As a nerd of long-standing, I’m required by contract to never admit to liking or knowing anything about sports. Fortunately my attorney, Miss Van Pelt, informs me that the contract was never notarized, allowing me to pretty much do whatever the heck I feel like, so long as I don’t curse, spit, or pull hair. That lack of rules carries over into many realms of fiction, especially the game of Quidditch, whose rules don’t particularly seem to gel into a real coherent game (but do lend themselves to some pretty spectacular CGI work, so it all balances out.) Here at Major Spoilers, though, we have real sports interests, as Rodrigo is a hardcore aficionado of Blernsball, while Stephen is the most talented amateur Calvinball player in the Midwest (27-49 year old bracket) leading us to today’s clutch-play query…
The MS-QOTD (pronounced, as always, “misquoted”) was quite a promising prospect in 43-Man Squamish in high school, but a freak accident injured my uvula and cost me a profitable career, asking: What’s your favorite fictional game or sport?
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Calvin and Hobbes: Calvinball
While I love 8-bit theaters drownball, I’m gonna have to go with Blitzball from FFX. It’s like soccer, but in a giant water sphere.
Blitzball from FFX. Jecht Shot FTW.
Also, the myth that you can’t simultaneously like sports and be nerdy is unnecessarily divisive.
Well, I wasn’t trying to be divisive, merely pointing out old stereotypes and laughing at ’em…
Ok, that’s fair. I will be honest in saying that I’m sensitive about this one. As an athlete, my teammates jeered me for reading comics and being really into gaming / programming. As a nerd, whenever I talk about my love of sports / athletics I get scoffs or sarcastic remarks from certain segments of the community. Just want all of us to get along and love the things we love without throwing hate around.
Do battle school games from Ender’s Game count? What boy doesn’t want to space laser tag in zero gravity?
Also, Calvin Ball, yes.
I’d say they count, yes. Accidentally committing genocide might be an issue, though…
Yeah, clearly the genocide would fit under fictional video game, not fictional sport.