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  • Press Row Podcast: Biggest Stories of 2016
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    Posted January 5th, 2017 at 9:45 am 6 Comments »
    Every year it’s important to look back on developments within the sports gaming genre, not just as a reminder of what has happened, but as insight into the direction individual franchises are going and the trends within the industry that will impact them all. Bryan Wiedey and Rich Grisham discuss some of the most important stories of 2016 in the new year's first episode. Reference Link: The biggest sports video games stories of 2016 Check out the podcast through iTunes for iO...
  • The Line Drive for January 1
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    Posted January 1st, 2017 at 12:00 pm No Comments »
    The Line Drive is a weekly collection of news, links, deal alerts, and updates that didn’t necessarily warrant their own postings. ♦Summarized all the biggest sports gaming stories of 2016 for Sporting News. ♦Continue voting in all the various categories in the annual Community Awards. ♦Still to come: Best New Feature, Post-Release Support, New/Non-Yearly, and SGOTY. ♦The second Park After Dark event was another utter failure for NBA 2K17. ♦The NCAA Fo...
  • Press Row Podcast: College Football Playoff
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    Posted December 29th, 2016 at 4:15 pm 5 Comments »
    The College Football Playoff is almost here and, as it so happens, Bryan Wiedey and Rich Grisham both have their teams involved and going head-to-head in the semifinal. The two discuss Washington vs Alabama and NCAA Football 14 simulations of the games before turning to topics such as the Blizzard Mountain expansion for Forza Horizon 3 and a rundown of the annual Pastapadre Community Awards categories and nominees for 2016. Check out the podcast through iTunes for iOS, on Android wi...
  • The Line Drive for December 24
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    Posted December 24th, 2016 at 11:45 am 5 Comments »
    The Line Drive is a weekly collection of news, links, deal alerts, and updates that didn’t necessarily warrant their own postings. ♦The first four of this year's Community Awards categories are open for voting! ♦For last-minute ideas check out the Holiday Gift Guide for buy Amazon Gift Cards. ♦MLB The Show 16 was named Sports Game of the Year by the Press Row Podcast. ♦Review of the new Blizzard Mountain expansion now available in Forza Horizon 3. ♦...
  • The Line Drive for December 18
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    Posted December 18th, 2016 at 9:30 am 3 Comments »
    The Line Drive is a weekly collection of news, links, deal alerts, and updates that didn’t necessarily warrant their own postings. ♦MLB The Show 16 was named Sports Game of the Year by the Press Row Podcast. ♦The latest podcast is also available on Youtube for those who'd prefer to listen there. ♦Put together a Holiday Gift Guide with gaming ideas for sports fans. ♦Some off-screen footage of Super Mega Baseball 2 captured at PlayStation Experience. â™Â...
  • Press Row Podcast: 2016 Sports Game of the Year – Episode 200!!!
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    Posted December 15th, 2016 at 4:15 pm 7 Comments »
    It's episode 200 of the Press Row Podcast! After reflecting on the milestone four years in the making, attention turns to awarding the 5th Annual Press Row Podcast Sports Game of the Year. The top three games of 2016 are revealed, the panel reacts and discusses the reasoning behind them landing where they did, and later get to the games that didn't place while also bringing up a few unconventional sports games that received votes. It's a supersized episode covering just about everything t...
  • New Pro Bowl Skills Showdown could mean fun new mini-games for Madden NFL 18
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    Posted December 12th, 2016 at 4:00 pm 11 Comments »
    I've still got fond memories of the 1994 Super Nintendo game NFL Quarterback Club which featured QB skills competitions. Officially licensed by the NFL the game offered the opportunity to compete in mini-games based off the actual NFL Quarterback Challenge that would take place each year. There were two based on accuracy in throwing the ball at targets, another measuring distance of throws, and then a course which introduced obstacles to navigate before throwing therefore accounting for both...
  • The Line Drive for December 11
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    Posted December 11th, 2016 at 1:00 pm 7 Comments »
    The Line Drive is a weekly collection of news, links, deal alerts, and updates that didn’t necessarily warrant their own postings. ♦First two annual awards categories - Gameplay and Mobile - are open for voting. ♦Raptors get the Toronto Huskies court in NBA 2K17 when wearing specific jerseys. ♦Patch released to reduce shot percentages after excessive dribbling in NBA 2K17. ♦The patch adding PS4 Pro 4K support for PES 2017 went out last week. ♦Play-a...