Today EA Sports released the box art for this year’s iteration of Madden NFL 12. Peyton Hillis’ cover looks quite good. He is the main image, with a smaller image of himself next to his right arm, and the city of Cincinnati next to his left.
Also being released is a Hall of Fame Edition featuring, Rams great and 2011 NFL Hall of Fame Inductee, Marshall Faulk on the cover. He was also on the cover of Madden NFL 2003.
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If you haven’t seen this mash-up of Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2 and FIFA 11 yet, you need to watch it.
The “Berbaspin” at 3:40 in is my favorite part.
At 2:45PM EST today FC Barcelona will take the pitch against Manchester United. Whichever team wins will be the proud winner of the double, since both teams have won already won their respective leagues. Let’s take a look at what happens on the virtual pitch before watching the real game.
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As a master tackler, it looks like FIFA is about to get a lot more fun. I also always love seeing Chelsea’s Michael Essien eat some turf.
As of the time of this writing, the Liverpool FC Away Jersey for 2011-2012 is my most anticipated kit of this upcoming season. This year Liverpool took the stripes from the 10-11 away kit and mixed it with the black of their 10-11 third kit and added silver trim. This blend together is quiet stylish as you can see.
This kit is available right now at Liverpool FC’s online store among others.
I figured I should keep tabs on the people I initially chose to win the top awards in the MLB. So here is a quick update a quarter of the way through the season.
American League
MVP – Mark Teixeira: .253, 13 HR, 32 RBI
CY – Jered Weaver: 6-4, 2.35 ERA, 70 Ks
National League
MVP – Albert Pujols: .261, 8 HR, 26 RBI
Cy – Josh Johnson: 3-1, 1.64 ERA, 56 Ks
Still a while to go, but they are all off to decent starts, Weaver and Johnson are dominant, however Johnson is currently on the DL.
Nearly two hours of my day are spent in my car commuting from home to work. If your like me, you quickly notice that no matter how many stations you program, they all play the same 6-10 songs. So how do I keep myself sane? Podcasts.
Here is a little list I made up of the video game related podcasts I listen to:
Hopefully this helps you find something good to listen to.
PS – The TWiT network is currently working on a video game show with Tom Merritt, so that should be pretty awesome when it comes out.
While it may seem like a niggling complaint, one of my pet peeves about Sony’s MLB series is their lack of licensed accessories. Bare with me. Go play to the create a player screen of any EA Sports game and what do you see? Name brand equiptment.
From Adidas to Under Armour, EA has made deals with a good amount of companies to bring an extra bit of added realism to their games. On the other hand Sony has none of these partnerships for their MLB franchise. In my opinion a simulation needs to have real accessories, it might just be me, but it annoys me.