2010 ALCS: Texas Pushes Through

The ten-year contract he signed way back in February 2001 expires at the end of the World Series, making Jeter a free agent. Though it’s widely assumed the Yankees will re-sign their captain, the overrated shortstop still faces the prospect of having to negotiate a new deal with the only team he’s ever been employed by.

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Video Game Review: Vanquish

Everything controls crisply with weapons providing ample recoil. My lone complaint is boosting while manually slowing time can be a bit cumbersome when you’ve got to adjust the camera as well. This leads to instances where you get too close to enemies or waste precious AR seconds trying to simultaneously manipulate the camera and aim.

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2010 ALCS: Nelson Cruz is Good to Go

Considering he missed a third of the season, and that he mostly hit out of the five or six hole, the 60 runs he scored this season is a very impressive total. And no one will quibble with that robust 950 OPS. A flyball hitter, Cruz likely would have matched his home run total from 2009 had he not gotten hurt. And once he returned in September, he really was on cruise control, batting .327 with six homers, 14 RBI and 21 runs for the month.

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Video Game Review: Super Meat Boy

You’ve only got two buttons (run and jump) at your disposal, though the jump command is pressure sensitive. Tap it and you’ll do a quick hop, push it down and you’ll leap higher. Once again, however, the Xbox 360’s d-pad is inadequate for the challenge level. Using the analog stick is more responsive, but I still felt there were plenty of times when my jumps didn’t match the direction I was pressing. It’s pretty annoying in a title that demands precision, but the levels are so short it rarely undoes more than a few seconds worth of progress.

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Video Game Review: Alien Breed 2: Assault

The basic “move with the left stick, aim with the right” scheme is in effect here with the right trigger firing your gun and the left trigger using items (health packs and grenades). It’s simple enough, but aiming feels imprecise and there were several times when I thought I’d killed something only to have it attack me once I changed targets. Part of the issue is that your weapon’s laser sight is a bit too dim and can get lost amid the action.

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