Weekend In Review
All I can say is…
Playstation 2 + S-video adapter to my sorta new TV (27″ Olevia flat panel) = Great hinderance to a productive weekend
I didn’t have a whole lot that I absolutely had to do this weekend, so that was good. And, it was nice to relax and play video games for a change. But, man… they’re addicting! Games of choice this weekend:
- MVP Baseball 2005 - won the World Series with the Reds in Dynasty Mode after coming back from four games out with two weeks to go in the season. Faced elimination twice in the playoffs only to come back and win. Re-signed all of my key players and looking forward to another great season.
- Tiger Woods 2005 - created a version of myself in the game, but I didn’t have enough money to buy attributes to make me good. Mainly played skills competitions to win money to buy more attributes. Fun game, nonetheless - great graphics.
- NCAA Football 2006 - beat Louisville 70-2 and Murray State 63-7 with Kentucky on Varsity mode. Looking to play a Notre Dame or Ohio State to step up the competition a bit.
- NASCAR 2005 - Played as Jeff Gordon. Couldn’t keep the car straight and had absolutely no speed or acceleration to pass, so I resorted to wrecking people on purpose. That made it a little more fun. Especially seeing Jimmy Johnson’s car on fire
As you can see, I’m a big sports game fan (not a huge surprise). Particularly, EA Sports games. You can also see that I stay behind the curve on game systems. I really only like Playstation - mostly because it’s the only system with a controller that I understand. If I’ve gotta think about which of the fifty buttons to press, that takes the fun out of it. I didn’t get a Playstation 2 until this past Christmas. Since I don’t play too often, I don’t feel a need to have the latest and greatest. Plus, with an EB Games in town, I can go buy used games for cheap. On my wishlist is Fight Night (EA Sports’ boxing game).
I hope someone out there had a more productive weekend than me.
