As I mentioned previously, I’m attempting to actually play through a career as a manager in Worldwide Soccer Manager 2008 (known outside of the United States as Football Manager).  I created an accurate virtual version of myself, and assumed control of the lowest ranked English football team I could find – Redditch United in the [...]

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With all of the E3 hullaballoo, and some other major releases (e.g. NCAA Football 09), my two most recent reviews have been collecting dust on my editor’s desktop.  Today, however, Don King Presents: Prizefighter was published.  I will say I noticed some edits this time around (which is the perogative of my boss), so there [...]

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We’ve seen two “family” movies this month – Kung Fu Panda and WALL-E.  Although I’m not going to offer detailed reviews of both, I will say that we enjoyed Kung Fu Panda much more than WALL-E; at least my wife and I did (the kids enjoyed both about equally). Kung Fu Panda is a comedic, [...]

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Phew…  Aren’t vacations supposed to be relaxing?!  Not 10 days at Disney!  We had fun, though.  Now I can go back to work to rest up, LOL! My little trip postponed my annual purchase of NCAA Football on its release day, but I’ve since procured a copy and have spent some time playing it.  I’ll [...]

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Briefly, we’re having a blast!  We’re going to Hollywood Studios (the old “MGM” theme park) today, making our park visits complete.  We will be returning to the Magic Kingdom one more time tomorrow, though, and then we head home on Thursday. The weather’s been pretty good.  We’ve had rain spells on all but two days, [...]

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I just submitted my Top Spin 3 review.  As you might be able to tell from my previous posts, I really liked it.  The only issue is the control scheme.  You MUST invest the time to understand how it works to get the most from the title.  If you are familiar at all with the [...]

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** a quick note…  Regarding the player creator in Top Spin 3: I failed to notice the “morph” option when building my first player.  It makes the creator option seemingly infinite!  Not only can you choose from presets (body, face, nose, eyes, mouth, etc.), but you can then alter several precise points on that body part [...]

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I finished Top Spin 3′s tennis school.  It was time well spent.  I have no doubt that many gamers will be frustrated by this title if they just try to insert the disc and play.  Timing and footwork/location are EVERYTHING, and it takes and hour or two to get comfortable with it.  Once I can [...]

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Practice makes perfect.  And practice is definitely what’s needed to compete at Top Spin 3 for the Xbox 360.  The swing mechanics are much more complex.  Fortunately, there’s an excellent “tennis school” training mode to show you the ropes.  It will take some time to get comfortable with it, though.  Hopefully, it will pay off [...]

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I just submitted my review for Don King Presents: Prizefighter on Friday (yep, I know how to celebrate on the holidays!).  My opinion hasn’t changed much from what I’ve written previously.  The positives are a deep story mode with high production values and a thick coat of polish on just about everything.  The negatives are [...]

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