LetsGoPitt's Blog - Operation Sports

Tuesday, March 31, 2009

Consoles limit what can be done well in (baseball) sports gaming

Posted on March 31, 2009 at 12:08 PM.

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If you're like me and a fan of sim-style sports gaming, you may have practically wet yourself at the news that MLB '09 the show was including all sorts of roster goodies like the 40-man roster and Rule 5 drafts that haven't seen the light of day since the days of All Star Baseball. And then you saw how these items were implemented and initially wanted to tear your hair out. The interface to manage your team is cumbersome at best, and labyrinthine at worst. But is it all the fault of the designers? ... Read More

Wednesday, March 4, 2009

Yet another MLB'09 Initial Thoughts Post...

Posted on March 4, 2009 at 08:55 AM.

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Just because there aren't enough of them yet

Because I'm impatient, I simply updated the rosters with whatever update was available yesterday evening and launched into a full-blown franchise with the lowly Pirates. I played one spring training game against the Phillies and promptly got my butt kicked. Obviously there's going to be some slider tweaking (but not as much as in the past, I think), but here are my thoughts so far (one game and playing around with the franchise options). ... Read More

Monday, February 23, 2009

Five new rules (with apologies to Bill Maher)

Posted on February 23, 2009 at 02:03 PM.

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1. Beyonce must write a song about how she's 58 and still single because she's too damn picky and full of herself. Single Ladies has to be one of the most obnoxious songs I've heard in a long time.

2. New song writers must actually write new songs, and I'm not even talking about re-makes. First it was Rihanna stealing from Soft Cell, then Sean Kingston ripping off Ben E. King, and now there's a new song (I don't know the artist) that just took the background music from Time of ... Read More

Sunday, February 22, 2009

Memo to Republicans: Your whining makes things worse

Posted on February 22, 2009 at 04:24 PM.

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Recently, in a stunning display of total partisanship, all but three Republican members of Congress voted against the Obama Administration's economic stimulus package. Whether this was a toeing the line by those members, simple obstruction, or legitimate votes against because of differences in philosophy is irrelevant. They can vote however they want to. Who am I to tell Mitch McConnell, Eric Cantor, John Boehner, or anyone else how to vote? That's not the problem. At the end of the day, democracy ... Read More