The Blog for the Sports Gamer Three guys who love Sports Gaming rant and rave about various stuff.

Thursday night notes

- Funny that Dan mentioned the Zombies in NFL Blitz.  I was pretty sure that we spoke of them in the interview.  To me it didn't seem like any connection to Mutant League Football.  It just seemed as if they were throwing in random strange teams, such as the mascot teams that they've done with NCAA and other games.   I guess when Owen Good reports it, it's a story, but when I report it... hehe.  Just kidding.

- Getting a chance to go ice fishing this weekend.  I only get to do it a few times every year, but love it each and every time.  Getting to yell, "Tip Up!!!!" and run across the ice to try and bring in a Northern is always a great time.  Plus, I get to do it with a few great friends.  Definitely one of my favorite weekends of the year.

I'd say that it takes the sting out of the fact that the Packers are not in the NFC championship, but the funny thing is that the loss really didn't bother me all that much.  To be honest, I'm much happier that they lost last week than to lose in the NFC title game or the Super Bowl.

Two of the three worst defenses in the league lost last week... will New England go down this week?

- Hope everyone caught the season 3 premier for Archer tonight.  Tape 'em up.

- Ryan Braun's appeal began today at the league office.  I have absolutely no doubt that he'll get suspended for 50 games.   It'd be nice to hear what their explanation for the test is though.  Certain it will be bunk though.

- Grabbed the Resident Evil Revelations demo off of the 3DS store today.  Absolutely no idea why I did so....

- After a bit of a lull, a few more sports games are starting to come out next month.  Grand Slam Tennis 2 for the Wii, PS3, and Xbox 360.  UFC Undisputed 3 for the PS3 and 360.  And SSX for the PS3 and 360.  Nice to see that we'll have some new sports games to talk about very soon.  I'm efforting interviews on each of them.

- Lastly... I tried out the Kingdoms of Amalur: Reckoning demo last night on the PC.  It seems like the combat could be fun, but two things bothered me.  Really long loading times for a demo, and Quick Time Events that give you experience bonus on certain kills.  QTE's are just about the most annoying thing that I can recall in games.

For $60, I'll be passing on the game for now.  Maybe when it hits the $20 price point in a few months.