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Now Live Streaming Black Ops 2
Posted: April 10, 2013 in Gaming Blogs, News, Reading, VidsTags: 360, Black Ops, Black Ops 2, Live, Live Stream, Noob, Online, PS3, Stream
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Madden 13 – Passing Quick Tips
Posted: September 24, 2012 in Gaming Blogs, Tutorials, VidsTags: Cant Pass In Madden, Madden 13, Madden 13 Cheats, Madden 13 Passing, Madden 13 Too Hard, Passing IN Madden
Madden 13 – What Makes This Game Amazing (Part 1)
Posted: August 25, 2012 in Gaming Blogs, News, Reviews, Tutorials, VidsTags: Browns, CCM, Connected Careers, Draft Class, Inspiration, Madden, Madden 13, Madden 13 CCM, Madden 13 Draft Classes, Madden 13 Early, Madden 13 Scouting, Oklahoma State, Ravens, Ray Lewis Inspirational, Ray Lewis Video, Violations, Weeden
We have been focusing a lot of attention on some of the primary gameplay and AI interactions in Madden 13 over the last 24 hours. Now it is time for a couple quick reasons for you to look at Madden from the stand point of it simply being a great experience.
Don’t Skip The Intro Video
The first thing you usually do in a sports game is skip the introduction. Usually it is some sort of random highlight collection from the sport you are waiting to play digitally. You won’t want to skip over the one in Madden 13 when you first boot it up and maybe not ever. It is that good and with that said, here it is for your enjoyment.
Connected Careers Storylines Don’t Just Involve Current NFL Players
As I started into the regular season with my Browns Coaching Connected Career I decided right away that Brandon Weeden wouldn’t be the starter for the long term and set my sights on the #1 Prospect out of Weeden’s alma mater – Oklahoma State’s Stephen Diaz. I was excited about the prospect of going after what some were calling the next Andrew Luck, but then something happened when I advanced to Week 4. There was a headline that said “Violation Issues” and I was thinking that I had misread the headline. I hadn’t misread anything and now all of a sudden Diaz was no longer on scouting list and I was left wondering what the hell I could do to get the scouting points back that I had spent on him. 
It was a great feeling from the perspective of having a real living league… for the first time ever you will really have some stories to pay attention to in Madden and trust me, you will want to make sure you diversify your scouting points to multiple players. Just in case someone has an issue with violations.
Sim Sports Gaming Vs. Casual Sports Gaming (Remember The Titans)
Posted: August 22, 2012 in Vids, Gaming Blogs, Reading, SuggestionsTags: Madden, Operation Sports, 2K, Nazi, APF, APF 2k8, NFL 2K14, APF 2K13, Real Football, Sim Gaming, Sim Sports, Simulation, Madden 13 Patch, remember the titans, fun, Football is fun, realism, sim, OS
We have been focusing on Madden 13 and football gaming quite a bit over the last few months. One of our more recent articles was about the complete subjectivity in what makes someone a “Sim” sports gamer. After considering my own personal views and then looking at my own advise to the NTTV community (…have a good time and play the game however the hell you want to…) I was left to wonder what the other people within the sports gaming community thought about this rather trivial but somehow vital prescription for how games should play and be played.
The ultimate showdown between the Casual Sports Gamer and The ‘Sim’ Nazi… Where do you stand?
it was at that point that I came across this post on operationsports.com from community member, Big FN Deal -
“…I will suggest this again, for all the good it will likely do. We are all aware that the game is not tuned for optimal realism, it is tuned for a “fun”/realism balance. So they should release two separate optional tuner sets, one “balanced” for casual Madden play, the other for the “hardcore” tuned for optimal realism. …” (click the link for the full post)
What made my mind explode was the mention of the word ‘FUN’. In case you don’t remember what that is; it was that thing you used to do when you were younger and playing games that made you laugh and enjoy the moment because you were just having a good time. You wanted to smile your way through whatever happened and breath in that fresh air of innocence.
Then something happened… you can’t pin-point it, but chances are good that it happened when you started playing high school sports and the coaches started screaming at you and you thought every moment was live or die. You stopped wanting to have fun and just wanted raw, unadulterated, anger inducing competition. You stopped smiling. You stopped playing the game for fun. It became a chore to even go home and relax with a game of Madden football because there is NO WAY someone can rocket catch in real life!
The Definitive Movie Reference
This clip can be viewed from a two sports gamer perspectives/comparisons…
1- Casual Gamers That Play For Fun (The Players) VS. Sim Gamers That Play Strictly For Realism (Coach Boone)
or
2- Madden Fanboys (The Players) VS. 2K Fanboys (Coach Boone)
Hopefully you are laughing at this point, because you are supposed to be… if you are angry, that is okay too. Just remember to think back to when you used to have fun. Once upon a time when there was no such thing as a ‘patch’ for the 100-Yard pass in Tecmo Super Bowl.
