{"id":2920,"date":"2010-06-10T05:56:18","date_gmt":"2010-06-10T10:56:18","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.calvertgames.com\/cgblog\/?p=2920"},"modified":"2010-06-10T05:56:18","modified_gmt":"2010-06-10T10:56:18","slug":"realism-tiger-woods-pga-tour-11-and-the-wii","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.calvertgames.com\/cgblog\/2010\/06\/10\/realism-tiger-woods-pga-tour-11-and-the-wii\/","title":{"rendered":"Realism, Tiger Woods PGA Tour 11, and the Wii"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>I never thought I would tag \u201crealism\u201d and the Wii in the same heading, but here we go.  This brief review from <a href=\"http:\/\/www.joystiq.com\/2010\/06\/09\/review-tiger-woods-pga-tour-11-wii\/\" onclick=\"__gaTracker('send', 'event', 'outbound-article', 'http:\/\/www.joystiq.com\/2010\/06\/09\/review-tiger-woods-pga-tour-11-wii\/', 'joystiq');\" target=\"_blank\">joystiq<\/a> caught my attention.<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>For veteran golfers, MotionPlus provides an expert level of precision that not only calls for practiced, realistic swinging, but it also makes the experience feel less like a game and more like a sport. You don\u2019t control ball spin in the air \u2014 everything boils down to your swing and knowledge of how real-world golf is played. It\u2019s a leap forward for me, who\u2019s used to dealing with analog stick putting and driving.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>Of course everyone has a different opinion on what equates to fun and a realistic gaming experience.  If EA has somehow managed to make a semi-realistic experience on the Wii, moving beyond the gimmick phase of all things Wii, then I am impressed.  Not that I am a golfer, but my kids would love to tear into something like this!<\/p>\n<div class=\"addtoany_share_save_container addtoany_content_bottom\"><div class=\"a2a_kit a2a_kit_size_ addtoany_list a2a_target\" id=\"wpa2a_1\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.addtoany.com\/share\" onclick=\"__gaTracker('send', 'event', 'outbound-article', 'https:\/\/www.addtoany.com\/share', '');\" class=\"a2a_dd addtoany_share_save\"><img src=\"http:\/\/www.calvertgames.com\/cgblog\/wp-content\/plugins\/add-to-any\/share_save_171_16.png\" width=\"171\" height=\"16\" alt=\"Share\"\/><\/a>\n<script type=\"text\/javascript\"><!--\nif(wpa2a)wpa2a.script_load();\n\/\/--><\/script>\n<\/div><\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I never thought I would tag \u201crealism\u201d and the Wii in the same heading, but here we go. This brief review from joystiq caught my attention. For veteran golfers, MotionPlus provides an expert level of precision that not only calls for practiced, realistic swinging, but it also makes the experience feel less like a game &hellip; <a href=\"http:\/\/www.calvertgames.com\/cgblog\/2010\/06\/10\/realism-tiger-woods-pga-tour-11-and-the-wii\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Realism, Tiger Woods PGA Tour 11, and the Wii<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n<div class=\"addtoany_share_save_container addtoany_content_bottom\"><div class=\"a2a_kit a2a_kit_size_ addtoany_list a2a_target\" id=\"wpa2a_2\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.addtoany.com\/share\" onclick=\"__gaTracker('send', 'event', 'outbound-article', 'https:\/\/www.addtoany.com\/share', '');\" class=\"a2a_dd addtoany_share_save\"><img src=\"http:\/\/www.calvertgames.com\/cgblog\/wp-content\/plugins\/add-to-any\/share_save_171_16.png\" width=\"171\" height=\"16\" alt=\"Share\"\/><\/a><\/div><\/div>","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[50],"class_list":["post-2920","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-archive","tag-wii"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.calvertgames.com\/cgblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2920","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.calvertgames.com\/cgblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.calvertgames.com\/cgblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.calvertgames.com\/cgblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.calvertgames.com\/cgblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2920"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"http:\/\/www.calvertgames.com\/cgblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2920\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2921,"href":"http:\/\/www.calvertgames.com\/cgblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2920\/revisions\/2921"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.calvertgames.com\/cgblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2920"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.calvertgames.com\/cgblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2920"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.calvertgames.com\/cgblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2920"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}