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"Game Over, YEAAAAAH!"
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08/08/09
Also, anyone could win fights in NHL 94. All you had to do was back all the way up where they can't reach you, then fly in for a punch, then back up again.
08/08/09
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ahhh memories...
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08/08/09
Then why haven't I heard from him since the 90's?
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08/09/09
If it weren't for those injuries, we'd be talking about him and not A-rod these days.
08/08/09
He's not one usually mentioned in these ZOMG-so-broken sports things, but here's me, tipping my bottle just a bit in the memory of Tony Amonte's low-poly, circa-2000 self.
08/08/09
"Cash for clunkers sees the ending of a great age!
With President Obama's administration pushing cash for clunkers, people are trading in their old cars. Some of which may or not be featured in old racing games at one point or another. Maybe. Doubtful. But Maybe."
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08/08/09
The entire premise of this story is to show that Jeremy Roenick is retiring. The fact that he has appeared in video games simply as a player on a roster isn't really a valid link back to video games. Now let's say, Tiger Woods were to retire tomorrow. He has his own series of games with the PGA series, he's on the cover, a featured player, etc. Then I would say ok, this is video game news worthy. Jeremy Roenick was not featured on any covers, he had no special mentions in the games that he was in. He was just a collection of pixels like all of the other players, the only thing separating him from anyone else was a few 1s and 0s. Are we supposed to make an article every time anyone that has ever been in any sports game retires?
Where do you draw the line?
Thus comes into play my comment. I referred to the dubiousness of this article by making a satirical comment by stating that Jeremy Roenick is about as linked to video games as normal cars in the real world being in video games (such as need for speed, burnout, whatever) and referring back to what has been in the news lately, cash for clunkers.
Then comes in to play the comment of "Pornosaur", stating that I had somehow missed the impact Jeremy Roenick had on video games because I was not an avid player of NHL '94 back when I was a kid, when #1, I infact was, and #2, as I said earlier, even if he was the best player in all of the games he's ever been on the roster for, his link to gaming as a whole is minimal if it even exists at all. When I think of NHL 94 (since it was referenced in this article), the first things that come to mind is the zamboni machine you got to see, and the trick that if you went around to the back of the goalie and then came out and shot in that sweet spot, it would always go in.
Now, back to the main point. No. This is not video game news. There has to be a line drawn somewhere. If I say "Jeremy Roenick" to the average video game player, I bet more than 50% won't even know who the hell he is. But if I were to say "John Madden" or "Tiger Woods", I bet even those who only play hardcore JRPGs would know that's the guy on the cover of so and so game.
And again, this has not been some kind of bash on Owen at all, I like Owen, in fact, I think Owen is one of the best editors they have here on Kotaku. Unfortunately for him, he's the weekend editor, which means that he works on the slowest days for video game news. But he has a job to do, he can't just not do it and chalk it up to "No big stories", so he unfortunately has to write these fluff stories, and I just feel bad for him.
Feel free to continue saying how Jeremy Roenick is actually the biggest name in sports and how I'm all wrong in this, though. It's not like the journalism major knows what he's talking about.
08/09/09
@ertyu:
I stopped reading your stupid fucking comment at "Im a journalism student" and Ronick was never on any game covers.
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Ronick was the cover boy for NHL 2k4.
He did a series of adds for that game featuring Tracey Morgan.
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Furthermore, J.R. has done campaigning for multiple other NHL games of which he wasn't even on the cover, this involved commercials, Mo-cap, and press events.
J.R. came to EAC in Burnaby to Mo-cap for NHL09, making him one of the few players to ever do PR for both major competing NHL game makers.
He also headed a press event later that day, playing games and talking smack.
All of this Ronick+Games media Stemmed from his godlessness back in earlier 16-bit games.
(that and his larger than life personality)
The slogan written on the back of 2k4 was.
"Take Ronick Down!"
Hell, Im no "journalism student", but I do know that doing research is pretty important in the world of journalism.
So go back to school and shut your know-it-all mouth if you dont know anything about what your speaking of.
also I watch the dailyshow/colbet too.
yes cash for clunkers yes yes very topical.
FUCKING CHILDREN.
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08/04/09
I'd buy Tecmo Bowl anyways. Half-naked anime women would just be icing on the football-flavored cake.
08/03/09