You Can’t Teach Speed – Outsmarting Your Opponents
Posted: August 22, 2012 in Gaming Blogs, News, Reading, Strategies, Suggestions, Tutorials, VidsTags: Call of Duty, Call of Duty is Too Fast, Camper, Can't Aim In Call of Duty, COD, Cramper, EA Sports, Fast, Game Speed, Get Better, get Faster, Halo, Halo 4, Halo Leak, hybrid, Hype, Madden, Madden 13, madden achievements, Madden Online, Rush, Rusher, Shooter, Speed, Sports, Training, Winning
Whenever I talk to jaded gamers about playing games like Call of Duty, Halo or any other online shooter they usually tell me that the game is too fast. While I agree that online First Person Shooters (FPS) are rather fast paced you also shouldn’t let this stop you from playing the games you’d like to enjoy. As we get older we tend to lose a lot of our quick ‘twitch’ reflexes (especially in gaming). Look at athletes or any other person that relies on their physical abilities early in their career only to have to switch to a more cerebral approach later on.
For those of you that don’t have the ‘reaction time’ for some of your favorite games, it might be time to come to terms with the fact that you are ageing. It sounds almost comical from a gaming perspective but really there are many more tactics and strategies that can help your performance than the twitch reflexes you have lost (or never had).
Plan Your Movements
Even if you have to think about your movements in a calculated manner for each match you are probably thinking more than any of your other opponents and therefore – gaining an advantage. It isn’t that someone with fast reflexes doesn’t think but they tend to operate in a more instinctive fashion. The benefit you gain from planning out your attacks is that you actually work out multiple potential problems as you advance. A prime example of this can be found in the following clip from the movie Sherlock Holmes -
Know Your Speed and Stick To It
Nothing can screw up your gaming ability more than playing out of your element. If you have an opponent in Madden that prefers to play a no huddle offense and leave you grasping for time outs or hopeful incomplete passes you shouldn’t stoop to their level when you get the ball. Slow the game down, take your time with every snap and adjustment (we will have a full feature on how to do all these things in Madden 13 over the next week).
Always make it your mission to play ‘your’ game. It is vital for you to take every opportunity to make your opponent think and sometimes overthink everything they are doing.
When playing a game like Call of Duty there are often only two types of players in a team deathmatch setting: Campers and Rushers. Campers hate to be forced out of their favorite spots and rushers hate having to stop and slow down to kill a well placed camper. It is really the ultimate conundrum when it comes to gaming and it can provide you with the ability to create a third type of COD player… a hybrid of camper and rusher. We will call it a Cramper.
One of the videos I posted back in April shows you the best of both worlds -
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Black Ops 2 Multiplayer Trailer – Does It Impress You?
Posted: August 16, 2012 in Gaming Blogs, News, Reading, Reviews, VidsTags: Black Ops 2, Black Ops 2 Multiplayer, BLOPS2 Multiplayer, COD, COD Montage, COD Vids, Gameplay, Modern Warfare 3, Multiplayer Leak, MW3, Ray Gun, review
While it is always nice to have a change of pace from time to time, there is also something to be said for a game that withstand the test of time. Call of Duty isn’t one of those games.
Black Ops 2 looks good from the graphical perspective and will most likely ‘handle’ just like every other COD game. You can always expect tight, fast and precise gameplay from Call of Duty titles. The great part about the trailer is that it shows us exactly what we were expecting. The terrible part is… it shows us exactly what we were expecting.
The use of the ‘Guardian’ technology around the 36 second mark should make you think back to the 60 Minutes report on a ‘ray gun’ -
This is cool. No doubt about it – amazing technology is being developed by our government (and others). However, this is also one of the downfalls of Call of Duty games. They constantly push out ‘cool’ and ‘amazing’ weapons that while they might be real, tend to make the game into an annual BFG-Fest.
Between killstreaks and other numerous things that make Call of Duty the game we all love to jump on and play for hours at a time there are also some rumors out there that they are getting rid of one thing that many people have become rather annoyed with during their time with Modern Warfare 3 – Aim Assist (especially with sniper rifles). Go ahead and throw a party – you know you want to.
It is going to be a great autumn and winter for gaming and we can’t wait!
Making Madden Better – Volume 2 (Madden 13 Demo Edition)
Posted: August 15, 2012 in Gaming Blogs, News, Reviews, Suggestions, VidsTags: Infinity Engine, Infinity Engine Glitches, Madden, Madden 12, Madden 13, Madden 13 Demo, Madden Demo, Madden Rosters
Demo day was here and gone. Now it is time to help EA make Madden a little bit better.
