Much delayed…and some more NCAA hype
Well GameSpy posted Part 1 of my baseball round up today. I turned this is on April 25th and it appears today, May 22nd. I love the editors at GameSpy (really, good guys to work with) and I blame E3 for the long delay, but it makes me look like a doofus when I say this about ESPN PS2: “As of this writing, the PS2 version of ESPN Baseball is still on hold, due to be released on May 4th, so we’re focusing solely on the Xbox version of the game.”
Why this wasn’t edited…I have no idea. Needless to say the article is a tad bit late as most people already made their choice as to which game they want to play. Still, it’s here for the readin’.
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I received a surprise phone call from a friend of mine that works at EA Sports yesterday. He’s definately “on the inside.” See, this is as close to an “insider source” as game “journalists” get. It’s my version of Deep Throat. Only not as important. Let’s call him…Kiddy Pool Sized Shallow Throat.
Anyway, he told me that, “NCAA 2005 showed like shit at E3. There was slowdown, and it wasn’t optimized. It’ll be better come ship time.”. He also said that a lot of people were going to be pissed off about the Home Field rankings but that there was no way to avoid that. Heh, now that I understand. Everyone wants to think their home field advantage is the best.
Let’s hope the Xbox slowdown is fixed. I heard a lot of buzz about this from those who saw the game on the show floor. So there you have it. How’s that for a scoop! (insert sarcasm here). I tried really hard to nudge some dirt out of him re: the NFLPA license buyout thing but he told me to kiss his ass. Understandable. Of course that can be taken several ways– kiss my ass as in it’s true and I can’t say it, or kiss my ass this rumor was already put to bed. Or…kiss my ass I’m not that high up on the food chain and I have no idea if it’s true. Or maybe it was kiss my ass I’m tired of talking to you. That’s prolly it.