Sports Sim Magazine, Issue #16

140 Pages. PRINT VERSION. Issue #16 of Sports Sim Magazine features Tom Kerwin's deep dive into PLAAY's new full-play Highlight Maker Hoops: Prime Time! Kerwin takes us through the mechanics as well as giving us a play-through and a mini-tutorial on stat keeping. Keith Avallone also takes us through the history of the game's formation. Eric Simon and S.T. Patrick jointly ask if our expectations of games are too lofty, providing examples, replay statistics, and theory to do so. We have two free games: Tom McHugh has provided us with Heptahlon (and take on SI's Decathlon) and Soren Narnia has provided his 2013 game, Highlight Maker Football. APBA Hall of Famer John Cochrane details the rise and fall of APBA Basketball. Brien Aronov compares and contrasts the Japanese baseball sim offerings. Ian Brooke tells us about his Pro version of On-Deck Baseball, Mark Cohen describes the new features present in Digital Diamond Baseball, and Kevin Hennessy takes us back to Big League Manager and his experiences with those who created it. S.T. Patrick continues his interview with Strat insider and author Glenn Guzzo. Greg Rasheed ties a personal relationship to a game with boxer DaVarryl Williamson. Kevin Burghardt's Classic Match-Up series has Agassi taking on Sampras in 1995. And we look at a fun day in Mukonago, Wisconsin at Wis-Con '24. We also have three more fascinating interviews as Michael Webb interviews ZenGM's Jeremy Schef, S.T. Patrick interviews creator Soren Narnia about where he has gone and whether he'll ever be back, and Kevin Burghardt interviews Rob Spier. In the opening essay, S.T. Patrick looks as the great, the good, the bad, and the ugly of homebrewing.