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Which player should be on the cover of the Madden NFL 13 video game? You decide by casting your votes in our bracket! The winner will be revealed live on "SportsNation" on April 25. New England Patriots tight end Rob Gronkowski, one of the final eigh...

It's been an amazing week for wide receiver Brandon Lloyd. Not only does the man with the Spider-Man-like sticky hands sign with the New England Patriots, a team that the "Madden" video game has already simulated to win the Super Bowl thanks to the ...

Can a video game predict the future? The "Madden NFL" franchise has a long history of accurate simulations, including correct predictions on seven of the last nine Super Bowl winners. So what happens when I plug free agent wide receiver Brandon Llo...

Each year, Sony Computer Entertainment America and San Diego Studio produces the best sports video game available and each year those developers find a way to make their game better. Tuesday's release of MLB 12 The Show will demonstrate this but even...

Invest one hundred hours into a video game, and it's called passion. Two hundred hours is what I call obsession. So where does that leave UFC fighter Jon Fitch and his three hundred-plus hours of "Skyrim"? "It's beyond addiction," Fitch tells me w...

During his playing career, pitcher Curt Schilling took his day job pretty seriously; just look at all those stats (and rings) he produced with the Orioles, Astros, Phillies, Diamondbacks and Red Sox. But at the end of the day -- each day, really -- ...

It's the 16th hole at Augusta National, and with a Green Jacket on the line, I decide to try something never before seen in a golf video game. I'm going to skip my shot across the pond. That's right, thanks to the new control scheme found in "Tiger...

Think professional video game players put in 9 to 5 hours like everyone else? Surprisingly, they do. The only difference is, with Major League Gaming stars like Mike "Hastr0" Rufail and Mason "Neighbor" Cobb, the 9 to 5 they're used to is more like ...

ESPN's Kenny Mayne checks out EA's Motion Capture facility in Vancouver and finds himself ... in the game....

Searching for that perfect something for the video game enthusiast on your list? The Gamer Jon Robinson is here to help with his list of the season's best gaming gifts. Video games »...

When Rolando McClain takes a break from breaking down offensive schemes as the Raiders defensive quarterback, the hard-hitting linebacker hits the sticks with his favorite video game, "Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 3." "I used to be a big 'Halo' guy ...

CM Punk is an action figure, a video game character and a WWE champion. He's also the most controversial and debated wrestling personality since Steve Austin gave Mike Tyson the finger. But a few months ago, he was ready to give up this superstar l...

Around the track, they say "rubbin' is racin,'" but in the video game world of "NASCAR Unleashed," it's more like the "crash and dash" as wrecking your rival is the quickest way to move up in the rankings. A tactic NASCAR driver and "Unleashed" fan ...

David Lee has been down with video games ever since he first started executing opponents as Cyrax in "Mortal Kombat 3." So it's no surprise that, on the week of the biggest video game release of the year, Lee is holed up in his home, blasting his fr...

And while he hasn't quite perfected the "RBI Baseball" bend that makes pitchers/gamers drool even to this day, Verlander displayed enough of that video-game nastiness this year in Detroit to become the most dominant pitcher in the major leagues. And...

When Brendan Schaub obliterated Mirko Cro Cop's temple with his iron fist, the knockout (complete with Mirko's crumbling body) looked like it was straight out of a video game. No surprise, then, that Schaub, AKA "The Hybrid" is one of the featured ...