nhl 2k10
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NHL 2K10 Review: Thin-Ice Capades
9:00AM Owen Good | The National Hockey League dropped the puck on a new season Thursday night, turning sports fans’ thoughts to ice — and to hard hitting, fast-paced one-timer-from-the-slot action, qualities that 2K’s NHL title can certainly supply on a console. More »
Hands On
NHL 2K10 Preview: Zamboni Smackdown
10:40AM AJ Glasser | One of my worst nightmares—next to the one about a high school reunion—is attending a preview event where I’m the only girl and I have no idea how to play the game. More »
News
Who’s Who In The NHL 2K10 Player Ratings
12:00PM Owen Good | 2K Sports gave out its player ratings today for NHL 2K10 and, fun-with-spreadsheets style, we present you this year’s superlatives—dubious included—among the 1225 players on this year’s roster. More »
Culture
Terms That Are, And Are Not, In NHL 2K10
9:30AM Owen Good | Talking to Randy Hahn for yesterday’s column about announcing NHL 2K10, I tested how deep his vocabulary runs in the game. I threw out a dozen hockey terms – some basic, others esoteric – and asked Hahn if he’d said them. More »
Features
The Art Of Calling An Unseen Game
2:00AM Owen Good | The scene is familiar: Midway through the first period of an NHL game, and the shot knots up the score. Randy Hahn considers the action for a split-second and leans into his microphone. More »
Media
Lights Down Low For NHL 2K10
8:30AM Owen Good | Ten new screens from NHL 2K10 went out the door yesterday, spotlighting pre-game festivities at four arenas, and closeups of some league standouts whose names you’ll be hearing quite a bit. More »
Culture
Don’t Adjust Your Set For This NHL 2K10 Trailer
1:00PM Owen Good | The picture gets better, showcasing an all-star shift sewn together in a pretty tight montage of faces and places. It winds up with coverboy Alex Ovechkin, who dekes Martin Biron and shovels in the backhander like he’s pitching hay. More »
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