The Games

The Games
Played by	Rick Desilets John Selig C/J Haley Nick Bebel Ian Selig Felice Haley Dustin Deren Sarah Fischer Lindsay Gibbons Geoff Hook Dave Hook chew13acca Karnium Diego de la Vega
Featuring	RetroTrigger Toriin Ashley Hoey Dave Lopez Retro Roulette Evilhipi Cdude Ape Arcade BornLosersGaming Caitlyn Bairstow Ian Hanlin GameFace Alxprit NintendoFanGirl Alex Rosenberg That Andy Guy Esaevian
Original run	July 23, 2021 – present
No. of parts	2
No. of games	31
No. of episodes	37
Episode length	1–685 minutes
Playlist	link
Total length	31:18:32

The Games is a series of LPs created by The D-Pad in 2021, inspired by the Olympics and consisting of a series of competitions between four "nations" composed of members of the channel. Each staging consists of sixteen events, each held in a different game representing a real-world Olympic sport, released over the sixteen days of the corresponding Olympics. The first iteration, The Ist Games, was released from July 23 to August 15, 2021, corresponding to the 2020 Tokyo Olympic Games. The second iteration, The IInd Games, was announced on December 25, 2021, and released from February 4 to February 21, 2022, corresponding to the 2022 Beijing Winter Olympic Games.

Stagings

#	Name	Year	Start date	End date	Eps	Length	Winning nation	Winning athlete	Link
1	The Ist Games	2021	July 23, 2021	August 15, 2021	18	22:36:40	Tierra de los Hermanos Hook	Rick Desilets	playlist
2	The IInd Games	2022	December 25, 2021	February 28, 2022	19	08:41:52	Tierra de los Hermanos Hook	Rick Desilets	playlist

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Trivia

• Unlike other LP projects on the channel, The Games does not feature live commentary from those playing, instead using third-party commentary to replicate the format of real-life sports. Most of the guest commentators are friends of the channel, some of whom had already appeared as guests or members in earlier videos. The penultimate event of The Ist Games features rotating commentary from many of the guests from prior events, while the final event features commentary from Rick himself, making it the only event to be commentated by one of the participants in The Games.