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Here I Am Again

Posted on August 13, 2013 at 03:44 PM.

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So, it�s been a little while since my last excursion into this realm. Rather than some canned excuse I�ll just own up to being incredibly lazy. However, reflecting on the state of affairs in my life the last time I was on here with any amount of regularity, I�d say that things in general have become quite boring by comparison. It also gave me a chance to look back through my previous writings and reflect on what I could do better, and if I wanted to be a jerk, what I could do worse. It is surprising, going back and reading long forgotten paragraphs because (for me at least) it feels like reading someone else�s work. Which is quite alarming when one�s chosen field is supposed to involve writing with some consistency.
However, one of the things I noticed as I was reading over my old contributions, was that for all the time gone by, and changes in life, things tend to stay remarkably the same. I�m still in a horrifying love/hate relationship with Madden for one. Again, I find myself on the August precipice, asking myself if it is really worth it. Do I truly believe that the terrible menus, that brutally murdered my Madden 13 experience, have been replaced with quality? Do I think there won�t be some game-breaking bug three years into my franchise that makes all my efforts kaput? Do I really care what Trey Wingo has to tell me? Well, more and more I was leaning towards the safe ground behind, the steady climb downhill, but alas, two magic words destroyed my resistance as swiftly as the game of football destroys Mark Sanchez�s confidence. Owner Mode.
Oh, Madden! You know me too well! Long have I been declaring to the heavens above (or to the nearest person who seemed to speak English) that the long forgotten days of adjusting hot dog prices was truly a golden age. One that had not been replicated since, nor would ever be! Truly, I did not know why they had not returned to that well of glory, but as is slowly dried up, it seemed so too did my football soul. Well, randomly perusing the interwebs brought forth a mighty downpour to renew my faith! Admittedly only in the joy of overpricing hot dogs and valet parking. I�m pretty damn sure that there will be terrible glitches, poor UI, and some bout of awful commentary or some such nonsense. Still, this was all they needed. Ultimate Team holds no appeal to me and Online Play is just another menu item to skip around, and so I find myself again clinging onto the bastion of my hope that is the newly re-christened �Connected Franchise� mode. (On a bit of a side note, Bastion, the XBLA game is very good and I highly recommend it. That aside, back to my sorrows!)
Through all this, I still find my soul split, though I know my ultimate destiny. I enjoy that Owner mode is being brought back and with much improvement, I trust from what I have seen that there will be at least some improvement on the menu torture of the previous installment. But the guilt is overwhelming, that I have left myself in the vice-like grip of my crippling football addiction. Or maybe I�m just taking this all way too seriously�.yeah, I think that�s it. Hmm�well this is awkward. Oh well! Thanks for reading, I hope you have a nice day, and there will be more to come!