Having been out of work for a month hasn’t done much to lift my spirits, so I’ve dropped off the daily schedule that I had set for myself. I think I’m going to go back to my old three-posts-per-week schedule. It’ll give me some time to rest while I think of some more substantial things to write about.
Taking advantage of another “Payday Friday”, I decided to unleash a few of the video games I’ve stopped playing for a few more fresh ones. Madden NFL 09 had to be returned, because the new version is coming out next month, and I don’t do all that well with sim-style sports games anyway (I tend to play the “superstar” mode for a few weeks, and then lose interest). I wanted to keep Magician’s Quest: Mysterious Times a little while longer, but since I already have Animal Crossing: City Folk, there was no point in me keeping this (especially after not getting much of anything done despite going to magic classes for two weeks straight). And while I like Naruto: Ultimate Ninja 2 and Naruto: Ultimate Ninja Heroes, I completely hit a brick wall in both games when facing off against Orochimaru, and haven’t yet returned to them to see if I can do better. Maybe I’ll get some more mileage out of Puchi Puchi Virus (an…*ahem* “addictive” puzzle game *groan*) and House of the Dead: Overkill, or as I like to call it, “Grindhouse of the Dead”, due to its visual style and reputed “f-bombs every 15 seconds”.
How strange is it that this announcement comes on the heels of stores taking pre-orders for Madden NFL 2010? After 30 years in the announcer’s booth, legendary football coach John Madden is calling it quits. I think it’s quite a good time for him to go. The man is in his 70s, and there really isn’t much he can do to top himself at this point. He won a Super Bowl ring with the Oakland Raiders in 1976, that whole footbal game franchise going on, and the aforementioned announcing career. Whatever it is he ends up doing from here on out, I wish him the best of luck.
Well, well…this is a surprise. EA Sports has decided to throw its faithful gamers a curveball with its newest installment…by putting the recently-retired future-Hall-of-Fame quarterback Brett Favre on the cover of Madden NFL 2009. I think it’s one of the best ways to honor the guy before he goes into the hall. I just pray Brett doesn’t screw up the goodwill by un-retiring and then promptly tearing his ACL in an exhibition game and missing the entire season. That would truly suck.
