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An Old Hope
Apr 18 Columns

An Old Hope

Most sports stories play out the same way. Two baseball narratives, The Rookie and The Natural, offer a different understanding of the game by beginning at the end. Our sports columnist responds in-game.

Open Your Eyes
Mar 27 Columns

Open Your Eyes

The bifurcation of society into jocks and geeks was supposed to end with high school. So why do the two groups eye each other with mutual suspicion? Our sports columnist argues that the videogame community has wrongly ousted sports gamers.

Next Time I'm in Rio
Feb 22 Columns

Next Time I'm in Rio

An experimental videogame called Hokra invites comparisons to sports, but not only for its rules. For Abe Stein, sport is a feeling that runs deeper than the inner workings of games, existing in the events and dramas that we cause to emerge from them. So how do a few pixel squares pull that off, and what does this have to do with Brazilians?

Tebow vs. Tebow
Feb 3 Essays

Tebow vs. Tebow

How would snow or Tebow factor into the upcoming Superbowl? In anticipation of this weekend's game of all games, Abe Stein shares his findings on various simulation matches via Madden 2012. 

The Surreal One on One
Jan 12 Columns

The Surreal One on One

In our new sports column, Abe Stein reminisces about playing Dr. J and Larry Bird Go One on One, how it compares to a modern sports videogame like NBA 2K12, and what is lost in designing for the realism of sports rather than the surrealism of games.

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