Videogame baseball doesn’t get much better than Super Mega Baseball. The first game proved that comical presentation can coexist perfectly with an deep, authentic simulation of the sport; the second game built on that with new online modes, greater team customisation, and plenty of fine-tuning to the core game. Now …
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Over the past decade, Mario and Sonic have become synonymous with the Olympic Games, at least where videogames are concerned. With the exception of the PyeongChang 2018 winter games (due to licensing reasons), every Olympics since 2008 has seen a Mario & Sonic tie in, each one delivering a collection …
MLB The Show consistently delivers one of the best baseball experiences you’ll find in a videogame. MLB The Show 19 is no exception: the depth and attention to detail in its simulation of the sport is second to none, with an array of game modes from an arcade-style retro mode …
Cricket games are few and far between, and they’re almost always aimed at the hardcore fans with the most lifelike simulations of the sport possible. Big Bash Boom looks set to change that, taking a comical, arcade-style approach to cricket that calls to mind NBA 2K Playgrounds and Super Mega Baseball. A new gameplay trailer …
Review by Brad Long NHL is a sport that is not very well known to the vast majority of people in my native Australia. Most fans that I have spoken to were attracted to the hard-hitting sport due the fast-paced arcade games of the ’90s such as the Wayne Gretzky’s …
By Naly_D Over the past week, I’ve been reviewing Madden 19. On Sunday night I summed up my final thoughts, and got ready to submit it. On Monday morning I woke up to horrific news—a shooting at a Madden tournament in the United States. The review will be delayed out …
Even if you don’t enjoy sports, it’s easy to love sports manga. Though they vary as wildly in tone as they do in the sports they cover—and just about every sport imaginable has been adapted into a manga series—but you can always count on the universal thread of a coming-of-age …
When it first came out in 2014, Super Mega Baseball was one of the best baseball games in a long time. It took all the complexities off baseball and distilled them down to their essence, concocting a deep but surprisingly approachable baseball simulation. Hell, it’s the game that taught me …
By Naly_D When I reviewed the last Casey Powell Lacrosse game, I spoke on the difficulty the game faced in that it had obviously catered to hardcore fans, but was going to struggle to attract new gamers. This remains true in the 2018 version. A large part of this is …
“Baseball is like church. Many attend, few understand.” – Leo “the lip” Durocher I used to lump baseball in with cricket as a slow, ponderous game that took too long and was boring to watch. I was a fool. Every at-bat is filled with tension. Every inning could be a …