{"id":1757,"date":"2009-10-05T04:11:46","date_gmt":"2009-10-05T09:11:46","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.calvertgames.com\/cgblog\/2009\/10\/05\/i-did-not-shift-continuing-evolution-of-videogaming-patterns\/"},"modified":"2010-03-12T06:47:21","modified_gmt":"2010-03-12T11:47:21","slug":"i-did-not-shift-continuing-evolution-of-videogaming-patterns","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.calvertgames.com\/cgblog\/2009\/10\/05\/i-did-not-shift-continuing-evolution-of-videogaming-patterns\/","title":{"rendered":"I did not SHIFT; continuing evolution of videogaming patterns."},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Last week I wrote that I was considering purchasing <em><a href=\"\/cgblog\/2009\/09\/29\/is-it-time-to-shift\/\">Need for Speed: SHIFT<\/a><\/em>, which was on sale at Best Buy for the low, low price of $39.99.  I knew I would not have time to play the game, and while the price could not be beaten, and my guess is that it will not be that low again anytime soon, I just could not justify the purchase.<\/p>\n<p>The funny thing is that a few years ago I would have made the purchase.  After all, how could I not afford to get a game that was $20 off?<\/p>\n<p>I decided to leave well enough alone.  Besides, I have plenty of other games that are begging to be played.  I still have a ton of reply in <em>Ferrari Challenge<\/em>, and while I do not play <em><a href=\"http:\/\/www.metacritic.com\/games\/platforms\/ps3\/formulaone06\" onclick=\"__gaTracker('send', 'event', 'outbound-article', 'http:\/\/www.metacritic.com\/games\/platforms\/ps3\/formulaone06', 'Formula One Championship Edition');\" target=\"new\">Formula One Championship Edition<\/a><\/em> a whole heck of a lot, it is still a blast for running hot laps.  Of course there is also <em>Gran Turismo Prologue<\/em>; except for the pretty graphics, I enjoyed the PS2 <em>Gran Turismo 4<\/em> more, but alas, that one got broken by my youngest son.<\/p>\n<p>Continuing on with the game that I do not get enough time to play, <em>Madden 10<\/em> is wonderful.  When I do get in a game, I really enjoy the experience.  This year\u2019s release has to be the most fun I have had playing videogame football in years.  Probably back to my NCAA Chronicles days with North Texas; to me, that says something.<\/p>\n<p>I also have <em>Demon\u2019s Souls<\/em> on the way this week, and of course <em>FIFA 10<\/em> later this month.  As it stands there just was not enough room for <em>SHIFT<\/em> even with the $20 discount.<\/p>\n<p>These days I realize that free time, much less videogame time, is at a premium.  I spent Sunday afternoon shooting my adult airguns.  I had a good time, I got to enjoy the great outdoors (well, at least my backyard), and the kids had a good time playing safely away from my modest shooting range.<\/p>\n<div class=\"addtoany_share_save_container addtoany_content_bottom\"><div class=\"a2a_kit a2a_kit_size_ addtoany_list a2a_target\" id=\"wpa2a_1\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.addtoany.com\/share\" onclick=\"__gaTracker('send', 'event', 'outbound-article', 'https:\/\/www.addtoany.com\/share', '');\" class=\"a2a_dd addtoany_share_save\"><img src=\"http:\/\/www.calvertgames.com\/cgblog\/wp-content\/plugins\/add-to-any\/share_save_171_16.png\" width=\"171\" height=\"16\" alt=\"Share\"\/><\/a>\n<script type=\"text\/javascript\"><!--\nif(wpa2a)wpa2a.script_load();\n\/\/--><\/script>\n<\/div><\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Last week I wrote that I was considering purchasing Need for Speed: SHIFT, which was on sale at Best Buy for the low, low price of $39.99. I knew I would not have time to play the game, and while the price could not be beaten, and my guess is that it will not be &hellip; <a href=\"http:\/\/www.calvertgames.com\/cgblog\/2009\/10\/05\/i-did-not-shift-continuing-evolution-of-videogaming-patterns\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">I did not SHIFT; continuing evolution of videogaming patterns.<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n<div class=\"addtoany_share_save_container addtoany_content_bottom\"><div class=\"a2a_kit a2a_kit_size_ addtoany_list a2a_target\" id=\"wpa2a_2\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.addtoany.com\/share\" onclick=\"__gaTracker('send', 'event', 'outbound-article', 'https:\/\/www.addtoany.com\/share', '');\" class=\"a2a_dd addtoany_share_save\"><img src=\"http:\/\/www.calvertgames.com\/cgblog\/wp-content\/plugins\/add-to-any\/share_save_171_16.png\" width=\"171\" height=\"16\" alt=\"Share\"\/><\/a><\/div><\/div>","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[9,32],"class_list":["post-1757","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-archive","tag-ps3","tag-racing"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.calvertgames.com\/cgblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1757","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.calvertgames.com\/cgblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.calvertgames.com\/cgblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.calvertgames.com\/cgblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.calvertgames.com\/cgblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1757"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"http:\/\/www.calvertgames.com\/cgblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1757\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2549,"href":"http:\/\/www.calvertgames.com\/cgblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1757\/revisions\/2549"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.calvertgames.com\/cgblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1757"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.calvertgames.com\/cgblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1757"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.calvertgames.com\/cgblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1757"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}