From courtside of the virtual hardwood, it’s Episode #605 of the NLSC Podcast!
The price of video games – basketball and otherwise – remains a hot topic in 2025. Many people opine that they’re too expensive, but plenty of others actually defend the current costs, and indeed suggest that video games should be even more expensive than they already are. This week, we’re sharing our thoughts on the issue, including our reactions to an excellent 2023 article from The Gamer and some interesting comments from Fallout co-creator Tim Cain. We also join the community in suggesting what we believe would be fair prices for Triple-A games, indie games, online-only titles, and mobile releases. And yes, we do understand that video game development is a business, and no, we’re not saying that games should all be dirt cheap or free!
Download or play on your mobile device/tablet: CLICK HERE (Running time: 1:06:21 — 45.9MB)
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We’re at midcourt, and the ball is about to go up…it’s Monday Tip-Off! Join me as I begin the week here at the NLSC with my opinions and commentary on basketball gaming topics, as well as tales of the fun I’ve been having on the virtual hardwood. This week, I’m tipping things off by talking about how I enjoy tinkering with rosters.
I know I’ve said it many times before, but it’s been an absolute joy to change up my basketball gaming habits in recent years. Because I’m no longer forcing myself to play the newest game even if I don’t enjoy it, I’ve also broken the habit of grinding away in MyCAREER year after year. I’m also not beholden to any MyTEAM Agendas, and I’m avoiding the online scene. Stepping away from those modes and leaning towards retro gaming has created time for other activities on the virtual hardwood, and that’s made basketball gaming as fun as it’s ever been for me.
Obviously, this includes playing into my seventh year of an NBA 2K14 MyCAREER, and at long last returning to franchise gaming; solo in NBA Live 16, and co-op with Dee in NBA 2K9. I’ve also played through 24/7 mode in NBA 2K6 and NBA 2K7, and hit The Streets in NBA Live 18 and NBA Live 19. Something that I’ve really had fun with however is just playing an assortment of exhibition games in titles that I’ve been drawn to. That in turn has led to me tinkering with the rosters of various games. Although that can lead to more in-depth projects that I’ll release publicly – such as my minimalist 2005 roster for NBA 2K6 – I’ve had a blast just casually editing rosters.
Get ready for more fantastic highlights from the basketball gaming community in the NLSC Top 10 Plays of the Week, curated by Dee! New and old games alike are featured in this celebration of spectacular moments on the virtual hardwood. To submit your clips, post them in this topic, send Dee a message, or hit him up on X.
A new game has entered the countdown, as NBA Bounce makes its NLSC Top 10 Plays debut with a dunk that certainly has plenty of…well, bounce! Indeed, a lot of players are getting some serious air this week, from wild alley-oops and brutal posters to windmill jams and 360 slams. The variety also extends to the selection of games on display, as eight different titles are featured from NBA 08 all the way through to NBA 2K26. As always, it’s the perfect way to get hyped for a weekend on the virtual hardwood, so let’s get to the action!
What was your favourite highlight this week? Sound off in the comments below, and once again, get in on the fun by sending us your best plays! Remember, as long as it’s a basketball game, it’s eligible for the countdown. Also, don’t forget to subscribe to us on YouTube for more basketball gaming videos.
As you’ve seen from his previous mod releases for NBA 2K14, Pep has done some excellent work with numerous jersey updates. He’s bringing that skill to the virtual hardwood – quite literally – with his latest release: a 2025 court update for the San Antonio Spurs. Pick it up at the link below!
Thanks to everyone who continues to contribute to our Downloads database! If you need help uploading files, be sure to check out this video tutorial. For more information about downloads, the modding community, and Mod Releases bulletins, please see this FAQ in our Wiki.
Get ready for more fantastic highlights from the basketball gaming community in the NLSC Top 10 Plays of the Week, curated by Dee! New and old games alike are featured in this celebration of spectacular moments on the virtual hardwood. To submit your clips, post them in this topic, send Dee a message, or hit him up on X.
No, this isn’t an apparition! With today being Halloween, we’re sharing a spooktacular edition of the NLSC Top 10 Plays on Friday instead of in the usual Saturday timeslot. With that being said, there are some frighteningly good highlights this week, from bone-crunching ankle-breakers to monstrous poster dunks. You’ll also spot one of the Halloween-themed secrets that I mentioned in this week’s Friday Five! Seven different games are on display, from NBA Showtime: NBA on NBC all the way through to NBA 2K26. Let’s get to the action!
What was your favourite highlight this week? Sound off in the comments below, and once again, get in on the fun by sending us your best plays! Remember, as long as it’s a basketball game, it’s eligible for the countdown. Also, don’t forget to subscribe to us on YouTube for more basketball gaming videos.
