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Special Teams May Never Get Sufficient Attention in Madden
For as long as I've been covering sports video games the neglect of special teams in the Madden series has been readily apparent. Such a huge part of the NFL goes without much of anything being done to represent the aspect of the game properly. Tinkering with kick meters has been about the only thing that has changed over the years. So on Saturday when Kam Chancellor stunned everyone by perfectly timing and jumping over the offensive line on back-to-back field goal attempts naturally m...
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Madden NFL 15 Divisional Round Upcoming Roster Update Discussion
The Divisional round is now complete and the NFL is on to its final four with the Conference Championships on Sunday. They'll feature three QBs with rings, two with MVP awards and two that seem likely to get their own in the future, one historically great defense, and playmakers like Rob Gronkowski, Marshawn Lynch, T.Y. Hilton, and Jordy Nelson. After the performances in the Divisional games players likely to rise in the next Madden NFL 15 roster update include Russell Wilson, Tom Brady, ...
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The Line Drive for January 11
The Line Drive is a weekly collection of news, links, deal alerts, and updates that didn’t necessarily warrant their own postings. ♦Still can get votes in for the following Pastapadre Community Awards with winners announced early this coming week: Best Sports Game of 2014 - Best New or Non-Yearly Sports Game - Best Mobile Game - Best New Feature - Most Disappointing Sports Game ♦Make sure to check out the articles I wrote for Sporting News this last week. ♦A minor p...
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NBA 2K15 Week 11 Ratings Changes
Despite slowing down on the rate of roster updates featuring ratings changes NBA 2K15 has been on top of player movement (unlike the competition) often updating transactions the very next day. Yet after starting the season with ratings being changed on a near daily basis there were only five updates that contained them between mid-November and the end of the year. Since then though there have been six more updates that have adjusted ratings to better reflect current performance levels.ÂÂ...
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Three New Articles on Sporting News
I'll be contributing articles regularly going forward to Sporting News and the first three went up this week. The idea is to write there for a more general audience - many of the themes and practically all of the pertinent information having already being covered here but presented in a different manner - and tie it in more with relevancy in the sports world. One article is on Super Mega Baseball which beat the odds not just in becoming a fantastic game but in even getting off the grou...
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First Set of 2014 Community Awards Winners
After a few weeks of collecting votes – the total of which exceeded 31K – it’s time to announce the winners of the 2014 Pastapadre Community Choice Awards. In this half of the reveal the categories being examined are Best Gameplay, Best Franchise, Best Career, Best Presentation, Best Online, and Best Post-Release Support. (more…)...
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Madden NFL 15 Roster Update #18 Details
The roster update heading into the Divisional Round of the NFL Playoffs is available now on all systems for Madden NFL 15. After two weeks off - the only two over the course of whole season that didn't receive new updates - this one heavily factors in week 16 and 17 performances and also those from the Wild Card round for the eight teams that participated. Check out complete details of the latest Madden roster update in the spreadsheet here. Notables with ratings on the rise include An...
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Recapping the Pastapadre Community Awards Nominations; Winners Announced Soon
All the categories for the sixth annual Pastapadre Community Awards are now open for voting. Results will be announced on Friday or Monday. Make sure to cast your vote if you haven't already in each of the 11 categories! NBA 2K15 leads the way in number of nominations (6). It's followed by FIFA 15, Madden NFL 15, and MLB 14: The Show (4), The Golf Club and EA Sports UFC (3), and Pro Evolution Soccer 2015 and Super Mega Baseball (2). ♦Best Gameplay ♦Best Franchise Mode ...
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