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[jyoungAD @jyoungAD]

I had Russell Westbrook crossover & dribble style on my pure slasher point guard in NBA 2K20

which had no dunk meter with dumb logic
or fun-draining adrenaline bars

& pure slashing or defense builds greened open 3s consistently with 60 threepoint ratings
https://t.co/JGLoJmArtn

[jyoungAD @jyoungAD]

95% of NBA 2K players are the Smash Bros equivalent of a Kirby main who just floats above the top of the stage spamming the brick attack

Then when you ask them if you can turn items on or play on a stage besides Final Destination they'll say

"No way! That's not comp!"

[EK, The Creator @ExactoKnife2K]

2K skill gap is so funny. Cause I can look at what the "top" players are doing in 26 (spamming escapes, fading, doing hopbacks etc) and teach my mom to do it in 1 day. Then I go watch Super Smash Bros competitive scene, and I'm like "if I dedicated 12hrs a day to this for the rest of my life I would never come close to doing any of this" 😭😭😭😭😭

[jyoungAD @jyoungAD]

@hausofdecline Yngwie PROS
elite tone & vibrato
strong riff writer
effortlessly plays leads others can't imagine
natural stage showman
made imaginative through-composed pieces when motivated

Yngwie CONS
likes lackey bandmates not equals
too many lazily arranged verse/chorus songs
subpar singer

[jyoungAD @jyoungAD]

Data displaying NBA 2K's design changing during the COVID-19 boom from "Let's make the best game possible" to "Let's make the most microtransactions possible"
Sadly, for every player that escapes 2K's Matrix & rips its toxic pipeline from their spine, another person replaces them

[Mick @DBGyt_]

Cards with 99 in every stat in MyTeam by year
NBA 2k15-17: 0
2k18: 2
2k19: 3
2k20: 19
2k21: 60
2k22: 114
2k23: 108
2k25: 257
2k26: 499

[jyoungAD @jyoungAD]

GameCube's FIRST MONTH had

Smash Bros Melee
Super Monkey Ball
Rogue Leader
Pikmin
Luigi's Mansion
Wave Race 2
+ non-exclusives that were better on PS2 but fine for GCN-only owners

No DVD player & purple lunchbox look in a nu metal ruled world financially doomed a quality launch

[Nintendeal @Nintendeal]

Nintendo Switch 2 has officially shipped more units than GameCube did in its entire liftime

Switch 2 / 23.68 million
GameCube / 21.74 million

[jyoungAD @jyoungAD]

@ThatSportsGamer NBA Courtside 98 was a bit bland, but the sequel added attribute progression for created players in a multi-season mode, which was a dope feature for 1999

Unfortunately NBA Courtside 2 released the same week NBA 2K hit Sega's Dreamcast so Kobe's game got immediately overshadowed

[jyoungAD @jyoungAD]

Most important 5v5 basketball games of the 90s

Tecmo Super NBA Basketball (1993)
NBA Live 95 (1994)
NBA 2K (1999)

The PlayStation 1/Nintendo 64/Sega Saturn generation made no major improvements to 5v5 hoops

Though 2v2 NBA Hangtime (1996) was the peak of Midway's NBA Jam series

[NLSC @TheNLSC]

Our earliest forays onto the virtual hardwood will always hold a special place in our hearts. In this week's Wayback Wednesday, @AndrewNLSC reflects on renting the Super Nintendo version of NBA Live 95 30 years ago on Monday. https://t.co/ANLLw84VSN

[jyoungAD @jyoungAD]

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[RedTeamReview ✪ @RedTeamReview]

New George R.R. Martin Blogpost just dropped and it's...something

No Winds news or a review for #AKOTSK or even a mention of #HouseOfTheDragon but this is good news regardless. Hope to see more

[jyoungAD @jyoungAD]

2K19 just needed a "match team size" filter in ProAm matchmaking

to matchup 2v2/3v3/4v4 teams with equal # AI teammates

Online Team Play modes in EA NHL & FIFA had that option on PS3

Now 2K makes "MY WAY OR THE HIGHWAY" games not "Have it your way" games that built their brand

[NLSC @TheNLSC]

It's always unfortunate when modes evolve in a way that makes gamers feel unwelcome. As this week's Monday Tip-Off discusses, the changes to 2K Pro-Am back in NBA 2K19 had far-reaching and long-lasting effects on the series, which is why they still sting. https://t.co/UcdcORn04E

