This game would frustrate the crap out of me
After logging many frustrating hours in Top Spin 2 with a moderate level of enjoyment, it only took a few minutes of the Xbox Live demo to tell the sequel Top Spin 3 is not for me.
I got frustrated just playing the tutorial. They changed the control format, and while I could see it as a new and useful addition to tennis, it felt too precise. You don’t have a lot of leeway for hitting a shot with any sort of power. While they may be going for a more “realistic” approach here, I gotta call a balk. I can play tennis. I’ve never had lessons, am far from athletic, but still relatively good. Yes, precise is better, but tennis is not rocket surgery.
Continue reading ‘First Impression: Say no to Top Spin 3′
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Approaching the mid-point of the season, only one of my fantasy teams is really playing well — first-place, thank you — so it was time to cut some dead weight and add some new blood.
Click the jump for some adventures in waiver wire hunting, and some players to look for.
Continue reading ‘Waiver wire: Be like Indiana Jones and dig’
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Bungie has a serious thing for 7/7 every year,
and all Halo fans should love them for it.
Like last year, the developer is giving away free Xbox 360 gamerpics (the above images are the ones used for explanation on www.bungie.net) and a theme to commemorate the special day. New multiplayer map Cold Storage is also releasing for free today. It really is like Christmas in July.
More about Cold Storage after the break.
Continue reading ‘How will you celebrate Bungie Day 2008?’
Tags: 360, Halo 3, Video Games
Yes, the greatest early baseball game is making it’s return some time soon to the Xbox 360′s Live Arcade.
Thanks to Achieve360points.com, one of my favorite sites, for the tip. They have the scoop on the achievements Six Degrees Games’ RBI Baseball will have. Thoughts about this game, and complete list of achievements, after the break.
Continue reading ‘RBI returns: No rumors, just facts’
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For anybody who gleefully chuckled at that, or has a serious crush on the 80s, this news is for you: Evil Avatar just announced that the theme from Top Gun is coming to Guitar Hero III as FREE downloadable content.
Yes, that means all the Mavericks, Gooses and Icemen of the world will soon be able to rock out to the “Top Gun Anthem” in their living rooms. Unfortunately, Kelly McGillis is not included.
Aviator shades optional.
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In the world of fantasy baseball, 5-by-5 leagues rule. All the magazines cater to the simple 5 offensive and 5 piching category leagues. In my work league, we use a different strategy and for baseball fans everywhere it can be a dream come true.
This exercise is not an endorsement of a perfect system or the total denouncement of the 5×5 — homers, runs, steals, RBIs, batting average and wins, Ks, ERA, saves, WHIP — just a suggestion to explore your other fantasy options.
Continue reading ‘Standard 5×5 vs. something more saucy’
Tags: fantasy baseball, Fantasy sports, Sports
