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  Re: Tiny Titan

  Agreed. Based on what I have

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  Ryan Rogers Marist College

  Tuesday, March 28, 2017 — 1:23 pm

  Agreed. Based on what I have seen, it sounds like the 6 was mistakenly entered as a 1. But I am not sure how that made it through QA. Perhaps this speaks further to the depth of these AAA games. ...
• In Media Res
  Re: "Who Makes These Kinds of Things?" Dynamics of Power in Madden NFL

  I find it fascinating how

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  Ryan Rogers Marist College

  Thursday, March 30, 2017 — 4:09 pm

  I find it fascinating how entangled reality and simulation have become with Madden and the NFL. I also think you have touched on an important idea here: while many games have notions of masculinity and character value, this is placing a number on it. ...
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  Re: Blocky but Good: Atari and their RealSports Brand

  The desire for realism in

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  Ryan Rogers Marist College

  Tuesday, March 28, 2017 — 1:43 pm

  The desire for realism in sports video games is fascinating and it is interesting to see how much that has changed over the years, especially in comparison to other genres where realism is not a priority- or at least takes a different shape. ...
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  Re: Death, statues and legends

  This reminds me of baseball

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  Ryan Rogers Marist College

  Wednesday, March 29, 2017 — 3:13 pm

  This reminds me of baseball fans and how they compare or resist comparing things like home run records across generations. I suppose that the rich history of a sport is part of the allure for fans. ...