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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 »
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So I Went To A Fight, And A Video Game Broke Out …
2:00AM Owen Good | When Oregon’s LeGarrette Blount falcon-punched Boise State’s Byron Hout to begin the college football season (and end his own career) it made me wonder: Why don’t we see that in NCAA 10? It’s in the game, right? More »
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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 »
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The People That Play One Game For 200-300 Hours A Year
5:30PM Luke Plunkett | You think playing a game for 20-40 hours represents good value? You’re playing the wrong kind of game, pal. You need to be playing sports games, where people bleed their annually-released games dry. 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 »
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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 »
Culture
A Tribute To One Of The Last Sports Game Gods
10:00AM Owen Good | As any sports gamer – or anyone who’s seen Swingers – can tell you, Jeremy Roenick in NHL ‘94 was the definition of unstoppable force. Score, win fights, deliver punishing checks, it was all automatic for Roenick. 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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NHL 2K10 Promises “Shooting Blind From Your Ass On Goal” Action
10:00AM Owen Good | Well, I’ll be interested to see how they pull this one off in NHL 2K10 – the shot mechanic, not the “warming-hands-over-red-hot-stick” quicktime event. Animation only, or new feature? You make the call. More »
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