To be perfectly honest, before the age of 10, I really disliked football. I hated the concept of “downs”; it just seemed to bring the otherwise kick ass action to a sudden and screeching halt. I hated the flags; seemed too prissy for a sport in which 300-pound men knee one another in the groin [...]

It’s quite easy to forget that in the early-to-mid ’90s, the Buffalo Bills boasted one of the best lineups in the National Football League. Although it’s infinitely easy for the simpleminded to poke fun at the Bills four consecutive Super Bowl losses (1990 vs. the New York Giants, 1991 vs. the Washington Redskins, and 1992/1993 [...]

I would’ve been tarred-and-feathered, hung from a tree, thrown off a bridge, and run over by a Mac truck by the rabid Tecmo Bowl fanboys had I not mentioned Lawrence Taylor. I know better than to gamble with my life. Although LT’s alter ego is an excellent play-stopper in the Blitz: The League and Blitz: [...]

Virtual Vox Pop is a weekly open mic in which we ask you, the reader, to sound off on a particular topic. This week, it’s sports games. Uncovering and dissecting the greatest 2D sports videogame athletes has been an imense joy, as it’s given me a chance to revisit gems that I hadn’t touched in [...]

Tecmo may have permanently cemented itself into the hearts of sports gamers with Tecmo Bowl/Tecmo Super Bowl (NES), but the company also dabbled into a rather lively, arcade-style game of hoops with Tecmo NBA Basketball (NES) and Tecmo Super NBA (Genesis/SNES). Besides the out-of-control rips, there wasn’t much in the way of defense, which made [...]

I’ll be frank: If your beady lil’ eyes are focused on reading these here words, you shouldn’t thank me, or your ISP of choice, for the opportunity to digest these words of wisdom – – you should thank Tecmo. Yes, Tecmo. The company that nowadays is most famous for the Xbox Ninja Gaiden games and [...]