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Thursday, June 1, 2017
08:12 PM - June 1, 2017. Posted by RaychelSnr. Written by Elliott Jenkins
Change is good. The growth of sports gaming over the last 20 years has been astronomical, and recent AAA releases remind us what a treasure it is to be alive. However, there are a number of features that were present throughout the 1990s and early 2000s that today’s titles are missing. I have compiled five of the most glaring absences from recent sports releases.
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Thursday, May 11, 2017
01:30 PM - May 11, 2017. Posted by Steve_OS. Written by Elliott Jenkins
So far this season he Diamond Dynasty Community Market has been very up and down. Diverse Missions and a seemingly constant influx of new player cards have kept the market hyperactive right when it begins to stabilize. That being said, prices are not as volatile as previous weeks (beyond Breakout players being on the rise due to particular missions tied to them), but there are extreme bargains to uncover if the market is played just right.
Read More - MLB The Show 17: Updates on Diamond Dynasty - (Written by: Elliott Jenkins)
Thursday, April 27, 2017
02:54 PM - April 27, 2017. Posted by RaychelSnr. Written by Elliott Jenkins
Regardless of pre-order rewards, Stub totals, or returning player bonuses, the best place for overwhelmed newcomers to start is the Chris Archer Rookie Program. Play Vs. CPU games will boost Stubs, acquire stats for other challenges, and chip away at the Chris Archer missions. For example, acquiring Tropicana Field is easy, grabbing a Tampa Bay Rays hexagon in Conquest is (in theory) easy. That being said, after watching the Tampa Bay Rays territory get consumed by the Atlanta Braves and Miami Marlins in my first attempts to complete this hexagon mission, I started Conquest anew and bolted straight for Tampa Bay. I was actually able to acquire the territory (via sim no less) in only two Conquest games, which was a significantly easier departure from previous attempts.
Read More - MLB The Show 17 Diamond Dynasty: Market Evolving Despite Instability
Thursday, March 16, 2017
05:44 PM - March 16, 2017. Posted by Steve_OS. Written by Elliott Jenkins
With MLB The Show 17 under two weeks away, this week’s Throwback Thursday appropriately focuses on one of the inspirations for Retro Mode, Major League Baseball Featuring Ken Griffey Jr.
Before we begin, there is an important distinction that must be made. To avoid confusion, this Throwback Thursday covers the 1998 release on Nintendo 64 titled Major League Baseball Featuring Ken Griffey Jr. It is not to be confused with the other Nintendo 64 release Ken Griffey Jr.’s Slugfest nor the similarly-titled (and previously covered) Ken Griffey Jr. Presents Major League Baseball for the Super Nintendo.
Read More - Throwback Thursday: Major League Baseball Featuring Ken Griffey Jr. (Written by: Elliott Jenkins)
Thursday, March 2, 2017
11:22 AM - March 2, 2017. Posted by RaychelSnr. Written by Elliott Jenkins
As it stands right now, MLB The Show 17 looks like it could be something special. For those who have not caught up with the streams (check them out) that have been condensed and archived, here are a host of improvements big and small that could actually make MLB The Show 17 stand out.
Read More - MLB The Show 17 Is Looking Good
06:29 PM - February 2, 2017. Posted by RaychelSnr. Written by Elliott Jenkins
In honor of the New England Patriots and Atlanta Falcons clashing on the real-life gridiron, this week's Throwback Thursday showcases one of the most under-appreciated football games of all-time.
Read More - Throwback Thursday: NFL Street
Tuesday, January 31, 2017
05:03 PM - January 31, 2017. Posted by RaychelSnr. Written by Elliott Jenkins
As a lifelong Houston sports fan, franchise modes have been my bread and butter. Conjectures and what-could-have-beens can finally be realized in a digital testing environment. My beloved Texans can play the 2017 season again as if we had never signed Brock Osweiler. My beloved Astros can play the next 15 seasons with Kris Bryant drafted instead of Mark Appel. What if I was to separate players based on their home state, city, or country, and battled it out that way? Franchise modes are a uniquely bizarre sandbox where teams can correct mistakes, rewrite history and even time travel.
