The team around you will also be affected by what 2K calls the Dynamic Living Roster – updating player stats daily to represent real-life hot and cold streaks, plunging the player even deeper into NBA life.
That's actually not a bad idea, as many people have complained that some of EA's other sports titles seem to merely feature incremental tweaks and roster updates year after year.
After this many versions of the same football video game, every update amounts to a roster update and some spit shine.
We can't go back, because the Maddens can only advance in quality and sophistication with each annual roster update, but we should pause occasionally to consider what has been lost.
The Jets (1-0) and the Patriots (0-1) play Monday night and, as usual, you need an updated roster -- and a flow chart of bruised relationships -- to keep up.
When Ms. Griffin mouths off at Ms. Palin — or Charlie Sheen, Oprah Winfrey, Ryan Seacrest and others in her constantly updated roster of celebrity targets — it's with the knowledge that the cracks will only endear her further to her fan base, mostly gay men and straight women who appreciate her persona as an outspoken, suffer-no-fools, pop culture gadfly.
Franchise mode is slightly improved with 30-player roster support and updated menus, but not much else.
First off, an updated roster of the company's investors: Backplane is currently raising a round that includes many of technology's top-tier VCs, including SV Angel, Google Ventures, Founder's Fund Angel Investments, Eric Schmidt's Tomorrow Ventures, Lerer Ventures and Menlo Ventures.
The new members will join the 33 institutions already on board, bringing Coursera's grand total to 62. And, of course, just as edX was kicking back to celebrate its five new handpicked international members, Coursera announces that its updated roster just so happens to include 16 international institutions itself.
MLB.com provides updated rosters and statistics.
