Note: This is a sponsored post.  Samsung has asked SBNation's bloggers to post on the theme of "Enhance Your Experience" regarding the application of technology to sports fandom.  Bloggers were not obligated to participate in the campaign, and were given broad freedom as to the actual contents of the post.  This is post two of three Friday posts.

Sitting here in the press room at Staples Center prior to the Clippers-Pistons game, contemplating a post about "enhanding your experience" and how technology changes the sports experience for fans, I can't help but ask myself... why am I sitting here in the press room at Staples Center?

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Note: This is a sponsored post.  Samsung has asked SBNation's bloggers to post on the theme of "Enhance Your Experience" regarding the application of technology to sports fandom.  Bloggers were not obligated to participate in the campaign, and were given broad freedom as to the actual contents of the post.  This is post two of three Friday posts.

So, let me just start by saying that I do not play a lot of video games.  I am not, by any means, a 'gamer' and no one would ever mistake me for one.  As a family, we've always had whatever the latest Nintendo system is, because with small kids in the house, it seemed like the most family-friendly, and we pretty much had to have something for them.  And I myself have certainly enjoyed a good puzzle game over the years - Tetris and the like.  To this day, my favorite video game remains Super Mario 3, which I play with the kids on the NES at the cabin in Tahoe.  But I don't think I've ever played or even seen NBA Live or NBA 2Kx.  I hope you still like me anyway.

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Note: This is a sponsored post.  Samsung has asked SBNation's bloggers to post on the theme of "Enhance Your Experience" regarding the application of technology to sports fandom.  Bloggers were not obligated to participate in the campaign, and were given broad freedom as to the actual contents of the post.

We've done some brainstorming about technology and sports viewing around these parts before.  You'll recall that 18 months back I went to a meeting with Microsoft folks in Redmond to discuss this very topic.  In fact, Citizen John R recently recalled that trip in a FanShot linking some other new sports/technology initiatives.

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