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Scott Pilgrim vs. the World: The Game — Complete Edition is a much-needed re-release that faithfully preserves the long lost original. The outdated beat-’em-up combat and light features may not live up to fans’ almost mythological memory, but just being able to find that out is a victory in its own right Magic Kingdom.
The PlayStation 3 version of Scott Pilgrim vs. the World: The Game received “generally favorable reviews”, while the Xbox 360 version received “mixed or average” reviews, according to the review aggregation website Metacritic.
Pre-orders became available for the PS4 and Switch versions for a limited time on January 15th. As Microsoft’s business model conflicts with that of Limited Run Games, a physical release for the Xbox One version was never made available.
Controls in Scott Pilgrim vs. The World: The Game try to stick to the basics of classic beat ‘em ups with simple movement controls and one-button attacks (each character has a light and a heavy attack that, combined with directional presses, can suit different situations). Back in 2010, the game’s controls were a bit stiff and clunky and that remains true with the Complete Edition. It’s sometimes difficult to get on the same “line” as an enemy or pick up an object (like a bat, sword, or trash can) to use as a weapon. Players will regularly find themselves punching at nothing despite feeling like they are standing right in front of an enemy, and usually, that leaves them open to attack.
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The bullpen game before that? It went worse, in a 7-3 NLCS Game 2 loss, with the Mets scoring five in the second inning off Landon Knack. It really has only gone well once, and it went very well, with the Dodgers staving off elimination in Game 4 of the NLDS against the Padres, with eight different pitchers combining on an 8-0 shutout. That success encouraged the Dodgers, who of course only have three starting pitchers left standing, to keep trying it. They’ll do so here again, more because of a lack of other options. Can manager Dave Roberts push the right buttons to get them through it?
In that moment, with the Yankee Stadium crowd again silenced by Freeman’s first-inning fireworks, it appeared an apt time to start etching his name on the MVP trophy and to prepare the Dodgers’ postgame party. The Yankees, after all, had not led in a game since right before Freeman’s walk-off salami in Game 1, and they stranded two runners in the bottom of the first in this one to prolong their pain.
That is Volpe’s first home run this postseason and thus his first career postseason homer. Couldn’t have picked a better time for it. That is also the first postseason grand slam for the Yankees since Tino Martinez’s grand slam in the 1998 World Series.
That unusual situation of trying to draw inspiration from an archrival didn’t work (the Yankees got swept anyway). So we don’t expect the 2024 Yankees to cue up “The Comeback: 2004 Boston Red Sox” on Netflix now that they trail the Dodgers 3-0 in this World Series that resumes Tuesday night with Game 4 at Yankee Stadium.
It was exciting to learn that Shohei Ohtani, after subluxating his left shoulder while being thrown out trying to steal at the end of Game 2, was going to be in the starting lineup for Game 3. But now that we’ve watched him come to the plate five times … are we sure Shohei should be playing right now? Ohtani’s swings have been awkward and halting; he hasn’t hit the ball hard even once and he seems to be in rather obvious pain anytime he swings and misses. (Even so, he did reach base twice, on a walk and hit-by-pitch.)
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The Yankees are trying to become just the second team ever — joining the 2004 Red Sox in the ALCS — to win a postseason series after trailing 3-0. They’ve already become the first World Series team in 10 tries to fall behind 3-0 and force a Game 5 (the most recent had been the 1970 Reds).
The Yankees avoided becoming the first team to get swept in the World Series since the 2012 Tigers and the first Yanks team to do so since 1976. They have forced a Game 5 on Wednesday night at Yankee Stadium — a game that has proven a pickle for some past clubs that lost the first three games of a postseason series but, in this case, is a big, big deal for a team able to trot out a pitcher of Cole’s ilk.
Yankees: Soto reached base twice in Game 4, working a walk and knocking a double, and he leads the Yankees with a 1.015 OPS during the World Series. Rizzo has a .412 on-base percentage in this Fall Classic, with two hits, three walks and two hit-by-pitches. Perhaps Judge’s eighth-inning RBI single, his first World Series RBI, sparks the captain’s bat. He’s 2-for-15 in the Series.
If he’s anything like the Gerrit Cole we saw in Game 1, when he held the Dodgers to one run on four hits over six-plus innings at Dodger Stadium, then the Yankees pulse that was revived in Game 4 could quicken in Game 5.
The Yankees are trying to become just the second team ever — joining the 2004 Red Sox in the ALCS — to win a postseason series after trailing 3-0. They’ve already become the first World Series team in 10 tries to fall behind 3-0 and force a Game 5 (the most recent had been the 1970 Reds).
The Yankees avoided becoming the first team to get swept in the World Series since the 2012 Tigers and the first Yanks team to do so since 1976. They have forced a Game 5 on Wednesday night at Yankee Stadium — a game that has proven a pickle for some past clubs that lost the first three games of a postseason series but, in this case, is a big, big deal for a team able to trot out a pitcher of Cole’s ilk.
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“I’ve definitely got to step up, and I’ve got to do my job,” Judge told reporters after Game 2. “Guys around me are doing their jobs, getting on base, and I’m failing at backing them up. We’ve got to turn it around in Game 3.”
Getting the ball first for the Yankees in Game 4 will be Luis Gil, who’s made just one appearance this October. Gil, who sported a 3.50 ERA across 29 regular-season starts, started against the Cleveland Guardians in Game 4 of the ALCS where he gave up two runs on three hits and three walks while striking out three. The 26-year-old right-hander pitched 5.2 innings in a June start against the Dodgers, giving up three runs on five hits and one walk while striking out five.
Who are the starting pitchers?Dodgers: RHP Walker Buehler (1-6, 5.38 ERA in the regular season)Buehler’s regular season didn’t go as expected once he returned from a second Tommy John surgery, but the right-hander has had a strong postseason for the Dodgers. Buehler’s final line against the Padres in NLDS Game 3 looks worse than his overall performance. He then bounced back in a pivotal Game 3 in the NLCS, tossing four scoreless innings against the Mets.
“We know what’s at stake,” Freeman said. “We’ve got a chance to be champions, and we know they’ve got nothing to lose, and they’re going to come out and do everything they can. It’s our job to go out there and hopefully put together another good ballgame.”
Pressure often disperses itself unevenly across a team and in the Yankees’ case, that pressure is falling on the shoulders of Yankees slugger Aaron Judge, who is struggling to replicate his extraordinary performances in the regular season.