Browsing through the Xbox Live Marketplace this morning I noticed that a playable demo for NBA Live 08 had just been posted up by EA Sports. The 562 MB demo features two two-minute quarters of play and four teams to choose from, including the Spurs, Cavs and the Spain and France national squads. I’m pretty impressed with it so far. The player models are the best I’ve seen in a NBA game and the gameplay runs nice and smooth at 60 fps. I’m not really seeing anything special out of the new “Quick Strike Ball Handling” controls, but overall the game appears to be noticeably improved over the past few lackluster series entries. The NBA Live vs. NBA 2K match-up may actually be relevant again this season!
Matt Litten is the full-time editor and owner of VGBlogger.com. He is responsible for maintaining the day to day operation of the site, editing all staff content before it is published, and contributing regular news, reviews, previews and other articles.
Matt landed his first gig in the video game review business writing for the now-defunct website BonusStage.com. After the sad and untimely close of BonusStage, the former staff went on to found VGBlogger.com. After a short stint as US Site Manager for AceGamez, Matt assumed full ownership over VGBlogger, and to this day he is dedicated to making it one of the top video game blogs in all the blogosphere.
Matt is a fair-minded reviewer and lover of games of all platforms and types, big or small, hyped or niche, big-budget or indie. But that doesn't mean he will let poor games slide without a good thrashing when necessary! 
