I started my Race for the Heisman game last night; little ‘ol freshman quarterback Jonathan Calvert took the field for #92 North Texas down in Louisiana against #9 LSU. The results were pretty much as expected – my ass was handed to me, 35-21. I have written many times that I almost always start my [...]
Sci-Fi Fridays are back tonight with new episodes of Stargate SG-1, Stargate Atlantis, and my favorite television show, Battlestar Galactica. Can’t wait to see how they resolve the BG season ending cliffhanger!
How the hell would I know? I have only played one game, and I am not into the whole “best ever” bit after a few minutes of play. So here are my free-form opening remarks …
As the game loaded up I was immediately put into the race for the Heisman mode thing. I am not sure why they force you to do this out of the gate, but that is what EA Sports deemed best, so it must be good for us. I created a scrambling QB; all of 6 feet, 180 pounds. I guess I did OK, but not great. Scholarship offers came in from #48 Minnesota, #49 Arkansas, and #55 Kansas State. As if I would ever consider playing for any of these teams; I signed up as a walk on for North Texas.
Just in case it needs to be said again, my favorite college teams are Georgia, Texas, and North Texas; in that order. I usually go with North Texas because there is not much of a challenge playing with a great team (in terms of video game potential) such as Georgia. I digress.
Next up I created my player profile; my ratings were not bad, but certainly not great. I think I would like to be a little faster than 78, but what can you do?
The race for the Heisman thing looks pretty interesting. You can import your dude into Madden 06, which is nothing new, but you can also become a coach in Dynasty mode, which is cool, if not a bit of a novelty.
You are then taken to your dorm, which is pretty much your NFL 2K style crib thing; I suppose. I did not mess around here (or with this mode); instead I took it back to the main menu and played a rivalry game: Georgia Tech vs. Georgia. Unfortunately the bumblebees got the better of me.
Sometimes writers-block hits, and when it does, the results are not very pretty. I was going to write about being a member of eBay since 1997 and a whole bunch of stuff about how I used (and currently use) eBay, but I think I will just say “screw it” and move on to my main [...]
As promised, the hype will ensue as soon as the kids go to bed. Happy days are here again; thanks to a 12 pack of Samuel Adams Summer Ale and a tasty new NCAA football treat. More to come?
Gaming magazine continues to suck. Details at eleven! We’ve discussed this many times before, but Gamers with Jobs does another nice “job” pointing out the declining state of certain print gaming magazines.
I say again, Ooooouuuuccccchhhhh!!!!
Shaun Sullivan has announced that version 9.0 of his popular PureSim franchise will be available soon. There’s a pretty extensive list of tweaks and additions (including multiplayer) listed on the site. There are still hints about a publisher/distributor but no announcement yet. Anybody else find it odd that folks are talking about a console college [...]
With a pocket full of birthday money, and a sale at Best Buy, I decided to give MLB 2K5 – “powered by ESPN” – a try. I must say, desite all of the horror stories I heard about this title, my one-game experience was pretty positive. I didn’t encounter the deadly passed-ball bug, or any [...]
Nice article at ExtremeTech about SLI and ATI’s “CrossFire.”
A lot changed during the two years since I last upgraded my PC. I expected the chip sockets to be different, but poor AGP interfaces are no more? I was so happy to finally get an AGP 8x video card, only to see it become a dinosaur so soon? So here are some new terms [...]
Well, I gave it the old college try; I attempted to not buy NCAA 2006 right out of the gate. I suppose that I did actually manage not to pre-order the game; that should count for something. This is the first time that I have not placed a pre-order for this game; yep, first time [...]
I never really followed hockey, except for the occasional Sports Center highlight and a videogame here and there. At any rate, I do not really give a flying crap that players and owners cannot figure out how to get their heads out of their collective ass. Players and owners makes so much freaking money that [...]
Expectations were high when Juan Pablo Montoya moved to McLaren from Williams over the winter, and I’ve always like the way JPM races, so I was pleased to watch a perfect drive at todays British GP that brought him his first win for McLaren. Three things have worked against Montoya in 2005. The first is [...]
Every couple of years or so, I embark on a wonderful journey to learn about the marvels of modern PC technology. This experience usually begins when something on my computer breaks, isn’t working correctly, or a game that I want to get won’t run at optimal levels with my hardware. Yes friends, it’s time for [...]
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