This is Wayback Wednesday, your midweek blast from the past! From retrospectives of basketball games and their interesting features, to republished articles and looking at NBA history through the lens of the virtual hardwood, Wednesdays at the NLSC are for going back in time. This week, I’m reflecting on where a number of NBA Legends ideally should have retired.
With the 2026 NBA season underway, some of the biggest names in the league are continuing lengthy careers. LeBron James is embarking on a record-setting 23rd NBA campaign, which indeed may not be his last. Stephen Curry is in his 17th year, while former teammate Kevin Durant is in his 18th (though it would’ve been his 19th if not for missing the entire 2020 season). Of course, only Curry is still with the team that he began his NBA career with. As such, he’s the most likely of the three to retire with his original club, and having never left to boot.
Mind you, while it sometimes seems that superstars move around more often than they used to, even decades ago future Hall of Famers were wrapping up their storied careers on different teams. That’s how we’ve come to see so many familiar faces in strange places! To that end, while we focus on the accomplishments of those Legends and where they were in their prime more so than we do their weird final stints, we may still wish that they retired in the “right” place. Thanks to basketball video games, we can see what that would’ve looked like. Let’s take a look back…way back…
From courtside of the virtual hardwood, it’s Episode #603 of the NLSC Podcast!
A week into the 2026 NBA season, the league has been rocked by a gambling scandal. Not only that, but many fans – us included – have been irritated by the amount of flopping and free throws on display. This week, we join the community in discussing the gambling scandal and the way it throws the league’s credibility into doubt, issues with officiating and the style of play, and a few other NBA matters that are getting us down. We also talk about whether playing basketball video games makes up for feeling disappointed with real hoops, before wrapping up with some stories about the times we’ve been ejected on the virtual hardwood.
Download or play on your mobile device/tablet: CLICK HERE (Running time: 1:03:56 — 44.3MB)
To get involved with the mailbag or to provide any feedback on the show, hit us up in the comments, reach out on social media, or post here in the NLSC Forum! For more information on the NLSC Podcast including episode guides, check out this page in our Wiki. You can also find the show on our YouTube channel, along with the rest of our video content. As always, thanks for tuning in, and go get buckets!
Get ready for more fantastic highlights from the basketball gaming community in the NLSC Top 10 Plays of the Week, curated by Dee! New and old games alike are featured in this celebration of spectacular moments on the virtual hardwood. To submit your clips, post them in this topic, send Dee a message, or hit him up on X.
This week’s NLSC Top 10 Plays brings you another assortment of thundering poster dunks, wild alley-oops, slick dishes, and crafty layups, topped off by another cold-blooded clutch play. As usual, there’s also great variety in the games being featured, with seven different titles from NBA Live 08 through to NBA 2K26. From Legends seasons in NBA 2K17 to The Streets World Tour in NBA Live 19 to playing with current rosters in NBA 2K26, this week’s countdown is another spectacular demonstration of the fun the community is having on the virtual hardwood. Let’s get to the action!
What was your favourite highlight this week? Sound off in the comments below, and once again, get in on the fun by sending us your best plays! Remember, as long as it’s a basketball game, it’s eligible for the countdown. Also, don’t forget to subscribe to us on YouTube for more basketball gaming videos.
Thanks to everyone who continues to contribute to our Downloads database! If you need help uploading files, be sure to check out this video tutorial. For more information about downloads, the modding community, and Mod Releases bulletins, please see this FAQ in our Wiki.
Today’s NBA 2K14 mod releases feature an update for the Los Angeles Lakers’ Showtime jerseys, specifically adding the 60th Anniversary patch from the 2008 season. Check it out at the link below!
Thanks to everyone who continues to contribute to our Downloads database! If you need help uploading files, be sure to check out this video tutorial. For more information about downloads, the modding community, and Mod Releases bulletins, please see this FAQ in our Wiki.
Get ready for more fantastic highlights from the basketball gaming community in the NLSC Top 10 Plays of the Week, curated by Dee! New and old games alike are featured in this celebration of spectacular moments on the virtual hardwood. To submit your clips, post them in this topic, send Dee a message, or hit him up on X.
With another NBA season right around the corner, the community’s enthusiasm for getting on the sticks is heating up even more! This week’s NLSC Top 10 Plays features some wild alley-oops, including a tribute to an iconic LeBron James highlight, and Alex English scoring in a rather unexpected way. Meanwhile, Wizards MJ is proving that he’s still got it in NBA 2K11. Six different games are featured in the countdown, with a few entries also spotlighting the work of the modding community. Let’s get to the action!
