In Real Life

How A Video Game Made Him Into A Major Leaguer

He’d given up six runs in three innings of work when MLB 10 The Show sent the manager out to remove him from the game. Even in a video game, the bad losses stick with you. They stick with Hans Smith a little more.


January 14, 2011
In Real Life

Air Jordan, Granite Bears, And My Favorite Gaming Moments Of 2010

As Kotaku’s chief sports writer, my most memorable gaming moments of 2010 come entirely within that genre. No spoilers here, but then, the human drama of athletic competiton follows no script.

These were just some of my favourite moments from my favourite games of 2010. We’ll have favourites from the rest of the team throughout the week.


December 18, 2010
News

It’s Never Too Early To Think About The Summer Game

Cody Ross, Jimmy Rollins and newly minted Chicago White Sox (sock?) Adam Dunn star in these screens for MLB 11 The Show. There’s a reason it’s called the Gran Turismo of baseball, and not just because both are PS3 exclusives.


September 21, 2010
News

MLB 10 The Show Tosses Up The Perfect No-Hitter

On weekends we run “Box Scores” in the US, showcasing superlative games played by readers. This game from MLB 10 The Show was CPU-simulated, but looking at that linescore, baseball fans instantly understand how far beyond the pale it is.


September 4, 2010
News

MLB’s Latest Flamethrowing Phenom Takes The Video Game Stage

Cincinnati’s Aroldis Chapman will be the second rookie to debut as the fastest thrower in all of video game baseball, when he and his 166km/h heater are uploaded to MLB 2K10 sometime later this evening.


August 24, 2010
News

Sony Considers ‘Online Pass’ For MLB The Show

Sony’s European president said the company is “broadly supportive” of measures like EA Sports’ Online Pass – which enables online features through a one-use code free in retail copies – and is considering them for titles like MLB The Show.


June 6, 2010

The Beauty Of Human Error, Committed By A Computer Umpire

It’s the bottom of the fourth and that SOB Dallas Hodges is squeezing the zone low and away, again. Strike three went by like a freight train and Hodges just stared at it like a cow. This ump’s a disgrace.


May 22, 2010
News

New Patch Fixes MLB 10 The Show’s Scoring Error

Runners no longer score on force-outs to end an inning thanks to a do-over patch Sony rolled to the PS3 earlier today for MLB 10 The Show.


May 19, 2010
News

Latest MLB 10 The Show Patch Includes Scoring Bug

Patch No. 3 for MLB 10 The Show was delivered to PS3 users earlier this morning, but unfortunately contains a rather serious error – runs crossing the plate on a third out are counted, where they shouldn’t.


May 2, 2010

With Baseball Stats, Trying To Synthesise Real, Fun

The more true-to-life the machine simulation, the more repulsive humans find it. That’s the “uncanny valley.” After hundreds of games I realise baseball on my Xbox 360 and PS3 will always battle that conundrum – and not in their visuals.