January, 2011 | RotoRob

NBA Today: JaVale McGee Dominating on the Glass

January 18, 2011 / Basketball, NBA Today

Not only does Washington have its first winning streak of the season, but this also marked its first win of the season over a team with a winning record. Yikes. No wonder the Wizards are headed for another lottery pick. Still, they are playing better lately, and have managed to move into a virtual tie with the Raptors for 12th place in the East. Of course, this improved play has been as the result of them playing five of eight games this month at home. There is still that whole 0-19 on the road thing hanging over their heads. Right…that little detail.

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The Wire Troll: An IR Full of Bodies is Bad

January 17, 2011 / Chris Wassel, Hockey, The Wire Troll

This week is more of a history lesson than anything else. Why the lesson first? That is simple, ladies and gentlemen. In order to progress, one must understand how it went wrong in the first place. Names can be protected for the sake of the innocent in these cases only. Imagine being the Fantasy GM with six guys out and only one IR slot. Worse, three of these guys are on that wonderful “can’t cut list” that everyone loves at the start of the season.

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Video Game Review: Pac-Man Championship Edition DX

January 16, 2011 / Video Game Reviews

The game’s techno soundtrack matches the high intensity on-screen action step for step, building and accelerating in all the right places. I’m not a fan of that style, but it’s so well integrated, I honestly can’t even think of what other musical accompaniment could take its place. All the classic sound effects and signature ditties are present as well.

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The Wire Troll: Sweet Lou and Cool Hand, too

January 15, 2011 / Basketball, Buck Davidson, The Wire Troll

In any event, Monroe’s aggressive defensive style should continue to produce plenty of steals, which a rare thing indeed from a big man. Right now, Monroe looks like a nice grab in deeper formats, but he has the upside to become a viable option in standard leagues if he continues his fine play.

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Contest: Win Alien Breed 2 & 3!

January 14, 2011 / Contests, Video Game Reviews

In fact, we may have enjoyed those adorable games a little too much…to the point where some manhood questioning could be in order. That means it’s time to inject some testosterone into the mix because at the end of the day, we here at RotoRob like it when some combination of Nazis, aliens and/or zombies is dying a gruesome death at our hands.

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Video Game Review: X-Men Arcade

January 13, 2011 / Video Game Reviews

Since Konami no longer holds the X-Men license (cut to Activision laughing maniacally), its deal with Marvel to revive an 18-year-old title left it unable to make any changes to the game, including the outdated graphics. At least the characters themselves are colourful and easily recognizable, though it gets tough to identify yourself when you’ve got a full complement of gamers along with multiple enemies on the screen at the same time.

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