The thrills of taking a bottom-dwelling franchise and slowly but surely rebuilding it your way is an experience that only video games can provide. Elevating your favorite team to a perennial powerhouse through shrewd trades, signings and immersive clutch performance is unlike any other experience in gaming. Sports games yield the only universes wherein you, the fan, can implement your ideas and explore for seasons on end. It is one of the reasons that, year in and year out, MLB The Show takes up far more of my time than it should.
Read More - Why We Need Stronger Franchise Modes
Friday, December 16, 2016
10:17 AM - December 16, 2016. Posted by RaychelSnr. Written by Elliott Jenkins
For those unfamiliar with it, Diamond Dynasty is MLB The Show 16's card-collecting mode and is inherently worth a try. The beauty of Diamond Dynasty is that cards are collected no matter what mode you play in. So, if you’ve played every last game of the last three seasons in franchise mode or exclusively play in Road to the Show, you still have a treasure trove of cards to utilize. Diamond Dynasty has significantly diversified available in-game missions and, as a result, has immensely prolonged MLB The Show 16's shelf life.
Read More - How Themed Missions Breathe Life Into MLB The Show's Diamond Dynasty
Monday, November 21, 2016
04:12 PM - November 21, 2016. Posted by RaychelSnr. Written by Elliott Jenkins
One of the greatest joys in sports video gaming is reinvigorating a beleaguered franchise and turning it into a digital powerhouse. Despite zero on-field action, the offseason is a favorite time of the year for many. The ambiguity of the future, the cause-and-effect of trades and signings, and the vague hope that your team will make the moves that elevate them into champions -- is there anything better?While few would actually ever declare the New York Yankees as a "beleaguered" franchise, 2016 was a form of the New York Yankees that has been decidedly absent for a long time: losers and sellers. Driven by a front office fans that demand immediate results, the Yankees found themselves in unfamiliar territory in 2016. Gratuitous spending, selling high on displaced veterans and promoting red-hot prospects ended a championship drought in Chicago. Let’s take a similar approach to the Yankees’ 2016-2017 offseason in MLB 16: The Show.
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Thursday, November 17, 2016
01:59 PM - November 17, 2016. Posted by RaychelSnr. Written by Elliott Jenkins
This week’s Throwback Thursday is heating up… MONSTER JAM! HE’S ON FIRE!
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Thursday, October 27, 2016
03:03 PM - October 27, 2016. Posted by RaychelSnr. Written by Elliott Jenkins
Read More - Throwback Thursday: NHL 94
Thursday, October 20, 2016
02:29 PM - October 20, 2016. Posted by RaychelSnr. Written by Elliott Jenkins
Chances are, if you frequent Operation Sports, this week's Throwback Thursday needs no introduction whatsoever. For those who did not grow up with this violent magnum opus, Midway, the creators of many of the greatest arcade games ever, sought to carry the immense success of NBA Jam to other sports. And boy, did it ever.
Read More - Throwback Thursday: NFL Blitz 2000
Thursday, October 13, 2016
02:33 PM - October 13, 2016. Posted by RaychelSnr. Written by Elliott Jenkins
In celebration of the captivating MLB postseason, this week’s Throwback Thursday focuses on a particular baseball game many consider not only as the best baseball game of all-time, but one of the greatest games ever made.
Read More - Throwback Thursday: MVP 2005
Thursday, October 6, 2016
11:00 AM - October 6, 2016. Posted by RaychelSnr. Written by Elliott Jenkins
In celebration of the upcoming release of WWE 2K17, this week’s Throwback Thursday highlights a game many consider to be the greatest wrestling video game ever made.
Read More - Throwback Thursday: WWF No Mercy
Thursday, September 29, 2016
12:04 PM - September 29, 2016. Posted by RaychelSnr. Written by Elliott Jenkins
This week's Throwback Thursday highlights a pioneer that set the tone of sports gaming for a number of years. While only released on PlayStation 2 and GameCube in 2001, NBA Street picked up where NBA Jam left off in 1994.
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