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E3 13: Press Conferences Overload – The Cursed Checkpoint #204

06/12/2013
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by Justin Lacey in: Podcasts, The Cursed Checkpoint

After one of the most memorable E3 openers in recent memory, Justin and Josh run through all the standout games and moments of the E3 2013 press conferences, and look at how the Xbox One and PS4 stack up for launch day. The Cursed Checkpoint is a topical video game podcast focused on discussions and interviews about a single video game, genre, news headline, or industry story. Episode Background E3 2013 kicked off on Monday with its normal flood of publisher [...]

The Cursed Checkpoint #203 – Xbox One and Ghost Dogs

05/22/2013
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by Justin Lacey in: Podcasts, The Cursed Checkpoint

It is called the Xbox One and Microsoft built a giant tent to reveal the thing so the least we could do is podcast about it. Justin and Ethan react to the presentation and see how it has changed their anticipation of the next generation of gaming. The Cursed Checkpoint is a topical video game podcast focused on discussions and interviews about a single video game, genre, news headline, or industry story. Episode Background Microsoft’s Next Xbox reveal took place on [...]

Aftermath of The Horrible Show Live #403

02/18/2013
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by Horrible JDevL in: Podcasts, The Horrible Show

Justin, Josh, and Ethan talk about more bad games that they love, answer chat’s questions about digital game purchases, preview Aliens: Colonial Marines, and new dungeon crawlers. Aftermath Episodes – The mics stay on after the show ends as the conversation continues and live chat interacts with the cast. The Horrible Show – Join the editorial staff of HorribleNight.com as they discuss a variety of entertainment-focused video game topics. This show was recorded live on Twitch.tv/HorribleNight. Live podcasts are featured [...]

Making the Best of Bad Games – The Horrible Show Live #403

02/13/2013
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by Horrible JDevL in: Podcasts, The Horrible Show

We all makes mistakes, and bad video games are going to find their way into your library at some point. Justin, Josh, and Ethan discuss their poor choices of the past to see if any of their habits have changed for the better with recent purchases. The Horrible Show – Join the editorial staff of HorribleNight.com as they discuss a variety of entertainment-focused video game topics. This show was recorded live on Twitch.tv/HorribleNight. Live podcasts are featured monthly. Watch the [...]

NBA Live is Taking the Year Off for the 3rd Year in a Row

09/27/2012
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by Justin Lacey in: Headlines, News

I used to tell myself that sitting on the bench for a full basketball season wasn’t a big deal. After all, puberty was a confusing time and I knew I would come back the next season a lot taller and stronger once nature took its course. It turns out, of my second season in a row on the sidelines, I moved on to other sports interests and accepted that I was never built to play basketball. EA Sports is a [...]

You’re Gonna Get It Anyway: Madden NFL 13

Sports games and I have a rough history, and none of my relationships are more tumultuous than the one with Madden NFL Franchise. From a very young age I loved to play baseball and football video games. It was my way to be in the pros or even manage entire teams in the pros. As games progressed and became more in-depth, my knowledge of the business of sports grew. It wasn’t until I graduated college before I entered a period of [...]

Horrible Newswire: Play Nicer

Game publishers will try and bend the rules as much as they can, which is why it is so satisfying when they snap back in their face like Sony and EA this week. Our week focused on charity donations, indie Tetris movies, retro game collecting, game night announcements, and pinball, so there’s a lot of good going in the world of horrible gaming. Last Week’s Headlines Sony didn’t get Limbo because it asked for the IP Awesomenauts is coming to [...]

NFL Blitz Reflex Review: A Safety is Not a Touchdown

01/17/2012
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by Justin Lacey in: Reflex, Reviews

Hey, NFL Blitz is back! That is a factual exclamation. Licensed arcade football is something I’ve been missing since my Nintendo 64 and arcade days (PS2 and “The League” versions be damned). Needless to say I was thrilled when the rumors started churning that EA was going to push out a new NFL Blitz on XBLA and PSN. After getting NBA Jam right on round 2 of its releases, I was confident that EA would apply those lessons to Blitz. [...]

It’s No Longer in the Game

09/21/2011
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by JP LaFrance in: Editorials

Healthy competition has helped grow the game industry into what it is today. This growth spawned fantastic debates like Mario vs Sonic. Rivalries have resulted in the premature death of genres like guitar games, but there is a genre within the industry that desperately needs more competition and that is sports games. Exclusivity is king Just six short years ago you had the option to buy two NFL licensed games. The first option was of course the infamous Madden branded games while their competition was [...]

Pick the Next Cover Athlete for Madden NFL 12

03/21/2011
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by Cole Monroe in: Headlines, News

I was listening to a local sports radio station this morning when they mentioned, during an interview with Michael Vick, that there was going to be a contest to pick this year’s cover athlete for Madden NFL 12. I thought it was pretty cool idea so I did some more research into it. Apparently, EA Sports did this last year as well. They gave fans the ability to vote for one of three NFL players with Drew Brees of the [...]