The Game is the Same and the Rules Don&#39;t Change—So Why Do
the Controls?SIn basketball, it was the three-point line, or the
reintroduction of the zone defense. In baseball, it's the
designated hitter, or an All-Star game played for stakes. In
American football, it's instant replay, or the two-point
conversion, or moving the goal posts to the back of the end
zone. All sports have confronted and incorporated epochal
changes in how they are played, many within our lifetimes.
Sports video games seem to do it every year.  Friday, 2K Sports
revealed a revision to the controls in NBA 2K13, a remarkable
midstream change for a game that hasn't had a competitor since
2010. In quick summary, the left trigger on a console controller
last year initiated freestyle ballhandling moves with a
corresponding gesture on the left thumbstick. Now the left
trigger press is responsible for shooting once you push on the
right thumbstick. A right thumbstick gesture alone will create a
ballhandling move.  To those who don't play th