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Further Details Emerge About UFC Undisputed 3
Earlier this month, THQ revealed that their upcoming UFC game, Undisputed 3, would feature Pride Mode, allowing players to fight in authentic Pride environments with authentic Pride commentators and under the authentic Pride ruleset. We also learned that the game would feature over 150 UFC...
Will EA Sports MMA Be a Casualty of the UFC Strikeforce Buyout?
We've covered a lot of the angles of the UFC's surprise acquisition of Strikeforce, but there's a big one we have not covered. The implications on the video game business. The UFC has partnered with the smaller THQ to publish UFC Undisputed which was a huge hit in 2009. They re-upped for an...
Retro Reds: Filling the void in Reds-centric video games
Though I haven't researched this extensively, a cursory scan of Google and my brain tells me there's never been a sitting Reds player to lend his name to a video game franchise or grace the cover of the annual edition of The Show, MLB 2K-whatever or their antecedents. Ken Griffey Jr. headlined a...
BoC Gameday -- Aquatic Skirmish
San Jose Sharks (26-19-6) at Anaheim Ducks (28-20-4), 7 pmFear The Fin and Anaheim Calling -- in honor of the many groundhogs who died in service to this country. Well, the All-Star Break is over, and for Anaheim at least it starts with a good ol' BoC battle. The Sharks, of course, rallied strong...
A Friday Rant on NHL Video Games
Now you might be asking yourself what the hell video games have to do with stats analysis, but the connections are not as convoluted as you might think. NHL video games, particularly the EA versions, have had a profound effect on a generation of young hockey fans, beginning with the blockbuster...
Ducks Gameday -- Nobody made me do it.
Dallas Stars (8-6-0) at Anaheim Ducks (9-7-1), 7 pmDefending Big D and Anaheim Calling -- enhance your blogging experience! Oops -- overstepped my bounds, and the original content has been pulled. Haha, relax -- that's just a joke way of saying "I'm too lazy to write much today". In case you...
EA MMA Video Game Demo Review
I sat down and played the EA MMA demo for Xbox 360 for about an hour today. The demo comes with four playable characters - Strikeforce heavyweight champion Alistair Overeem, Bobby Lashley, Jason "Mayhem" Miller, and Jake Shields, a Fight Now mode, and an "MMA 101" tutorial. My thoughts below. The...
News and Notes 7/5
After three non-stop days of grilling, finally getting to some links from the holiday weekend and a few random ones over last week.Chevy Troutman is having a fine career in Italy and the Post-Gazette catches up with him while he's in town for the Greentree Summer League. He still may play a few...
Sixers 'NBA JAM' Rosters Released
This is a few days old but still news-worthy. Here are the Sixers official roster for the new NBA JAM coming out next month: Players: Andre Iguodala, Elton Brand and Evan Turner Legends: Julius Erving and Allen Iverson Iguodala, Turner, Erving and A.I will be great to play with, but seriously,...
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