The Friday Five: 5 Ways We Misremember Basketball Games

[Andrew]

The Friday Five: 5 Ways We Misremember Basketball Games

Just how well do you think you remember all of the basketball video games you've ever played? I'd like to think that I have a pretty good memory - especially when it comes to my passions - but I'm hardly infallible in my recollections! Sure, I've made a lot of memories with basketball video games, and remember quite a few things off the top of my head. If it's been a while since I played a game though, chances are some of the specifics will have slipped my mind. There's a reason I have to do research for my features, because when I don't, mistakes and omissions are inevitable!

To that point, there have definitely been times when I've trusted my memory when I shouldn't have. I'd suggest that we're all guilty of that from time to time. Indeed, based on comments about basketball video games that I've seen in various online spaces, it's safe to say that a lot of people misremember them in some way. It's usually an honest and understandable mistake, and it may only be a minor detail. Nevertheless, we're all bound to misremember a thing or two about a game when it's been a long time since we last played it. With that in mind - no pun intended - here are five ways that we commonly misremember basketball video games whenever we're discussing them.