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Chris Sanner

Home Town: Bethany, OK
Sports: Football, Baseball, Basketball, Soccer, Wrestling
Games: The Show, NCAA Football, NHL, FIFA, NBA 2K
Teams: The Sooners, Rangers, Thunder, Chiefs
OS Username: MMChrisS
Tags: Live: MMChrisS PSN: OSChrisS
Tuesday, August 23, 2011
04:15 PM - August 23, 2011. Posted by RaychelSnr. Written by Chris Sanner


Just added a new video of gameplay footage mixed with commentary from myself. Definitely think the game is more solid fundamentally than previous years, but it definitely feels very familiar. So anyone wanting a completely new experience will be disappointed for sure.

You can also view the video on our YouTube Channel.

Game: NHL 12Reader Score: 7.5/10 - Vote Now
Platform: PS3 / Xbox 360Votes: 26 - View All
Friday, August 19, 2011
12:41 PM - August 19, 2011. Posted by RaychelSnr. Written by Chris Sanner

Yes, we know. There are a lot of bugs within NCAA Football 12 that are still waiting to be resolved.

However, as we wait for Title Update #2, there have been some great Slider Sets brought to us by OS'ers in our NCAA Football Sliders Forum. In order to make this process of finding a set as easy as possible, here's a quick and dirty list of the top picks thus far within the community.

Heisman Sliders

SECElite's 2012 Heisman Sliders

Quote:
"I understand there are already various slider sets out there. I see most of the sets tuned with default settings or slightly tweaked from default, and that is fine, but I personally do not like default Heisman. I feel like it plays more of an arcade type game play. When I play, I want to see a sloppy football game because football is a sloppy game. Football isn’t always precise and games aren’t always won by the team having the best talent on the field. Games are sometime won by pure luck or that one decision that was smarter than the one made by the guy representing the other sideline."

Matt10's Heisman Sliders

Quote:
"I'm quite content with these. Getting a huge variety of games. I've been destroyed by top teams, and also have upset with mid prestige teams. Quarterbacks are playing true to their ratings - and the stats show.

I hated to go so high in some of the values, but this year's game can't work with the super low values as I had in version 1. The CPU RB is now a threat again, and thus the CPU plays a well balanced - strategic game. "

firktaf's Heisman Sliders

Quote:
"These are the ones I'll be using from this point until the Patch comes out. Absolutely brilliant work, especially on GREATLY decreasing the bad pass rush issues."

All-American Sliders

SN's All-American Sliders

Quote:
"I am returning once again to do All American sliders for NCAA Football 12! I have been producing slider sets since NCAA 06 on PS2 then moved up to Xbox 360 once the new generation NCAA came out. Now, I've made my transition from Xbox 360 to PS3, but the concept will be the same by using my experience to seek out the best settings for All American level. Hopefully, I can come up with the best challenging slider set for All American, but realistic at the same time."

SECElite's 2012 All-American Sliders

Quote:
"First off, I just want to thank the many slider gurus who have placed their time and efforts into this game. I learn so much from all of them year in and year out. With that being said, I always like to do my own sliders. I love to lab and to see how tweaks to this and that effect the game play. As many of you know, over the past few weeks I have put many hours into testing various slider sets. "

Varsity Sliders

mkharsh33 Varsity/Slow Speed/8 Min Sliders

Quote:
"I let the cpu pick the plays for me - meaning: I use the three in the window and ONLY pick one of the three. This stops ME from picking the same plays repeatedly, but still allows me options.

Also, I use the defensive line on defense and apply the "no switch" on passes until the pass has been completed. I will deviate from this sometimes, but not much. But these are the only two base rules I personally use."

Game: NCAA Football 12Reader Score: 7/10 - Vote Now
Platform: PS3 / Xbox 360Votes: 104 - View All
Wednesday, August 17, 2011
12:48 PM - August 17, 2011. Posted by RaychelSnr. Written by Chris Sanner

Last night's show was pretty darned solid, and if you happen to be a fan of WWE video games we have A LOT of info about the upcoming WWE '12 game jam-packed in within the show from last night!

Official Show Description: Chris and Christian are back to talk Madden NFL 12, the NCAA bug saga, and so much more. We will also be joined by Scott Burress (aka ExtremeGamer) for his thoughts on WWE '12! Were going to cover a ton of topics AND take your phone calls. Thats right, look out world!


