Archive for the ‘Football’ Category
  • NBA Live 08 prerelease coverage wrap-up
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    Posted October 2nd, 2007 at 2:00 am 62 Comments »
    NBA Live 08 should be in stores today, so here is my final summary of my thoughts on the game and a recap of the prerelease coverage. At some point in the near future I'll do a posting requesting feedback on the game and suggestions for next year that I can then put together and pass along to EA. Full game videos: Rockets @ Sonics - Pistons @ Magic - Go-To Moves - USA vs Germany - Heat @ Celtics - Bulls @ Lakers - Bobcats @ Hawks - Online Kings @ Warriors Q&A Online impressions...
  • NBA Live 08 full online game: Kings @ Warriors
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    Posted October 1st, 2007 at 12:13 am 84 Comments »
    I was able to record a ranked online game against a random opponent. He had the Sacramento Kings against my Golden State Warriors. Once again the experience had absolutely no lag or frame rate issues. Gameplay wise you'll see it is a little more open going up against another user. He ended up getting hot from the outside in the 2nd half and I didn't do much to adjust to it. However I came at him with the Warriors up-tempo style throughout. Who ended up with the victory? Continue on to...
  • Madden 08 roster update coming this week
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    Posted September 30th, 2007 at 5:47 pm 23 Comments »
    A new roster update for Madden 08 is expected this week. It appears that EA is meeting their goal of releasing them more frequently this year. They had hoped to have updates out on a bi-weekly basis. As with the previous roster updates, once it is out I should have the full list of changes to post up....
  • NBA Live 08 full game: Bobcats @ Hawks
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    Posted September 30th, 2007 at 10:45 am 59 Comments »
    This game has the Charlotte Bobcats visiting the Atlanta Hawks on All-Star difficulty. In this one I took over controlling the road team. Where some games have been dominated by the point guard, this one was not. Speedy Claxton did have 12 points but only attempted seven shots. It was Joe Johnson who carried the scoring load for the Hawks. Continue on to view the videos as broken down by quarter. (more…)...
  • NBA Live 08 full game: Bulls @ Lakers
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    Posted September 29th, 2007 at 1:08 pm 68 Comments »
    This game features the Chicago Bulls vs LA Lakers on All-Star difficulty. Watch to see how Kobe Bryant compares to other players seen in the videos. Can he dominate in the game like he does in real life? Current plan is to post a Charlotte @ Atlanta on Sunday, and Golden State @ Phoenix on Monday. I'll also try to record an online game to compare head-to-head to the ones I've played against the CPU. Continue to view the videos broken down by quarter. (more…)...
  • NBA Live 08 full game: Heat @ Celtics
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    Posted September 28th, 2007 at 5:21 pm 124 Comments »
    This game features the Miami Heat facing off against the new look Boston Celtics and is played on All-Star difficulty. A couple notes: I've seen comments in different places about the aggressiveness of point guards and that is true to a certain extent. You'll need to play good defense on them otherwise they'll drive the lane or pull up on you. However there is a big difference depending on who the PG is. Face Jason Kidd and he'll terrorize you when you're controlling Earl Boykins (trus...
  • NBA Live 08 online impressions
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    Posted September 28th, 2007 at 8:19 am 53 Comments »
    I had the chance to play a handful of NBA Live 08 online games with Shawn from over at 5w-g last night. Here are my thoughts on the online performance, details on some of the options for online play, and the results. The first thing to address would be overall performance. All three games were practically flawless. There was absolutely no difference between online and offline in terms of lag or frame rate. I don't know if I've ever been able to say that before. Now of course there were on...
  • NBA Live jersey creator contest
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    Posted September 28th, 2007 at 12:42 am 46 Comments »
    The announcement that has been hinted at over the past week or so in relation to Live is the EA Sports NBA Live 08 jersey contest. Using the jersey creator program on the website you can design your own completely unique jerseys. Entries will be accepted through November 16th. The winning submission may become downloadable content for Live 08 in addition to the top three receiving prizes. If you create any jerseys and upload them to the gallery feel free to post a link to them in the c...