Barkley, Shut Up and Jam: Gaiden

[Purkake]

The Great B-Ball Purge of 2041, a day so painful to some that it is referred to only as the "B-Ballnacht". Thousands upon thousands of the world's greatest ballers were massacred in a swath of violence and sports bigotry as the game was outlawed worldwide. The reason: the Chaos Dunk, a jam so powerful its mere existence threatens the balance of chaos and order. Among the few ballers and fans that survived the basketball genocide was Charles Barkley, the man capable of performing the "Verboten Jam"...

 

Flash forward 12 years to the post-cyberpocalyptic ruins of Neo New York, 2053. A Chaos Dunk rocks the island of Manhattan, killing 15 million. When the finger is put on the aging Charles Barkley, he must evade the capture of the B-Ball Removal Department, led by former friend and baller Michael Jordan, and disappear into the dangerous underground of the post-cyberpocalypse to clear his name and find out the mysterious truth behind the Chaos Dunk. Joined by allies along the way, including his son Hoopz, Barkley must face the dangers of a life he thought he gave up a long time ago and discover the secrets behind the terrorist organization B.L.O.O.D.M.O.S.E.S.

 

Barkley, Shut Up and Jam: Gaiden is a freeware JRPG about basketball and satire, in a word it is awesome. It's a great parody of JRPGs and only about ~2h long. You can get it from here along with a trailer and screenshots. The turn-based combat has some interesting mini-minigames(Penny Arcade adventures style) to keep it interesting.

 

Also, Space Jam is canon.

Edited June 14, 2009 by Purkake

[Enoch]

It's been discussed.

 

http://forums.obsidian.net/index.php?showtopic=48881

[Purkake]

Awesome! My search skills are weak.