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If I hadn't already been convinced, this ad would have forced me to run out and buy The Show immediately.

I was tempted to assault all of your senses by Livetweeting my first playthrough. But then I decided I'm not that cruel, and I would liveblog it instead. So, without further delay, here are my initial impressions of SCEA's latest entry in its successful baseball series. *NOTE: I'm going to try to add video at some point, but (1) ... Read More

Because it has sort of become an annual tradition, and because it annoys Mike D. more than Ron Santo reading a national ad for bicycle safety, I'm going to go ahead and give you a pseudo-review of the latest in video game baseballery. Only this year I have finally had the brains to completely abandon the awful, awful 2K ... Read More

Being the generous person that I am, and certainly not because I'm a giant nerd, I picked up MLB 2K9 for the Xbox 360 at a midnight release (I was slightly less nerdy than the guys buying Halo Wars) so I could give you my impressions. I apologize for the length of this post, but it's a bit of ... Read More

If you're Oleg, Mike D., flannj, TDubbs, or anyone else who gets their ANGER angered up by reading about video games, stop right now. For the rest of you normies, the MLB 2K9 demo was released in the wee hours of this morning for the Xbox 360. Rumor has it that PS3 owners will get the demo on ... Read More

Unless you're interested in talking about the Cubs signing Kevin Gregg, or unless you'd like to speculate for the hundredth time who is going to buy the Cubs or whether or not all these little trades are a precursor to a Jake Peavy trade (although I'm sure you already know that the Padres were interested in Garrett Olson during the ... Read More