Maddenoliday

T he day Madden comes out is always a beautiful day.

• For one it usually is a bright sunny day
  
• Secondly it's a good opportunity for people who haven't been on their video game program, suddenly resurface when Madden comes out
  
• Most importantly it means football season will arrive shortly!
  

I just came from the Best Buy closest to my job during lunch today, and I here's what I was able to observe:

(I preface this by saying I was @ a best buy in a rather nice area of Dallas, TX)

• Watching both the 360 & PS3 display Madden 08 side by side...there isn't too much difference;
  
• I hate to type this, but I have to give the nod to 360...and that's b/c the presentation looked better; the 360 version also ran a lot smoother (That 60 FPS (frames per second) does make a difference)
  
• When it's raining on the game, the picture is a little fuzzy, and there are some angles, (primarily during instant replay) where you can see the raindrops fall on the camera
  
• There was this one cat there, who was employed by Best Buy, who was the Madden guru. This guy's responsibility was to answer all possible questions about Madden. I'm talkin about the differences in each platforms, the ever popular "What's different about it this year?" question.
  
• BTW, your guy I mentioned in the above bullet point...all he did was play madden the entire time I was there...and he was on the clock!!!
  

The Low point

While it was great to see so many brothas from various socio-economical classes gathered around the Madden consoles offering up their respective commentary about the game; it was unfortuante that I counted 12 "N" bombs being dropped after a good tackle, a big play or a turnover was made.

Normally I wouldn't be bothered by this, but the fact that we were in a Best Buy in one of more the nice areas of Dallas, TX I was slightly embarassed @ the choice of words used by my brothas to express themselves.

My Retirement ...well sort of

I'm sad to announce that I'm partially retiring from the Madden game as of August 14th 2007.

I pride myself on giving my all in everything I do. I accept the fact that I may not win @ everything I do, but at least people can say "B you put up one hell of a fight"

Madden 03 changed the game completely when they allowed you to play online. Because this was a moment where my friends in San Antonio didn't play video games. So I was still able to connect w/ my friends I went to school with and we got it on.

What was also cool, was the fact that they kept a running total of your W-L record on line. So when others attempted to challenge you, they could view all of your stats, just to get a feel for what kind of player you are.

That being said, year and and year out my winning percentage has been equivalent to a decent batting average in the Major leagues (Read: .250-.300) And while that's good for the majors...that SUX in real life!!!

You mean to tell me, you only win 25 to 30% of your games B????

And I'm a much better player than my record shows (Famous words said by the Detroit Lions).

So as of 8/14/07, I'm partially retired from the game. I won't be as active as I have been in years past, but I'll be down for a game or two (as long as I can still rent the game from Blockbuster)

Sincerely Yours,
The Kid that's everything you wanna be, but have yet to become,

B. Holcomb