We take listener suggustions via facebook for this between Christmas and New Year's episode.

Star Wars: The Old Republic has been released so the Athletes weigh in on the early access controversy, long waits in the queue and if and how our experiences differed from the beta.

Dan and special guest host, cousin Chris say farewell to Star Wars galaxies and we have another long Skyrim discussion in this VERY long episode.

Based on Stuff from the Future's podcast episode on the future of gaming, we discuss...........the future of gaming.

With the beta fresh in our minds, and the non-disclosure agreement recently lifted, we talk about the Star Wars: The Old Republic beta.

We have Billy in studio to talk with us about The Legend of Zelda: Skyward Sword, and Will tells us about Halo Anniversary Edition and the new Assassin's Creed.....and we talk some more Skyrim.

We list and discuss our top 5 favorite foods/beverages when like to consume whilst gaming and talk about the games we're thankful for this Thanksgiving season.

We spend an entire legnthy segment on the wondrous Skyrim.

We sat down in studio with Sebastien, who filled up in on some recent PS3 releases and we also discussed his top 9 favorite games.

We focus on "just the news" in this latest episode of the Thumbstick Athletes.  Music by vice & virtue.