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I talk about stuff... Mostly old sports games and the issues around realism and such.

Wednesday, June 18, 2014

NFL Street/ NFL Street 2 gameplay tendencies

Posted on June 18, 2014 at 12:40 PM.

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After many hours of playing both games, I have compiled some info about both of these games. It's mostly useless info, I just thought I would put it somewhere so people can see it.

NFL Street gameplay tendencies:

1. The offense is geared towards the run all the time, passing is so difficult it's not recommended to go to.

What do I mean by this? Try running all passing plays and you will probably get a fair share of turnovers on downs and interceptions (Don't ... Read More

Category: Sports Gaming

Friday, June 6, 2014

Ugh

Posted on June 6, 2014 at 09:23 PM.

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It's been too long since I have been here... I'm going to try to post more stuff if I get the time. Things have been crazy lately!

I see why they called him Turtle Boy...

Posted on October 6, 2013 at 11:36 PM.

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Ok, have any of you seen a picture of Andrew Reynolds when he had hair? Not to be mean to any fans of his, but he looked like a dork... And a turtle. Maybe he should have shaved his head earlier?

Category: Extreme Sports

Friday, October 4, 2013

Finally!

Posted on October 4, 2013 at 02:41 PM.

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Finally! The Rock has... Oh sorry about that :P I finally finally beat Skate 2! And let me tell you... That game is not as realistic as they say! In terms of the contest and owning the spots it's basically a weirdly controlled THPS game... It's sorta underwhelming.

Category: Sports Gaming

Saturday, July 27, 2013

Why I am wary of online gaming

Posted on July 27, 2013 at 10:48 PM.

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I know a ton of people here play online, I used to but stopped... And I can actually list the reasons why.

1. I'm extremely paranoid- I always doubt people, even if they seem nice...

2. Most of the people are jerks, and the nice people are hard to find- Self explanatory really, most of the nhl 14 online be a pro players can attest to it

3. Almost all the people cheat- Cheating does make one successful, but not a great person to be around... Ask anyone who plays ... Read More

Friday, July 12, 2013

Overloaded with realism?

Posted on July 12, 2013 at 04:29 PM.

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I dunno about anyone else, but since a lot of sports games are going for a ton of realism and such I'm beginning to feel let down when anything is "not realistic enough". I can't really remember when I've just had fun with a game without caring whether a virtual goalie was programmed to play like an actual goalie, or if a virtual baseball player took strikes and balls like his real counterpart.

So... Has anyone ever felt like I am feeling? Somewhat overwhelmed with thinking every sports ... Read More

Category: Sports Gaming

Friday, May 31, 2013

Why I love Hot Shots Golf...

Posted on May 31, 2013 at 09:04 PM.

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Well this will be a list of sorts, but it's my opinion so length doesn't matter. Obviously the most sim golf game out there is the Tiger Woods series (Which could be made more sim if Elin Nordgren was chasing Tiger... Oh wait.). Anyways I have always thought of the hot shots golf series as more realistic, why? Well I will give off numbered reasons why.

1. Putting one kind of spin on the ball- Now what do I mean? In the TW games I have played, you can constantly change the spin until ... Read More

Category: Sports Gaming

Monday, May 20, 2013

My opinion on what some old games could have done to be a little bit better.

Posted on May 20, 2013 at 02:05 PM.

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First off we will look at Cool Boarders 2

Now this was a fun racing game, but that is all that it was. The tricks were hard to pull off, and you only had about three characters to play with. What they could have done to make it better was to maybe make the tricks like shaun palmer's snowboarding (Which I only played once in a demo but loved), where the flips and spins were all directionally based, ... Read More

Category: Sports Gaming

Saturday, May 18, 2013

The "realistic" extreme sports game collection (That I know of)

Posted on May 18, 2013 at 12:22 PM.

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So you wanna shred the day away on a skateboard, bmx, or something else eh? Well I have a small collection of games you might wanna try!

1. Thrasher Skate and Destroy

This game could be called the Skate before the Skate series ever started! It has somewhat aged with time, but you can still somewhat realistically shred the locales in the game (All based off real life skate spots).
2. Dave Mirra Freestyle BMX