG Films I: Warcraft (February 3rd, 2014)
 * Nintendo's Future (February 9th, 2014)
 * VG Films II: Sly & Friends (March 7th, 2014)
 * The Ghostbusters Dilemma (March 11th, 2014)
 * Amidst the Titanfall (March 28th, 2014)
 * Shaun & Johnny Rant About Windows 8 (April 12th, 2014)
 * Return of the Star Wars (May 27th, 2014)
 * Pre-3 2014 - Sony & Microsoft (June 7th, 2014)
 * Pre-3 2014 - Nintendo & 3rd Parties (June 8th, 2014)
 * E3 2014 Vlog #1 (June 10th, 2014)
 * E3 2014 Vlog #2 (June 11th, 2014)
 * E3 2014 Vlog #3 (June 12th, 2014)
 * E3 2014 Vlog #4 (June 13th, 2014)
 * Post-E3 2014 Roundtable Part 1 (June 16th, 2014)
 * Post-E3 2014 Roundtable Part 2 (June 17th, 2014)
 * UG - Sailing to Trenzalore (July 8th, 2014)
 * Forgotten Gems of Gaming (July 12th, 2014)
 * P4GA & Anachronauts (July 26th, 2014)
 * Destiny of a Beta (July 31st, 2014)
 * Remembering Robin Williams (August 20th, 2014)
 * Fall of the Tomb Raider? (August 30th, 2014)
 * UG - Who Goes There Part 1 (September 3rd, 2014)
 * PSP Retrospective (September 9th, 2014)
 * UG - Engines of War (September 13th, 2014)
 * Wii Retrospective Part 1 (September 16th, 2014)
 * Xbox 360 Retrospective (September 30th, 2014)
 * A Monstrous October 1-3 (October 4th, 2014)
 * A Monstrous October 4-6 (October 7th, 2014)
 * A Monstrous October 7-9 (October 10th, 2014)
 * A Monstrous October 10-12 (October 13th, 2014)
 * Top 10 Games for Halloween (October 15th, 2014)
 * A Monstrous October 13-15 (October 16th, 2014)
 * A Monstrous October 16-18 (October 19th, 2014)
 * A Monstrous October 19-21 (October 22nd, 2014)
 * A Monstrous October 22-24 (October 25th, 2014)
 * A Monstrous October 25-27 (October 28th, 2014)
 * A Monstrous October Conclusion (October 31st, 2014)
 * Over the Garden Wall (November 4th, 2014)
 * To Be Continued (November 25th, 2014)
 * Blizzcon 14: Warcraft (December 11th, 2014)
 * Arrow & The Flash (December 13th, 2014)
 * Top 10 Games of 2014 (December 23rd, 2014)
 * Korra Farewell (December 27th, 2014)
 * Saving Gotham? (January 13th, 2015)
 * Star vs. The Revenge of the Rouges (January 23rd, 2015)
 * UG - The FF Teaser (January 29th, 2015)
 * SOE & Sony's Future (February 5th, 2015)
 * Patreon (February 10th, 2015)
 * Top 10 Fictional Couples (February 17th, 2015)
 * Sculptor/Valor/Titans (February 28th, 2015)
 * Saving Avengers Assemble? (March 7th, 2015)
 * Nintendo Goes Mobile (March 20th, 2015)
 * UG - Jem & the Holograms #1 (April 2nd, 2015)
 * UG - Star Wars - Coming Home (April 18th, 2015)
 * UG - Star Wars - Going Rogue (April 28th, 2015)
 * UG - Arrow Season 3 (May 23rd, 2015)
 * UG - Secret Wars - May (June 6th, 2015)
 * UG - Pre-3 2015 (June 13th, 2015)
 * UG - Post-E3 2015 Recap (June 21st, 2015)
 * UG - All-New All-Different Marvel (July 1st, 2015)
 * UG - Trailer Talk SDCC '15 (July 13th, 2015)
 * UG - Secret Wars - June (July 26th, 2015)
 * Gamescom 15 (August 12th, 2015)
 * UG - D23 2015 (August 20th, 2015)
 * UG - Remembering Chrono Trigger (August 24th, 2015)
 * UG - Journey to The Force Awakens (September 12th, 2015)
 * UG - Spider-Man - Sins Past 1-3 (September 23rd, 2015)
 * UG - Spider-Man - Sins Past 4-6 (September 30th, 2015)
 * UG - TV 4-Way (November 4th, 2015)

Blistered Reviews
On January 18th, 2014, an offshoot of Thumb Wars was released called Blistered Reviews. Shaun looks at various video games and gives a review for each one.