Game: WWE '12Hype Score: 8/10 - Vote Now
Platform: PS3 / Xbox 360Votes: 26 - View All
Tuesday, August 16, 2011
02:53 PM - August 16, 2011. Posted by RaychelSnr. Written by Chris Sanner


I'm checking in today with another trailer commentary, this time I'm breaking down FIFA Street. It's definitely an intriguing little title. Not sure how excited I am since I had high hopes for EA's new IPs (ahem MLB) and we've gotten Tennis and Soccer, two very non-American preferred sports thus far. But we'll take what we can get right? You can also check out the video on our YouTube channel as well.

Game: EA Sports FIFA StreetReader Score: 7/10 - Vote Now
Platform: Xbox 360 / PS3Votes: 1 - View All
10:50 AM - August 16, 2011. Posted by RaychelSnr. Written by Chris Sanner

Amid yesterday's news that gaming sales went into the toilet thanks to a weak gaming lineup mixed with depressed consumer sentiment -- we see analysts try to break it down for what all this might mean today. First up is Zacks:

Quote:
"In the present scenario, with the changing dynamics of the gaming industry, consumer spending on mobile games and social networking games are gaining tremendous popularity. We believe publishing companies having an exposure in these segments would be benefited in the long run.

To drive home the advantage of the popularity, Electronic Arts had bought PopCap Games, which is one of the largest social gaming companies with over 150 million games that are played on various platforms such as Facebook, RenRen, Google Inc.’s (GOOG - Analyst Report) Android, Apple Inc.’s (AAPL - Analyst Report) iPhone, iPad and also on the web. We believe that other publishers would follow soon.

We also believe that digitalization of the games would be a major revenue earner for the publishing companies."

For those who don't want to read the entire report (which is quite short regardless), analysts conclude that the gaming industry is weak and August should see sales fall by 30% or more as well. The industry will get a turn upwards with big box retail games hitting soon -- but the physical disk based business seems to be suffering right now. The $60 price tags and lack of quality titles definitely has worked against gaming publishers this summer.

It's definitely something we've got to keep an eye on, because the last time the gaming industry went through this type of a slump we lost several long running and quality titles. While most current titles are now on firmer footing (the weak ones were already eliminated), there are still several titles which are intended to be franchises which could be scrapped (EA Sports MMA being one notable example).

We'll be keeping an eye on this.

Monday, August 15, 2011
11:13 AM - August 15, 2011. Posted by RaychelSnr. Written by Chris Sanner

The NPD monthly report is out and it's ugly for the video game industry. Game industry sales dropped by 26% in the month, which is a huge collapse, driven mostly by hardware's inability to keep selling with consumers -- perhaps that market is close to being tapped out eh? While the report has a lot of negatives, there are some bright spots for sports gaming.

Most notable is NCAA Football 12's spot at the top:

Quote:
"NPD tips its hat to digital sales, calling their growth "remarkable" and noting growth in this area "combined with a flat to modest decline in new physical sales should result in 2011 showing growth over 2010."

Top of the chart in software sales: NCAA Football 12 (Xbox 360, PS3)."

Game: NCAA Football 12Reader Score: 7/10 - Vote Now
Platform: Xbox 360 / PS3Votes: 104 - View All
Thursday, August 11, 2011
11:13 AM - August 11, 2011. Posted by RaychelSnr. Written by Chris Sanner


Check out the Grand Slam Tennis 2 debut trailer here! The game was announced earlier on OS, you can check out this news post to get the full details on the game. You can also watch this trailer on YouTube.

Game: Grand Slam Tennis 2Reader Score: 4/10 - Vote Now
Platform: Xbox 360 / PS3Votes: 2 - View All
Wednesday, August 10, 2011
07:44 PM - August 10, 2011. Posted by RaychelSnr. Written by Chris Sanner

We spent almost the entire radio show last night talking about the Madden NFL 12 Demo and taking your calls. There were a lot of good points brought up and the discussion was solid. Catch the replay by using the player below!!




Game: Madden NFL 12Reader Score: 6.5/10 - Vote Now
Platform: PS3 / Wii / Xbox 360Votes: 44 - View All
Tuesday, August 9, 2011
06:22 PM - August 9, 2011. Posted by RaychelSnr. Written by Chris Sanner


If you haven't played the Madden NFL 12 demo (or coincidentally, want to know what I think about the demo before I get my hands on the retail version to review) -- check out our newest video. I basically talk over the gameplay and just give some real time impressions about it. You can hear more from me tonight on the OS Radio Show at 8:30 EST!!!

Game: Madden NFL 12Reader Score: 6.5/10 - Vote Now
Platform: PS3 / Wii / Xbox 360Votes: 44 - View All
12:33 PM - August 9, 2011. Posted by RaychelSnr. Written by Chris Sanner

Another big day for the OS Radio Show tonight! Chris and Christian are discussing Madden NFL 12's demo and taking calls with your impressions and concerns tonight! We will also be discussing the potential ramifications of the top leadership position at EA Sports changing from Peter Moore to Andrew Wilson. All this and much more, tune in tonight and be a part of the show!!

