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Friday, March 1, 2024

Creating the path towards a College Basketball Video Game

Posted on March 1, 2024 at 09:11 PM.

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Enjoy and I look forward to hearing feedback!

Tuesday, January 24, 2023

Does competition breed innovation? We�re about to find out

Posted on January 24, 2023 at 11:53 PM.

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The year was 2004. Video games were starting to make their presence felt across almost everyone�s home around the world as both the PlayStation 2 and Xbox entered their 4th and 3rd year respectively. Specifically in the sports video game market we saw NBA, College Hoops, NFL and other sports games with multiple options. Sadly as the years progressed, competition within the space was exiled via exclusive licensing which began with the NFL right after the conclusion of the 2004-05 NFL Season. This ... Read More

Friday, February 3, 2017

Why 2K Sports needs College Hoops back

Posted on February 3, 2017 at 04:40 PM.

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It has been nearly ten years since College Hoops 2k8 was released for Xbox 360 and PS3. The landscape of video games and licensing has changed, but the thirst for a college basketball video game has only risen. Some would argue a college basketball game appeals to a niche audience, but I am about to prove that to be false.

A Sales Pitch?
At the end of the PS2/Xbox era ESPN College Hoops 2k5 sold 700K North American units while NCAA March Madness 2005 sold 650K. That is a total ... Read More

Wednesday, December 11, 2013

College Hoops 2k8...best ever?

Posted on December 11, 2013 at 10:19 PM.

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The Dunkin Donuts Center in Providence, RI is 12,500 strong all standing on their feet waiting for the ball to be passed in with ten seconds left to go in their final Big East contest of the year. The Friars are playing the undermanned Butler Bulldogs.

Bryce Cotton catches the inbound and watches the clock tick above the backboard. With four seconds he makes a quick move right and takes a step back three for the win....and its good. The crowd lets out a loud gasp and the Friars celebrate ... Read More

Thursday, January 5, 2012

For Sports Gaming the Next Gen is the answer

Posted on January 5, 2012 at 11:12 AM.

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IGN just wrote an interesting article about what innovations are wanted for the next generation of consoles.

http://games.ign.com/articles/121/1215366p1.html

In my opinion sports games are in need of next generation graphics and not other innovations mentioned in the article. In order for sports games to make that next leap they are in need of new collision systems and realistic movements. No more skating football players and poor AI. New engines for these games are ... Read More

Wednesday, November 23, 2011

The Sad Story of Madden 12

Posted on November 23, 2011 at 09:42 PM.

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Instead of writing a blog or making comments complaining about Madden and hoping for them to fix the next years version, I am going to tell you the sad true story of how Madden made me so happy then disappointed me like child on Christmas morning with no presents.

I was playing my third game of the year in Year 3 of my franchise with the Seattle Seahawks. I was playing the San Francisco 49ers and I was on the march to score at their 11 yard line. Matt Barkley my solid 2nd year QB from ... Read More

Wednesday, January 19, 2011

EA vs. 2kSports is it really even a question?

Posted on January 19, 2011 at 02:23 AM.

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For years I have been playing sports games and for the past few I have found my self entangled in this web of trying to figure out whether or not 2k or EA were putting out their best efforts and which company actually has actually done the best job. Everyone has their opinions and this is why this website is so great because we all tell these companies how we really feel. In my opinion the argument of which of these two companies has done a more admorable job is simple just consider these thoughts. ... Read More

Wednesday, December 22, 2010

2010 Top 5 Games

Posted on December 22, 2010 at 01:22 PM.

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1. MLB 2k10 - Since I am a 360 guy I do not have the show, but unlike many I found this game really enjoyable. Of course there are a bunch of things wrong with it, but I played this game for months without getting bored. I played one game of every series for the Baltimore Orioles for three years which is a lot of games if you didn't already know. Hopefully the game will improve for next Spring.

2. NBA 2k11 - This game truly is amazing, but since I have only gotten a few weeks to play ... Read More

Friday, December 25, 2009

NCAA Basketball 10 Providence College Basketball

Posted on December 25, 2009 at 09:54 PM.

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This will show a game by game description as I play as Providence College. I have decided to pick up where the season is now and have all game results up top this point as is.