What was your favourite highlight this week? Sound off in the comments below, and once again, get in on the fun by sending us your best plays! Remember, as long as it’s a basketball game, it’s eligible for the countdown. Also, don’t forget to subscribe to us on YouTube for more basketball gaming videos.
Get ready for more fantastic highlights from the basketball gaming community in the NLSC Top 10 Plays of the Week, curated by Dee! New and old games alike are featured in this celebration of spectacular moments on the virtual hardwood. To submit your clips, post them in this topic, send Dee a message, or hit him up on X.
The community always brings it with their submissions for the NLSC Top 10 Plays, but I have to say that everyone was really cooking this week! From a long behind-the-back pass on the break that Magic Johnson would be proud of, to a between-the-legs alley-oop at The Cage, to a couple of very impressive gamewinners in NBA Live 18 and NBA 2K26, there’s tremendous variety in the latest countdown. Additionally, eight different games are on display this time around, from the original NBA 2K all the way up to the latest release. Let’s get to the action!
What was your favourite highlight this week? Sound off in the comments below, and once again, get in on the fun by sending us your best plays! Remember, as long as it’s a basketball game, it’s eligible for the countdown. Also, don’t forget to subscribe to us on YouTube for more basketball gaming videos.
Welcome to another edition of The Friday Five! Every Friday I cover a topic related to basketball gaming, either as a list of five items, or a Top 5 countdown. The topics for these lists and countdowns include everything from fun facts and recollections to commentary and critique. This week’s Five is a list of my least favourite teammates from all of my MyCAREER games.
Since I’ve already reflected on my favourite MyCAREER teammates, it only makes sense to look back at my least favourite teammates! Fortunately, there haven’t been too many players that I just couldn’t stand teaming up with on the virtual hardwood. Furthermore, while I’d nominate those players as my least favourite teammates across all of my MyCAREER games, I can’t say that they’ve ruined the experience. At the same time, they’re the players who’ve been the most frustrating or the least enjoyable to play with, owing to their subpar performance whenever we’re on the court together.
Although for the most part it’s their on-court performance that ranks these players among my least favourite teammates, I will admit that I’m not fond of a couple of their real life counterparts either. Interestingly, a few of my least favourite teammates come from my all-time favourite MyCAREER games, including ones where I was on the Chicago Bulls. As I noted in my previous article though, none of my favourite Bulls squads are from the late 2010s, so it stands to reason that I don’t have a lot of affection for those players as MyCAREER teammates. Without any further ado, here are five players I haven’t been thrilled to call my teammates in MyCAREER games!
From courtside of the virtual hardwood, it’s Episode #600 of the NLSC Podcast!
It’s the 600th Episode of the NLSC Podcast! A huge shout out to all of our listeners and the NLSC community at large for continuing to support all of our content throughout the years! To mark the milestone, this week we’re simply getting on the mics to chat about basketball gaming. We share our latest thoughts on NBA 2K26, and reflect on some of the other games that we’re currently playing, including our NBA 2K9 Association. We also once again touch on the joy of Virtual Hardwood Legends, discuss how realism can sometimes feel unrealistic in basketball video games, and share some interesting roster trivia about real players and their virtual counterparts alike.
Download or play on your mobile device/tablet: CLICK HERE (Running time: 49:32 — 113.7MB)
To get involved with the mailbag or to provide any feedback on the show, hit us up in the comments, reach out on social media, or post here in the NLSC Forum! For more information on the NLSC Podcast including episode guides, check out this page in our Wiki. You can also find the show on our YouTube channel, along with the rest of our video content. As always, thanks for tuning in, and go get buckets!
Get ready for more fantastic highlights from the basketball gaming community in the NLSC Top 10 Plays of the Week, curated by Dee! New and old games alike are featured in this celebration of spectacular moments on the virtual hardwood. To submit your clips, post them in this topic, send Dee a message, or hit him up on X.
The top spot in this week’s NLSC Top 10 Plays belongs to a wild gamewinner from a title that I’ll be talking about in next week’s Wayback Wednesday. It’s also a timely entry, as tomorrow marks the fifteenth anniversary of its release date. But enough teasers! Beyond that incredible clutch play, this week’s countdown is filled with another spectacular array of highlights, including the usual assortment of awesome poster dunks and breathtaking moves. Seven different games are featured this week, from NBA Jam 2010 to NBA 2K26. Let’s get to the action!
What was your favourite highlight this week? Sound off in the comments below, and once again, get in on the fun by sending us your best plays! Remember, as long as it’s a basketball game, it’s eligible for the countdown. Also, don’t forget to subscribe to us on YouTube for more basketball gaming videos.
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