Sports Games For Dorks

In regards to Gordon's post below: There's a dividing line between video gamers. We all know it. You have the sports gamers and then you have the rest of us dorks that play everything else. I think it's a direct projection of the high school experience for most kids. If you weren't on the illustrious Basketball team, then you did everything else: Chess Club, Debate Team, Band, Color Guard, etc. This dork exclusion has always made me a litte uneasy about sports games. Lets face it. I can whip anyone in Call of Duty or Burnout, but put a virtual basketball in my digital hands and I'm suddenly all thumbs, drooling on my controller blank-eyed and confused as my opponent demonstrates every dunk in the game over and over again.

But not any more.

I see a trend in 360 games. A trend that brings sports games to the rest of us. I have had an absolute BLAST playing Fight Night 3 and Top Spin 2 lately (and other than some social football use, I'm pretty much sports-free). I know tabletop tennis and boxing aren't traditional sports games, but at least I can actually say I'm dabbling with the genre.