May 31
Given that we’re in the beginning of the silly season and have little else to talk about besides wild unsubstantiated transfer rumors, I thought I might submit a miniscule (and admittedly way off-topic) problem to all of the illustrious minds here at ArseAm.
The problem is this:
About 10 years ago I purchased a football manager sim (on PC) for my aunt. For the better part of a year and a half, she was absolutely hooked on it, but lost her copy of the game shortly before her system melted.
Since then, she’s gone through extended phases with other (some might...
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Apr 17
So, my gutty little NAC Breda take on big, bad Chelsea in the Champions League (this is an update from last week’s post regarding my EA FIFA gaming).
In the first leg I go to Stamford bridge and fall behind 1-0, only to fight back to take a 2-1 lead. In the second half they get the equaliser, but I’m feeling pretty good about the draw and two away goals. I played a 4-3-1-2 formation and for the most part it worked.
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Apr 11
Ok hotshots, you think you know so much about football, well, we’ll see about that.
I’m currently playing FIFA 2005 on my Xbox and I’ve got an epic Champions League matchup against Chelsea coming up. First, a bit of background.
EA’s FIFA games are just about the only games I’m play. They always look and play great. So, I playing in career mode. In this mode you are the manager (I’ve called myself Arsene Wenger) and you can’t just start by managing Arsenal or Real Madrid. You have to work your way up. So, in season one I managed Celtic....
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Mar 23
I’m a big fan of the EA Big Street series. I’m also a huge fan of soccer. I was pumped to play this game. I picked up the XBOX version of FIFA Street.
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Dec 03
Ok, we sold Lauren. Here’s a new part of the game that I’ve discovered, it’s impossible to grab players!
In last year’s version I was able to grab van der Vaart, Kezman and several other players. This time around, you can bid well above the asking price and still not get your man. So, even though we’ve received huge offers for Pires and Ljungberg, I’m not selling because I don’t think we will be able to bring anybody in. Screw ‘em all, we’ll go with what we’ve got.
Just lost the Community Shield 3-1 to Man United. Pires...
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Nov 25
Ok gang, it appears we only have 10 million in the kitty, so before we make offers on Kluivert and van der Vaart (Mexes isn’t in the game!?!?) we’ll need to sell some folks. Check out the poll to the right. You’ll have plenty of time to vote, I’ll be in Portugal for the Euro 2004 Final Draw. I’ll say hi to Pele for y’all.
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Nov 23
Ok, gang, I’ve received the latest edition of Arsenal Club Manager, thanks to the folks at JustFootball.
You may recall that I loved last year’s version, so I’m very excited to play it this time around.
Not only does the game have our newest players (Lehmann, Clichy, etc.), but when you search for players to buy, you’ll find Rick Liebling! In fact, there are a bunch of Arsenal fans built into the game. Pretty cool.
Anyway, this time I want us to play as a group. So, I will post...
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Jul 29
You’ll recall a couple of months back I got all geeked up over an Arsenal PC video game. I even mentioned they had a ‘Be In The Game’ contest. Here’s the latest from the boys over at Just Football who produce the Arsenal Club Manager game:
Greetings from a wet and windy UK!
The be in the game promotion is still running, we currently have 350 registrations from Arsenal fans, not bad but compare that to 2000 from Chelsea, this is entirely down to Chelsea actually running the news piece on their own website.
We now have a separate opportunity, one I’ll...
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May 07
Back in ?97 as I was starting to really get into football, I picked up the FIFA ?97 video game. I thought it was awesome. I grabbed the next couple of games from that series, but in the last year or so I stopped playing. I was aware of the ?management simulation? games, but had never played one. Recently the good folks at Justfootball sent me a copy of ?Arsenal ? The Official Management Game.? I don?t have anything really to judge it against, but I think this game is absolutely fantastic. It?s compelling and addictive and perfect for all us punters who think we know more than Le Boss.
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Apr 24
We seem to have a considerable amount of interest in the new video games section. I’m currently test driving a game, Arsenal - Official Management Game, that is simply awesome. It will be a little while before I have a full review up, but wanted to make you aware of a totally cool feature for NEXT YEAR’S version of the game…
Following up on the success of The Official Management Game series where game players took the role of the club manager, Just Football have listened to the fans and have made significant modifications to include actual fans within the game itself....
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