See that guy up there at right? That’s “Bogeyman”, my DC Universe Online homage to the Hobgoblin as created by Roger Stern and John Romita, Sr back in 1983. I’m damn proud of him, but I can’t tell if his colours match, or can even be called “orange” and “blue”.
News and notes from around the world of sports video gaming: • Golf is probably the one thing people wouldn’t look silly playing when they play Kinect. Well, EA Sports will fix that, bringing back Shaq Fu (no, really) in this humorous YouTube promotion for Tiger Woods PGA Tour 13 featuring Woods and Shaquille O’Neal.
Former Baylor quarterback Robert Griffin III will star on the cover of NCAA Football 13, publisher EA Sports said today. The Heisman Trophy winner and projected #2 NFL draft pick will join one of eight other athletes on the game’s box art.
The Gaming Tailgate, which last year chipped in to help NCAA Football 12 coordinate its end zone artillery, has noticed that this month seven Heisman Trophy winners have all been mentioned on Twitter in connection with NCAA Football 13. Most of the mentions come from Sandy Sandoval, EA Sports’ top man for athlete relations.
Four months ago, EA Sports opened up applications for a four-month fellowship meant to invite former college athletes into video game design careers. Today, the label awarded its first two, to graduates who played football at Colorado State University and the Massachusetts Institute of Technology.
A walk-on running back; a dad who couldn’t tell his kids what he did; a fat kid who started going to the gym and never stopped. A guy who came to know his sport’s greatest venue in ways some champions never will. The top man at sports video gaming’s dominant publisher, and a college student who considers himself a “virtual athlete,” watching every out from his wheelchair.