[jyoungAD @jyoungAD]

@Dee4threeG '90s Konami was a hive of creativity

Wacky Sports Challenge was the best multiplayer minigame collection before Mario Party popularized the genre in 1999

SEGA Genesis Tiny Toons Acme All-Stars had deeper gameplay in soccer/basketball but only 5 total events compared to WSC's 13

[jyoungAD @jyoungAD]

I sold old games at FuncoLand to get a SNES multitap + 2 extra controllers for 4-player Tiny Toons Wacky Sports Challenge

The Konami code let us pick all 4-player simultaneous events & skip the wait-&-take-turns ones

Button-mashing events hurt to play today but were fun in 1994

[Dee4Three Gaming @Dee4threeG]

Gamers,

What is your favorite cartoon related sports game of all-time?

We will discuss this topic on @TheNLSC podcast.

[jyoungAD @jyoungAD]

Nickelodeon Kart Racers 3 > Mario Kart 8

Crews add a layer of depth not in MK8
Coins are placed closer to fastest driving paths
Auto-accelerate option eliminates hand cramps
Fewer sideways/upsidedown sections

MK8 only has better music/environments/framerate

Sonic Racing > both

[jyoungAD @jyoungAD]

Top 23 CPU player names Ive seen in NBA The Run singleplayer mode

If a Play By Play Studios developer is freestyling these fake gamertag off the dome & they arent AI generated

hes as great a wordplay wizard as Elvin Hayes was a paint powerhouse & Wes Unseld was a glass guardian

[jyoungAD @jyoungAD]

NBA The Run
July update
singleplayer mode feedback

AI offense is easily baited into shotblocks, taking slight jumpshot openings onsight, & forcing contested dunks

AI transition D is free but tuff to beat in halfcourt sets

CPU teammates still useless apart from putback rebounds

[jyoungAD @jyoungAD]

Wish it had online play like @BamtangGames Nickelodeon & DreamWorks kart racers

USA suburban isolation + work/life imbalance make local multiplayer rarer than Looney Toons B-Ball SNES carts

Yall make fun games @GameMillEnt but no online crossplay limits longtail sales potential

[Dee4Three Gaming @Dee4threeG]

Looney Tunes: Wacky World of Sports

Porky Pig is a combination of Michael Jordan and Steph Curry

@TheNLSC

[jyoungAD @jyoungAD]

@imissblackmidi My recommendation is not a revival act, & you've likely already heard of them if you're talking about shoegaze on Twitter, but Justin Broadrick's band Jesu always wrote great hooks

Start with song 6, "Medicine," on this 23-track, best Jesu songs playlist

https://t.co/UBycWJ6h8W

[jyoungAD @jyoungAD]

Sports videogames went from
PS1/2 sandboxes
PS3/4 MMA cages
PS5 max security prisons

AAA games let you throw a ball through a hoop/across a yard between work assignments
or
bribe your way out of working
but
their EULA makes you a barcode in pinstripes under barbwire surveillance

[jyoungAD @jyoungAD]

Nintendo + Indies are the last devs left making games with a prime objective of putting smiles on faces

AAA publishers martyrdom player freedom & fun to raise engagement/microtransactions

Gamers vs. the army of economists & psychologists commanding EA is the real Modern Warfare

[CFBDirect @CFBDirect]

Hey #CFB27 fans,

We're following up on our last message with a new Campus Huddle covering recent changes, more context from the dev team, and a preview of our next Title Update targeted for later this week.

Read More: https://t.co/c7OnFkRBtY

[jyoungAD @jyoungAD]

COVID boom + cancerous mindset of continual fiscal growth spiked anticonsumer toxicity in AAA game design

Corporate predators couldnt trap Gen Z & Alpha who fled to Fortnite/Roblox/Minecraft

id-driven GenX & Millennials with Stockholm Syndrome + spare income fund their own doom

[jyoungAD @jyoungAD]

Metal was better when only Meshuggah sounded like Meshuggah

& Meshuggah could only be seen at a show or heard on a CD

But Napster happened

Followed by a generation of artists whose most notable trait is the external sources they've copied, not the internal source powering them

[DOOM @DOOM]

music sample from fractal abyss