Running video games (and consoles) thread

Great teaser graf: "If the Xbox 360 was your girlfriend, she’d be an unstable, high-maintenance gold-digger."

http://www.pcworld.idg.com.au/article/319152/breaking_up_xbox_360?fp=4

 

Ain't that the truth.

If I had time to play Madden, I would sign up.

 

You were right about this.

Becoming a sleazeball like Ryan, I guess, is a penance to pay for harming the Little Sisters.

This game haunts my waking thoughts.

 

I figured someone might appreciate this ... in the third year of my Orioles franchise in MLB 09 the Show, I finally won the damn pennant, a year after losing 99 games. But check this CPU fun ... Tampa Bay wins 96 games in the AL East in this season .... and finishes in FOURTH place in the division. Good lord, I should have picked an NL West team to play with or something. What a grind.

 

Only a rumor and no real confirmation, but M$ has interest in buying EA.

If true, some games likely go Xbox exclusive, at least at release. Probably, also likely, that nothing comes of this, but it's still interesting.


http://www.pastapadre.com/2009/09/23/rumor-microsoft-interested-in-ea

 

Holy crap. EA would instantly become even more inept.

 

My friend got Madden for his PS3 today and it's pretty different in previous versions. First of all, it's harder to do trades (which I don't mind), rankings for players fell way down (which is OK for some), and some of the ratings for some players just don't seem right. We didn't get too far: About five and half hours doing our fantasy draft, two trades and FA if we wanted. Might kick the season off tomorrow, we'll see.

 

Mad, you have a PS3 or what? If so PM me your gamer tag. I'm on quite regularly.

 

Nah, 360.

 

That's what I thought. For a second, I had hoped you'd splurged

I know there are some people on here that have PS3s and that play, I'm just trying to find them lol.

 

I have a PS3, but no football games yet. I do have The Show though.

Bought Fat Princess last night, very VERY fun game, but quick insane.

Also bought Broken Steel, FINALLY, can't wait to get back in control of my good character!

 

Some of the Madden ratings are ridiculous.

Nnamdi Asomugha is a 99. Good player, not a 99. Lorenzo Neal got waived by the Raiders and he's a 92. Romo is ranked higher than Cutler; Sproles is ranked lower than Willie Parker. And the game won't let you tinker with the ratings, maybe it's something in the PA contract.