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An online patch would work wonders.The Bottom LineA few years back, Ubisoft published an excellent TMNT brawler for the Game Boy Advance that was probably the most authentic in recreating that classic beat-em-up feel I’ve played since Castle Crashers select the components of a search engine. And now we have Scott Pilgrim, a game that unabashedly revels in the glory of the arcade brawler. Everything is perfect. From the attract screen to secret areas, cheat codes to crazy 64+ hit combos.
IGN praised the game’s style and soundtrack but criticizing its lack of online multiplayer or drop-in play. They later named it the 25th best game on Xbox Live Arcade in 2010. Similarly, 1UP.com criticized the PS3 version’s difficulty and need for grinding. Joystiq said of the same console version that “they couldn’t recommend it any higher, especially at 10 bucks.” Game Informer called the same console version “the best modern brawler since Castle Crashers.”
One of the things that makes the comics a richer experience forScott Pilgrimfans is that many of the side characters are more fleshed out than they are in the film. One of those casualties isEnvy Adams, Scott’s ex-girlfriend and lead singer ofThe Clash at Demonhead, who comes off as far less sympathetic in the film than in the comics. In theScott Pilgrimgraphic novels, readers learn that the Scott/Envy breakup isn’t so cut-and-dry, and there’s more closure to their relationship.
Game 2 world series
The 2023 World Series is now a best-of-five series. The Arizona Diamondbacks rebounded from Friday’s Game 1 gut-punch loss to even the series 1-1 with a Game 2 win over the Texas Rangers on Saturday (ARI 9, TEX 1). Right-hander Merrill Kelly was terrific in seven innings and the offense chipped away against Jordan Montgomery before blowing it against the bullpen.
Yamamoto actually walked the first batter of the game, but he got through Juan Soto, Aaron Judge and Giancarlo Stanton to leave that runner stranded. He didn’t allow a hit until Soto homered in the third inning, but Yamamoto retired the next 11 batters he faced, striking out Judge to end the sixth inning, then getting Stanton to pop up for the first out of the seventh.
That image told the story of this World Series so far. The Dodgers have delivered. Judge and the Yankees are searching for answers. In a crucial Game 2, they recorded only four hits — three of which came in the ninth inning.
• Freeman joined Jackson, for the A’s and Yankees, as the only players to homer in consecutive World Series games for multiple teams. The only other players with multiple World Series homers for multiple teams are Corey Seager (LAD, TEX), Dave Henderson (BOS, OAK), Lenny Dykstra (PHI, NYM) and Reggie Smith (BOS, LAD).
Yoshinobu Yamamoto seems to be getting better as this game goes on. He induced a groundout to Giancarlo Stanton to third and one to short from Jazz Chisholm Jr. to short,and then got Anthony Rizzo swinging to end the inning.
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Mookie Betts reached safely on a grounder to first after Cole failed to cover the bag, allowing Kike Hernandez to score. With the bases loaded, Freeman then hit a two-run single to cut the Dodgers’ deficit to 5-3. Teoscar Hernandez followed with a game-tying double to deep center to cap a five-run inning for the Dodgers.
Top of the eighth: Kiké Hernández led with a single to left off Yankees reliever Tommy Kahnle. Tommy Edman followed with a broken-bat single that found the gap between third and short. Kahle walked Will Smith on four pitches to load the bases and end his night.
It was a wild, memorable game on Wednesday night, and it cemented the Dodgers’ eighth World Series title. That ties the Giants for the fifth-most all time, behind only the Yankees (27), Cardinals (11), Red Sox (nine) and Athletics (nine).
Their shortcomings finally caught up with them in Game 5. A total meltdown of a fifth inning, one that will be remembered as one of the worst in World Series history, cost the Yankees their season. Aaron Judge flubbed a routine fly out for his first error of the entire year — regular season or postseason. Anthony Volpe couldn’t make an accurate throw to third base. Gerrit Cole didn’t cover first base on what would’ve been an inning-ending groundout, opening the floodgates. From there, the Dodgers scored five runs to tie the game. The Yankees retook the lead even after all of this — but fumbled it away again in the eighth inning.
Long encumbered by a mouthful of metal, Zachary Ruderman was told by his parents Friday that he could leave his fifth-grade class early because he had an orthodontist appointment to get his braces removed. The shaggy-haired 10-year-old figured he’d be out of the chair in time to watch Game 1 of the World Series on TV.
And then, with Cole one pitch away from escaping a bases-loaded, no-out disaster, he forgot one slight detail after Mookie Betts bounced a spinning five-hopper to Anthony Rizzo — the part where the pitcher is supposed to cover first base on balls like that.