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The U.S. Open season always compels me to pick up a tennis racquet.
No, I dont really know how to play the sport.
the garbage psy-op NFT sport thats been bottling up a ton of venture capital lately.
(What can I say?
Its good for my knees, and crushing my elderly neighbors is super fun.)
It never works out well.
The problem, though?
Such is what I gathered after burning a recent afternoon trying to sample the game.
Alas, no dice.
Because Im cheap, I wasnt going to burn my own personal cash in the name of professional research.
Also, I doubted HR would allow me to expense this.
(See: cheap, above.)
The thing feels really good even for right now.
Approximating the real world, timing is also crucial to the execution of a well-struck shot.
Bungle that and the shot gets downgraded to a basic return.
Each stroke just feelscrunchy.
Hence, you get a lot of washed-out colors and glass-eyed character models from deep in the uncanny valley.
Its weird, but I found it counterintuitively charming.
The roster constraints dont matter much, though.
Want to role-play as the fiery Nick Kygrios?
Looking to lead Ons Jabeur to her first Grand Slam?
This is your chance.
There have been rumors floating about of anotherTop Spinentry in the works for a while, but nothing credible.
My fingers are crossed, though.
This feels like the right time to revive the franchise.
2K Games should bringTop Spinback.
