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25 results for "video game"
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NBA Playoffs Playthrough: Spurs-Clippers
Chris RyanLast week, Grantland was pretty cool, right? It was just missing one thing. We were having a hard time putting our finger on it. Then it hit us: We needed a British guy commentating on video game basketball. Thankfully, Anthony Richardson is back ...
Blog | May 18, 2012 -
NBA Playoffs Playthrough: Mavericks-Thunder
Chris RyanAnthony Richardson returns with another very, very funny video game playthrough of an NBA playoff matchup. Every week, Anthony brings his distinctly English sensibility and fleeting grasp of basketball and reality to the table, doing play-by-play and...
Blog | May 04, 2012 -
Cuba's Jose Abreu migh be the best offensive weapon on the planet...
Jonah KeriJose Abreu is putting up godlike numbers in the closed-off world of Cuba.
Story | Conversation | February 22, 2012 -
This Week's Charts: The Japan Hot 100 and the Wistful Pleasures o...
Molly Lambert1. BUMP OF CHICKEN, "Good Luck" This (very) popular Beatles-inspired modern rock quartet from Sakura tend to do a lot of video game theme songs. (Also: it must be said, they're babes). Here they wear Rock 'n' Roll Fair Isle sweaters and play an insp...
Blog | January 31, 2012 -
Tom Bissell on the making of 'Madden NFL'
Tom BissellOur man on video games takes a trip to John Madden's man cave to see how the game is made.
Story | Conversation | January 17, 2012 -
Tom Bissell talks with Uncharted 3 and video-game voice actor Nol...
Tom BissellAn interview with Nolan North, the voice behind many of your favorite video-game characters.
Story | Conversation | November 21, 2011 -
About Last Weekend: Bad Sitcom Version
Shane Ryan(It's Monday afternoon. Two friends, Ricky and Steve, sit on a couch playing a video game. A third friend, Mitch, bursts into the room breathlessly. They're all in their early 30s. Between the three, every possible race is represented.) Mitch:...
Blog | October 17, 2011 -
Tom Bissell on Atlus' Catherine
Tom BissellTaking some time off from guns and shrapnel to play a new type of video game.
Story | Conversation | October 11, 2011 -
Tom Bissell on Dead Island
Tom BissellOn Dead Island.
Story | Conversation | September 13, 2011 -
Grantland Network: Bill Simmons and Gus Ramsey
Bill SimmonsFor the premiere of the Grantland Network today, I taped my annual Madden video game release podcast with my buddy Gus Ramsey, the world's foremost authority on video football games (or at least one of the top 500 authorities). We discussed the tweak...
Blog | August 29, 2011 -
Tom Bissell on IPad gaming, Angry Birds, Grand Theft Auto
Tom BissellThe many pleasures of iPad games.
Story | Conversation | August 02, 2011 -
The Grantland Top Five: Video-Game Smack Talk, D.C.-Area Private ...
Michael Weinreb1. EA Sports College Football '12, Electronic Arts, Inc. I'm not going to deny it: Sometimes I dream about a video game. It isn't an every-night occurrence, but it happens, and when it does, these dreams are in Technicolor, and they are in high de...
Blog | July 15, 2011 -
Q&A with Indie Game directors James Swirsky and Lisanne Pajot
Davy RothbartThe pair talk about their award-winning documentary on the smaller side of gaming.
Story | Conversation | May 11, 2012 -
Here Are Those Penguins-Flyers Fights the One Hockey Bro in Your ...
Sarah LarimerOh, also, the Flyers won 8-4 and lead the series 3-0. Game 4 is Wednesday night. (Videos via Hockeyfights.com, a website you should visit immediately.)...
Blog | April 16, 2012 -
John Burgeson, an IBM computer, and the start of baseball video g...
Bess KalbA tale of obsession, punch cards, and a '60s computer the size of a hatchback.
Story | Conversation | April 09, 2012 -
The Warriors have fallen just about as far as a franchise can fal...
Bill SimmonsOnce upon a time, the Warriors ruled the NBA; now they're being booed in their own building.
Story | Conversation | March 21, 2012