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Betting on the Super Bowl in Zelda Rupees
Because it’s so taboo to acknowledge that people gamble on sports with real currency, newspaper touts often use “units,” “simoleons,” “sirignanos” or “guineas.” For the Super Bowl, Matt Sussman, a writer and friend of sister site Deadspin, is using rupees. Some of Suss’s wagers, on actual money lines for actual prop bets. Much more at…
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Keep An Eye On MLB 2K10
Fifteen more images for MLB 2K0 showcase the game’s new two-player animations, adjusted batting eye, and progression screens for the My Player career mode, all of which we previewed a couple weeks ago. The batting view (above) gives a clearer example of how you’ll work the count in this year’s game. As you can see,…
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Olbermann, Ripping Me Softly For This Column
Keith Olbermann has called me down to the union hall to surrender my liberal card. The MSNBC commentator disagrees with Saturday’s Stick Jockey, about replacement players from the 1995 baseball strike being denied an appearance in video games. Olbermann does call the piece “a fascinating, well-researched, reasonably-argued article at a top video games site.” He…
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Dark Void Survivor Missions Drop Next Week
Dive deeper into the Dark Void next week with the Survivor Missions downloadable content, which pits players against increasing waves of hostile enemy forces, because increasing waves of docile enemy forces aren’t that threatening. It’s like Horde Mode, only you are by yourself, working through 10 levels of enemies on the ground and in the…
By Mike Fahey
