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My writing vacation is over...and I'm still playing The Show

Posted on September 15, 2009 at 11:03 AM.

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I had a nice one month or so vacation from writing so I could get the first draft of a book written. Now that the first draft is done and I'll largely be editing from here on out, it's time to start writing about sports video games again.

This blog has no real point except to touch on a few brief points and hopefully raise some questions.

-I'm STILL playing MLB 09: The Show. That is a full six months after release, and I'm still playing the game. Something tells me The Show is getting my vote for Sports Game of the Year here at OS. Now that the air is settling a bit, which game do you like most so far?

-Madden NFL 10 is a good game, but I think they are a bit disappointed in the sales so far. Call me a cynic, but that's what happens when the industry you are working in is suffering from a severe pullback in sales overall is it not?

-Jayson Young gave NHL 10 an 8.5. I have yet to play NHL 10, but I am guessing that I will probably enjoy it again based on Jayson's review. However, I'm going to wait on some opinions of NHL 2K10 to come in, I might just pick that one up as an alternative. We will see.

Ok, three random points, I feel like I'm getting better here. I never really got to give Gaming in the Recession a proper look, so look for me to really breakdown that topic over the next few days. I might even present some fun charts or something!

Comments

# 1 rudyjuly2 @ Sep 15

The Show needs an overhaul on the fielding. I just haven't played it as much this year and I won't buy next year's version if the fielding isn't significantly improved. I think most of my gaming the next few months will actually be on non sports games. Very weird for me.