Listen to the Show Here

Game: Madden NFL 12Reader Score: 6.5/10 - Vote Now
Platform: PS3 / Wii / Xbox 360Votes: 44 - View All
Tuesday, August 2, 2011
02:52 PM - August 2, 2011. Posted by RaychelSnr. Written by Chris Sanner

Well, it looks like we have a firestorm of conversation today, just in time for our next edition of OS Radio! OS Executive Editor Chris Sanner (and future Madden reviewer) will talk with OS Staff Writer Christian McLeod about the new program launched by EA Sports today as well as mix in some talk about Madden, NCAA Football, and more. If you want your voice heard, be aware we will be taking your calls throughout the show -- so be sure to tune in, call in, and participate in yet another 'sure to be' banner edition of OS Radio tonight at 8:30 EST!

Listen Link (active starting this evening)

Game: Madden NFL 12Reader Score: 6.5/10 - Vote Now
Platform: PS3 / Wii / Xbox 360Votes: 44 - View All
Tuesday, July 26, 2011
12:27 PM - July 26, 2011. Posted by RaychelSnr. Written by Chris Sanner

After we've heard rumors and rumors of rumors about EA Sports contemplating a subscription cloud based service for it's games, we get a senior exec saying the same things in an interview, basically making all we've heard to be true.

Quote:
"If we look at what consumers have pushed other industries for: if we look at what consumers forced the music industry to provide, if we look at what consumers have driven as a result of television and movie subscription, if you look at us - there's absolutely a time somewhere at some point in the future where the consumers say, 'Hey, this is how we want to interact with you: we want to give you a monthly or annual subscription and we want access to everything you make,'" Wilson told us.

"They get to drive the time and place for it, and a lot of it is technology dependent, but absolutely we can see a future where that might be the way we deliver games."

What does it mean? Well as I've pointed out each week on the OS Radio Show (we even talked about this specific article on there last night), this is the likely future of gaming. It makes too much sense from a cost/development cycle perspective not to do.

For the customer, I'd expect this might be something coming in the next generation of consoles (2014-2015). Depending on how stupid console manufacturers are, we could see physical media completely go away and the cloud take over gaming by then. Of course, with SD Card Memory Prices falling so rapidly maybe it's got a future in gaming as a media? 8 GB Cards currently go for just over 10 bucks, and the actual cost of manufacturing them can't be much higher than a Blu-Ray disk these days.

The way I envision it is that each publisher would offer monthly or annual subscriptions to games. Basically you'd pay $60 for access to a game for a year -- and then I can see a publisher basically bringing in annual packages for their entire lineup at a cost savings. So it'd be $40/month for every EA Sports Title through the whole year.

This could indicate that you could see development cycles which are never finished per-se, as games are continually updated and added to throughout the year. Regardless, it's an interesting conversation which is all heresay up until the point the future of gaming is revealed in the new Sony and Microsoft offerings, likely next June (or the one after that) at E3.

Monday, July 25, 2011

The Operation Sports Radio show goes live tonight at 8:30 PM EST!!! Chris Sanner and Christian McLeod will be discussing all of the latest developments with NCAA Football 12, what the bugs mean, and more! We'll also discuss the online communities feature in Madden and we will have Ryno from Tradition Sports on to talk about what they have planned for this season!

Be sure to tune in at the link below tonight at 8:30 EST!!!

Listen to the OS Radio Show

Game: NCAA Football 12Reader Score: 7/10 - Vote Now
Platform: Xbox 360 / PS3Votes: 104 - View All
Wednesday, July 20, 2011
06:19 PM - July 20, 2011. Posted by RaychelSnr. Written by Chris Sanner


If you like Hip-Hop be sure to give this a watch and let Star Mike know what you think by commenting on his video (or this post). He's young, fresh, and his song's pretty darned good. What say you 2K? Are you going to give a kid a chance at his dream? Here's to hoping!

Game: NBA 2K12Reader Score: 8/10 - Vote Now
Platform: Xbox 360 / PS3 / PCVotes: 102 - View All
12:07 AM - July 20, 2011. Posted by RaychelSnr. Written by Chris Sanner
Want to listen to last night's Radio show? Here's how, first you can simply use the embedded YouTube player below. Alternatively, you can hit up this link to listen to the show on BlogTalkRadio. And lastly, you can find the show on [iTunes.


Game: NCAA Football 12Reader Score: 7/10 - Vote Now
Platform: PS3 / Xbox 360Votes: 104 - View All