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NCAA Basketball 10 Review

College basketball has consistently played second fiddle to the NBA in videogames, with releases full of similar feature sets often a year or two behind their "professional" counterparts. This year's , developed by EA Canada, does a great deal, to ...

From ALAN JOHNSON, 1up.com,  23 Nov 2009

Related Topics: National Collegiate Athletic Association,  National Basketball Association,  ESPN,  Dick Vitale,  Jude Law

In search of PSD’s “holy grail”

The “holy grail” for those working in PSD is the scalable and sustainable business model that engages the poor while delivering social and developmental outcomes. Finding the PSD grail will potentially empower large numbers of poor men and women to ...

From ALAN JOHNSON, Private Sector Development Blog | World Bank,  19 Nov 2009

EA Sports Announces Madden Ultimate Team

Much like in collectible card games, users receive a starter deck comprised of random players from the entire league and play actual Madden matches online or against the CPU with teams made up of those players to earn coins to purchase better cards. ...

From ALAN JOHNSON, 1up.com,  5 Nov 2009

Madden NFL Arcade Hands-On Preview

The 20 year old Madden series is known for its realistic simulation style NFL football, TV broadcast presentation, and the musings from now-retired 'tough actin' Tinactin pitchman John Madden's about things like "the team with the most points usually ...

From ALAN JOHNSON, 1up.com,  29 Oct 2009

Related Topics: NFL,  John Madden,  Philadelphia Eagles,  Donovan McNabb

Matt Hazard: Blood Bath and Beyond Hands-On Preview

In their last title, Eat Lead: The Return of Matt Hazard, Developer Vicious Cycle threw in almost every imaginable videogame cliché. The in-game lore referenced the titular hero's past exploits, but Eat Lead's gameplay had more in common with Gears of ...

From ALAN JOHNSON, 1up.com,  27 Oct 2009

Sometimes simple really is best

Editor's Note: Alan Johnson is a Senior Private Sector Advisor in the World Bank's Investment Climate Advisory Services Group I’m always interested in situations where tools that are aimed at developing countries are applied to their high income ...

From ALAN JOHNSON, Private Sector Development Blog | World Bank,  27 Oct 2009

Related Topics: World Bank,  Alan Johnson,  Scott Shane,  New York Times Company

Order of War Review

As far as resource management and build orders go, I'm a complete novice. So, as a casual RTS fan, I remember feeling apprehensive the first time I hopped into Wargaming.net's WWII RTS game . Thankfully, this Square Enix published title provides an ...

From ALAN JOHNSON, 1up.com,  6 Oct 2009

Wet Review

Wet is what I imagine came out of someone saying "let's make a list of stuff we think is really cool about Quentin Tarantino movies and put it all into this videogame we're making." Wet's '70s cinema-tinged presentation, over-the-top weapon play, and ...

From ALAN JOHNSON, 1up.com,  15 Sep 2009

Related Topics: Quentin Tarantino,  Eliza Dushku

Order of War Multiplayer Hands-on Preview

Up until now, when thinking about World War II based real-time strategy games, the title that immediately came to mind has been . With a steep learning curve and gameplay that requires close micro-management of three resources while keeping foes at ...

From ALAN JOHNSON, 1up.com,  8 Sep 2009

Curbing loutish alcohol misuse

THE vast majority of people who drink do so responsibly – the media's favourite image of the young woman slumped in the gutter is by no means representative of all drinkers, who are perfectly capable of enjoying a Saturday night out without turning ...

From ALAN JOHNSON MP, Guardian Unlimited,  31 Aug 2009

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