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Thursday, March 19, 2009
Echos of 2k5: What Must Tiburon Do to Slay the Beast?
Posted on March 19, 2009 at 06:45 AM.
Of any of the Operation Sports regulars, I'd wager Ian Cummings has the most empathy for Steve Young, circa September, 1994. Coming off his second straight loss to the Dallas Cowboys in the NFC Championship, Young was hearing voices in the crowd. And the voices said "Joe Montana."

The monkey on Cummings' back isn't a Hall of Fame quarterback, but 2k Sports' now legendary ESPN NFL 2k5, considered by many (most?) to be the greatest football video game of all time. Madden had had challengers ... Read More
Friday, March 13, 2009
Idle thoughts, wanders, and my own personal wish list. In generalities, of course. What I'm doing is taking Madden 09, adding what we know about Madden 10, and then decided what else I want to see to make it everything I hope Madden 10 is. It doesn't have to live up to all of this for me to buy it, but if it did, I'd hang a poster of Ian Cummings on my wall right between the Irish and American flags.

** Game Play

First and foremost is always game play. Without solid ... Read More
Wednesday, March 11, 2009
Progression: The Cart Before the Horse
Posted on March 11, 2009 at 05:37 AM.
Player progression is, without question, one of the key aspects of any franchise mode. If players improve too slowly, or not at all, you get a constantly devolving league in which the pre-existing veterans dominate even into their formative years. If players improve too quickly, being a draft guru becomes less valuable as any player taken will eventually be serviceable, even though great ratings will now be run of the mill players.

It's difficult to think of any one game that has ... Read More
Thursday, February 26, 2009
The Future of Gaming: Immersion
Posted on February 26, 2009 at 10:46 PM.
It might come as a bit of a surprise to younger gamers that immersion wasn't always a very big factor in gaming. With games like Super Mario Brothers, the Legend of Zelda, and certainly the early sports titles like Tecmo Bowl, there simply wasn't strong enough technology to really drag someone into the world.

But as we move closer and closer to photo-realistic graphics and we close in on the era of dedicated physics cards, immersion finds itself at the forefront of gaming.
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Wednesday, February 25, 2009
The overlooked aspect of customization
Posted on February 25, 2009 at 08:27 PM.
I see post after post about being able to customize ones game experience. From sliders to the ability to turn on and off the salary cap. One aspect of customization that took the hardest hit in Madden 09- Create-a-League.

Sure, Create-a-League, technically, never existed. It's always the NFL, it's always a 17 week grind before a 4 round, single elimination playoff, but it's amazing how a league entirely of ones own making can completely renew the experience.

I went ... Read More

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