Madden 2007 Baby!
Posted by: David Bunch
Fall is approaching. My favorite time of the year.
Every year about this time I reminisce fondly about the Fall of 98. It was a very good fall. My brother and I were both in college and were both dating the girls that are now our wives. And being the mature, romantic gentlemen that we were and are, we spent most of the fall playing.....Madden Football 98!
Oh yeah. Instead of studying for finals and being romantic.
And my brother, being the tech sort, knew how to manipulate the computer game to win. Every time. Literally, I went 1-105 that season.
A typical game went like this:
Steve (my brother) would choose the weakest team in the lineup that year. I would choose the best team in the lineup. After the first quarter in which my offense threw 4 interceptions, fumbled twice, punted once, and I cashed in my now-broken-from-being-thrown-in-anger gravis pad, I would call time out and go get a bowl of pretzels.
Quarter two would start with Steve making yet another great defensive play and scoring. I would then start to throw pretzels and yell about how stupid the game was and how I never wanted to play again.
Half time. I refill the pretzel bowl and pick up the remnants of last quarter's pretzel projectiles.
The second half mirrors the first half with broken game controllers and slung pretzels. Another stunning defeat for the strongest team in the league.
And yet today, I emailed Steve and asked him if we could play Madden again this fall, just for old time's sake.
And to my surprise, while waiting for his response, I then realized that Madden 2007 was released today.
It's going to be a great fall.
Fall is approaching. My favorite time of the year.Every year about this time I reminisce fondly about the Fall of 98. It was a very good fall. My brother and I were both in college and were both dating the girls that are now our wives. And being the mature, romantic gentlemen that we were and are, we spent most of the fall playing.....Madden Football 98!
Oh yeah. Instead of studying for finals and being romantic.
And my brother, being the tech sort, knew how to manipulate the computer game to win. Every time. Literally, I went 1-105 that season.
A typical game went like this:
Steve (my brother) would choose the weakest team in the lineup that year. I would choose the best team in the lineup. After the first quarter in which my offense threw 4 interceptions, fumbled twice, punted once, and I cashed in my now-broken-from-being-thrown-in-anger gravis pad, I would call time out and go get a bowl of pretzels.
Quarter two would start with Steve making yet another great defensive play and scoring. I would then start to throw pretzels and yell about how stupid the game was and how I never wanted to play again.
Half time. I refill the pretzel bowl and pick up the remnants of last quarter's pretzel projectiles.
The second half mirrors the first half with broken game controllers and slung pretzels. Another stunning defeat for the strongest team in the league.
And yet today, I emailed Steve and asked him if we could play Madden again this fall, just for old time's sake.
And to my surprise, while waiting for his response, I then realized that Madden 2007 was released today.
It's going to be a great fall.
