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Fake Girlfriends And Heisman Glory Are Nothing New To Video Games
2As I’ve said before, whenever news happens in sports, my first thoughts turn to how I can recreate it in a video game. It was no different when, like millions, I read that Manti Te’o’s dead girlfriend, whose tragedy underlined his world-beating performances in Notre Dame’s undefeated regular season this past year, was proven to…
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Four Stories To Follow In A Pivotal New Year For Sports Video Gaming
2K Sports hasn’t said specifically when its infamous exclusive pact with Major League Baseball ends, but it’s a good bet that day comes on Tuesday, January 1, 2013. If someone picks up that licence, it’ll be the first big story of the year for sports video gaming. If no one picks up that licence, it’ll…
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A Game Every Year, But Never A Game Of The Year
The Video Game Awards celebrated 10 years of giving out hardware on Friday. Bet you didn’t know, or at least you forgot, who was the first winner of its Game of the Year award. Madden.
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The Baseball Video Gamer: A Hack Living In Mom’s Basement
When I was about 15, about the time you should begin to read serious books and challenge the accepted wisdom of your forebears, I got a copy of Total Baseball, an enormous, flaccid, yellow paperback about the size of the Manhattan phone book. I studied it at the foot of my bed next to the…