FirstCuts: A Charles Barkley Role Playing Game

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By Chris Littmann Sports don't start and end with a referee's whistle. FirstCuts, a blog dedicated to sports culture, will cover everything outside the lines, from games to gear. And yes, in this rare instance, we've decided to read. I'm sort of at a loss on this one. I've never been an avid fan -- or even really a player -- of RPGs (role playing games). I think I owned one of the ... [link]

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Barkley Saves the World... With Your Help
Published 1/23/2008 by Tom Ziller at FanHouse
Filed under: NBA Videos, Video GamesTremendous find by Chris Littmann at The Sporting Blog -- a (free, downloadable) roleplaying game featuring Charles Barkley. Let me shut up and jam just let you watch the trailer (note: it gets incredible at the 2-minute mark). Also, expect zero NBA FanHouse posts the rest of the week as we'll be marathoning this sucker. B.L.O.O.D.M.O.S.E.S. must be stopped.Permalink | Email this | Comments

YouTube of the Day II: Charles Barkley's new video game
Published 1/23/2008 at Ball Don't Lie
... to while the hours away playing this game, Barkley, Shut Up and Jam: Gaiden, which can be downloaded here. Here's the trailer for this masterpiece: Charles, jamming, Michael Jordan, an old guy that looks like Andrew Bynum with Johnny Winter's hair, shekels ... it's good to be alive. Major hat-tip to Tom Ziller at the FanHouse, and Chris Littman at the Sporting News' new blog for finding this.

Timeout! Charles Barkley Now Has His Own Role-Playing Game
Published 1/23/2008 at FanIQ Blog
... Thanks to The Sporting Blog, we get news that Charles Barkley is now featured in a role-playing game called Barkley Shut Up and Jam: Gaiden. ...

Basketball in Video Games
Published 1/30/2008 by Patrick at Give Me The Rock
... Barkley: Shut Up and Jam leads to the second post I came across, this one via TheSportingBlog on Sporting News. Apparently, someone has gone through the trouble of creating a role playing game based on Barkley: Shut Up and Jam called Barkley Shut Up and Jam: Gaiden (of course). There is a trailer of the game up on Youtube and the game is available for free ...

NBA Web Roundup - Video Games, Rudy Gay and Artest is Still Crazy
Published 2/1/2008 by Str8Hoops at Str8Hoops NBA Blog
... Rudy Gay wants you to choose his dunk Links from around the NBA… I’m not even going to try to explain this Charles Barkley Video Game Speaking of video games… here is a history of basketball video games All Star Reserves are named… and I’m not pleased I can’t believe 60% of NBA players are broke 5 years after retirement Don’t believe veteran teams win in the NBA? Here’s proof ...

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