{"id":514,"date":"2006-05-01T18:09:24","date_gmt":"2006-05-01T18:09:24","guid":{"rendered":""},"modified":"2006-05-01T18:09:24","modified_gmt":"2006-05-01T18:09:24","slug":"bowl-bound-college-football-with-apologies-to-steve-os","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.calvertgames.com\/cgblog\/2006\/05\/01\/bowl-bound-college-football-with-apologies-to-steve-os\/","title":{"rendered":"Bowl Bound College Football (with apologies to Steve @ OS)"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>I have not been to OS in what seems like years.  Actually the login screen said that I was last there in September \u201905, which has to be the equivalent of years in the digital age.  Man I hate that term, but you get the context.<\/p>\n<p>Thank goodness for popup blockers.  I do not remember it being that bad the last time I braved OS.<\/p>\n<p>This goes in line with my last post, but where in the world have all the reviews gone?  I respect Steve.  I really do, but why oh why did he allow this review of <a href=\"http:\/\/reviews.operationsports.com\/Reviews.aspx?game=bowlboundcf\" onclick=\"__gaTracker('send', 'event', 'outbound-article', 'http:\/\/reviews.operationsports.com\/Reviews.aspx?game=bowlboundcf', 'Bowl Bound College Football');\" target=new>Bowl Bound College Football<\/a> (PC; Grey Dog Software) to be posted?<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>\u201cGrey Dog has become the premier sports text-based simulation company, and their games such as Total Pro Basketball and Total Extreme Wrestling are top-notch games. Bowl Bound is Grey Dog?s attempt at college football, and it\u2019s continues the tradition.\u201d<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>The premier sports text-based simulation company?  I think not, but different strokes.  My real problem with this review?  The reviewer only briefly touches on the simulation engine.  Where is the discussion of the actual statistics generated in a game, in a season, over a career?  What about the CPU play calling?  How does the game work when playing or simulating across multiple seasons?  These things are certainly vital in a text-based simulation.  How do I make a purchase decision base on this review?  What does the 9\/10 review rating really buy me?  Hopefully Steve (or the reviewer) sees this and realizes that sports fans really do want more depth in a text-based sports simulation review.<\/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=\"https:\/\/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 have not been to OS in what seems like years. Actually the login screen said that I was last there in September \u201905, which has to be the equivalent of years in the digital age. Man I hate that term, but you get the context. Thank goodness for popup blockers. 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