{"id":14989,"date":"2024-07-01T11:37:23","date_gmt":"2024-07-01T09:37:23","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/2024\/07\/01\/jude-bellinghams-late-stunner-reminded-me-why-pro-evolution-soccer-hit-the-target\/"},"modified":"2024-07-01T11:37:23","modified_gmt":"2024-07-01T09:37:23","slug":"jude-bellinghams-late-stunner-reminded-me-why-pro-evolution-soccer-hit-the-target","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/2024\/07\/01\/jude-bellinghams-late-stunner-reminded-me-why-pro-evolution-soccer-hit-the-target\/","title":{"rendered":"Jude Bellingham\u2019s late stunner reminded me why Pro Evolution Soccer hit the target"},"content":{"rendered":"

The England player\u2019s impromptu move took me back to the noughties, when PES 4-6 was \u2018the illusion of control in a sandbox of chaos\u2019. It was the beautiful video game<\/p>\n

Football, like everything else important in life, is about stories. People implant themselves into the narrative: where they were when they saw Maradona\u2019s handball<\/a>, the strangers they hugged when Ole Gunnar Solskj\u00e6r<\/a> scored that historic last-minute winner at the 1999 Champions League final. No doubt new tales are already being conjured around Jude Bellingham\u2019s scissor kick against Slovakia<\/a> in the dying seconds of Sunday\u2019s Euro 24 match. Sport is a nostalgia machine \u2013 and this is as true for video game simulations as it is for the real thing. Every gamer has their favourite footie sim, but for me, and many other players of my \u2026 ahem, vintage \u2026 it was Pro Evolution Soccer, numbers 3 to 6.<\/p>\n

This was the early 2000s, the age of the PlayStation 2. I was a writer for hire at Future Publishing, basically hanging out at its office in Bath, working mostly on the Official PlayStation magazine. But every lunch time, all the magazines would get together and play PES \u2013 especially during major tournaments, where we\u2019d organise our own versions. Fifa? Forget it. Konami had already proved its ability with footie games through the excellent International Superstar Soccer series on the Mega Drive, Nintendo 64 and PlayStation, but the introduction of PES in 2001 brought a new level of dynamism and detail. Pace was fluid, player abilities were defined by 45 different stats, adding depth and variety, controls were intuitive yet expansive. \u201cThese games felt like authentic football,\u201d says Ben Wilson who was editor of Official PlayStation at the time. \u201cThere was genuine joy to be had in grinding out a 1-0 win. Modern football games have as much in common with basketball as football \u2013 you shoot, I shoot, you shoot, I shoot, final score 6-4.\u201d<\/p>\n

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\nThe England player\u2019s impromptu move took me back to the noughties, when PES 4-6 was \u2018the illusion of control in a sandbox of chaos\u2019. It was the beautiful video game
\nFootball, like everything else important in life, is about stories. People implant themselves into the narrative: where they were when they saw Maradona\u2019s handball, the strangers they hugged when Ole Gunnar Solskj\u00e6r scored that historic last-minute winner at the 1999 Champions League final. No doubt new tales are already being conjured around Jude Bellingham\u2019s scissor kick against Slovakia in the dying seconds of Sunday\u2019s Euro 24 match. Sport is a nostalgia machine \u2013 and this is as true for video game simulations as it is for the real thing. Every gamer has their favourite footie sim, but for me, and many other players of my \u2026 ahem, vintage \u2026 it was Pro Evolution Soccer, numbers 3 to 6.
\nThis was the early 2000s, the age of the PlayStation 2. I was a writer for hire at Future Publishing, basically hanging out at its office in Bath, working mostly on the Official PlayStation magazine. But every lunch time, all the magazines would get together and play PES \u2013 especially during major tournaments, where we\u2019d organise our own versions. Fifa? Forget it. Konami had already proved its ability with footie games through the excellent International Superstar Soccer series on the Mega Drive, Nintendo 64 and PlayStation, but the introduction of PES in 2001 brought a new level of dynamism and detail. Pace was fluid, player abilities were defined by 45 different stats, adding depth and variety, controls were intuitive yet expansive. \u201cThese games felt like authentic football,\u201d says Ben Wilson who was editor of Official PlayStation at the time. \u201cThere was genuine joy to be had in grinding out a 1-0 win. Modern football games have as much in common with basketball as football \u2013 you shoot, I shoot, you shoot, I shoot, final score 6-4.\u201d Continue reading…Technology | The Guardian<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

The England player\u2019s impromptu move took me back to the noughties, when PES 4-6 was \u2018the illusion of control in a sandbox of chaos\u2019. It was the beautiful video game Football, like everything else important in life, is about stories. People implant themselves into the narrative: where they were when they saw Maradona\u2019s handball, the …<\/p>\n

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