The Reboot - 5 Reasons Why NBA 2K11 is the Best Basketball Video Game Ever
Creating a basketball video game that accurately represents the real-life sport is a difficult task. However, 2K Sports was able to do just that with their latest reiteration of the sport with NBA 2K11. Many have called it one of the best basketball video games in recent history, but I believe it is the best basketball video game ever.
In this episode of The Reboot, I’ll give you 5 reasons why NBA 2K11 stands out among the rest.
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Microsoft Confirms Avatar Kinect at CES
Microsoft unveiled the Avatar Kinect on Wednesday night during Microsoft’s keynote presentation at the Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas.
The new feature will let Kinect users interact with each other in virtual worlds with their avatars mimicking every movement on their body, including facial expressions.
During the keynote, Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer presented a video that showed off the service, which will allow up to seven friends to meet up in a virtual space. There will be 15 virtual spaces, each with a different theme, including a performance stage and talk-show environment.
Avatar Kinect will be free for Xbox Live Gold members and is expected to be available this spring.
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IGN Editor Commends Cancellation of NBA Elite 11
IGN Editor Hilary Goldstein is a well-known and respected member of the video game media. Unfortunately, he is way off in his assessment of EA Sports’ decision to cancel the release of NBA Elite 11.
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The Reboot - Are Music Games Dead?
The numbers say it’s getting there. According to a report in September by infamous Wedbush Morgan Securities Analyst Michael Pachter, music games totaled just $152 million through September 30 of this year, down 50% from a year earlier.
So why is this happening? Are players sick of buying new plastic instruments, purchasing DLC or just sick of the genre in general?
In this episode of The Reboot, I spoke with Guitar Hero Co-Founder and Red Octane CEO Kai Huang, Martin Wilkes of FMOD and Andrew Schneider of Live Gamer about the state of the music game industry, how it’s evolved and whether it will continue to evolve in the future.
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Kobe must have gotten paid to drive this to the game, because even I wouldn’t want to be seen in a cheezy Call of Duty: Black Ops Jeep Wrangler (via ESPN).
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