During this quarantine/self isolation period I have done a number of new and old things. I clean more than usual, but I feel like I was on the precipice of doing that anyway. I have wanted to keep a cleaner house for awhile now. I exercise more, but I am doing different things. I'm not just running and playing basketball. I am still running, but I cannot play real basketball because all gyms are closed, as they should be. I am now running, doing HIIT workouts, riding my recumbent bike, going on walks with my kids and dogs everyday and I just recently started to do some yoga, which has been amazing. I'm also still writing, obviously, but I am stretching my ideas. I'm not just simply writing about sports 85 to 90 percent of the time. I love writing about sports, but without them, there is many other things to read, watch and find out. I've also taken on more of the cooking in the house. Once a week I make chicken wings, another day I will make some kind of fajitas, and not that it is warmer out, I have begun to grill again.

One thing that I haven't done in a long time, that i just started to pick back up last week, is playing video games. My kids are older now that I can get them set up on online school projects, or they go to bed at 8 every night, and I have some free time to play video games now, if I am not watching a movie or show with my wife. We have recently played Mario Kart and Party, Animal Crossing is a big deal, so is Minecraft. I have also reverted to playing the last made college football game on my Xbox 1 when I ride the recumbent bike. But, right when this all started, I bought two new games on our Switch.

I bought, and immediately played RBI Baseball, and let me tell you, it is not as easy as the original version for Nintendo was. I still hammer away at it from time to time, but I have to admit, I do get very frustrated at that game. The other game I bought online was NBA2K20. I needed to buy a SIM card so we could download it fully, and that took some time because it was an Amazon purchase, and SIM card are non essential, obviously. So, the card came about a week ago, and we fully downloaded the game.

I was dorking around on it the first night it worked, and it was fun. The next day, which was a Saturday, I really dug into the game. I started a career as a version of myself, and I loved it. There was this ridiculously melo dramatic movie attached to the story where your guy leaves his school right before the tournament because his coach is an asshole, and you have to navigate the draft, and all the stuff that comes with it, with this fake chip on your shoulder. It was hilarious, but also fun. My only gripe with this function, you can only control yourself. You don't get to force playing time, you have to sit and watch, it can be dull, and seem very long winded at times. Then I tried the create a team thing, but that had way too much reliance on other people playing the game online, and I am certain that the majority of those people playing are so much better at the game than I am. I played one game, got destroyed, and quickly abandoned that immediately.

So the other night I decided that I was just going to control my own team, the Grizzlies, let the computer generate rosters and play the, I think, 80 year dynasty that you can do. I have the time, I have the ability to control all my players, and I can play it at any level, I play on rookie for right now, that I want. And I love it. It is so cool. The graphics on the game are so realistic. My wife came out of the shower the other night and thought I was watching a classic game on ESPN. She said it looked so real. NBA2K is such a great, innovative video game, and I would have never even thought to buy it and play it unless something like a pandemic happened. I also love the music on the game. It is quality hip hop for the most part. It is also pretty easy to navigate and control. It also kind of scratches the itch that I am missing right now. I can sit down and get lost in the game for hours. I played it the other night for about 90 minutes, and I won every game I played by 20 plus points. I drafted Coby White with my first round pick, Morant was already off the board, and he is crushing it lately.

I just wanted to sing the praises for NBA2K today. The game is so cool, so fun and, if you are really missing sports like me right now, it helps. I promise. NBA2K is a great video game, that I believe is on any console, and I highly recommend buying it if you have the funds, and are looking for a great sports game. It rules. 

Ty

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