 * Ep. #1 - Mobile/PC Roundup (January 18th, 2014)
 * Ep. #2 - Banner Saga (January 27th, 2014)
 * Ep. #3 - Broken Age (January 27th, 2014)
 * Ep. #4 - DBZ: Battle of Z (February 6th, 2014)
 * Ep. #5 - One Piece: Romance Dawn (February 11th, 2014)
 * Ep. #6 - Bravely Default (February 18th, 2014)
 * Ep. #7 - Lightning Returns (February 25th, 2014)
 * Ep. #8 - February Review Roundup (February 27th, 2014)
 * Ep. #9 - South Park: The Stick of Truth (March 4th, 2014)
 * Ep. #10 - Castlevania: Lords of Shadow 2 (March 14th, 2014)
 * Ep. #11 - Yoshi's New Island (March 18th, 2014)
 * Ep. #12 - Metal Gear Solid V: Ground Zeroes (March 22nd, 2014)
 * Ep. #13 - Infamous Second Son (March 25th, 2014)
 * Ep. #14 - Yaiba: Ninja Gaiden Z (April 3rd, 2014)
 * Ep. #15 - Disney Magical World (April 9th, 2014)
 * Ep. #16 - Conception II (April 15th, 2014)
 * Ep. #17 - Mario Golf World Tour (April 26th, 2014)
 * Ep. #18 - Kirby Triple Deluxe (April 28th, 2014)
 * Ep. #19 - The Amazing Spider-Man 2 (May 3rd, 2014)
 * Ep. #20 - Tesla Effect (May 10th, 2014)
 * Ep. #21 - Child of Light (May 17th, 2014)
 * Ep. #22 - Wolfenstein: The New Order (May 24th, 2014)
 * Ep. #23 - Watch_Dogs (June 4th, 2014)
 * Ep. #24 - Transistor/Munin (June 24th, 2014)
 * Ep. #25 - Transformers: Rise of the Dark Spark/Angry Birds Epic (June 28th, 2014)
 * Ep. #26 - The Wolf Among Us (July 17th, 2014)
 * Ep. #27 - One Piece: Unlimited World Red (July 23rd, 2014)
 * Ep. #28 - Professor Layton vs. Phoenix Wright (August 27th, 2014)
 * Ep. #29 - Destiny (September 20th, 2014)
 * Ep. #30 - Hyrule Warriors (September 24th, 2014)
 * Ep. #31 - Disney Infinity 2.0 (September 27th, 2014)
 * Ep. #32 - Super Smash Ultimax (October 8th, 2014)
 * Ep. #33 - Shantae & The Pirate's Curse (October 24th, 2014)
 * Ep. #34 - RPG Double Play (November 8th, 2014)
 * Ep. #35 - Adventure (Game) Time! (November 15th, 2014)
 * Ep. #36 - Persona Q (November 22nd, 2014)
 * Ep. #37 - Game of the Year 2014 (December 31st, 2014)
 * Ep. #38 - The Citizen Fandango (February 7th, 2015)
 * Ep. #39 - The Order: 1886 (February 21st, 2015)
 * Ep. #40 - Kirby & Harold (March 3rd, 2015)
 * Ep. #41 - Code Name: S.T.E.A.M. (March 12th, 2015)
 * Ep. #42 - Final Fantasy XV: Episode Duscae (March 28th, 2015)
 * Ep. #43 - Etrian Mystery Dungeon (April 7th, 2015)
 * Ep. #44 - Devil Survivor 2 Record Breaker (May 16th, 2015)
 * Ep. #45 - Tembo the Badass Elephant (July 21st, 2015)
 * Ep. #46 - Lost Dimension (August 1st, 2015)
 * Ep. #47 - Etrian Odyssey 2 Untold (August 5th, 2015)
 * Ep. #48 - Lara Croft Go/Until Dawn (September 1st, 2015)
 * Ep. #49 - Hatsune Miku: Project Mirai DX (September 10th, 2015)
 * Ep. #50 - Persona 4 Dancing All Night (September 26th, 2015)

Links

 * Thumb Wars on Channel Awesome