Originally Posted: July 28, 2008
Let me give you a rundown of my life and then day to set up this blog. Firstly, since I was old enough to press shit, I have played video games. This has been a constant in my life, and at some points, it's lead me in the direction of trouble (here's to you high school GPA). Nevertheless, I love my video games. About 7 years ago, this monster of a black box came out and stole my heart. Yeah, I'm an Xbox fanboy, and even worse, I'm a Microsoft fanboy. Take that as you will. Let's just say my first child may or may not be named William Henry Gates the Third LaCombe.
Now that you get my background in gaming, let me illustrate my day. After falling asleep at the early time of about 1:45 A.M., I woke up at 6:55 A.M. on my fifth day off in a row to go pick up my check at work at 7:30. Not only did I want this check, but I wanted to swipe a copy of NCAA 09 before everyone else found out and rushed the store like the damn stampede scene in the Lion King (...a moment of silence for Mufasa). When I arrived, I, to my own joy, found that there were about seven hundred copies sitting in the glass case. My day of awesome next-generation football gaming on my Xbox 360 was set. I was going to merk noobs, and I was excited. I purchased the game, and with a little more pep in my step, I trotted back to my car like a proud stallion.
I rushed home, ripped off the wrapper, set up my fuzzy, purple pod chair, put on Tenacious D, and on the game went. All was well as the trumpets blazed through my small room, and I "pressed start" while admiring Darren McFadden's SEC-representing, ass kicking running abilities...in a still photo. I blazed through all of the EA and tutorial bullshit that accompanies every year's edition (Side Note: Stop it. We all know kids hate sports and like Ben10 and Bakugan and whatever else. Everyone who's playing this game has played it before. If they haven't, they have the control scheme built into their brains anyway. It's a fact, it's science, get over it.). Once I picked LSU and stared at the pretty lady in purple and gold on my television, I was ready to go. Except something went terribly awry. I heard a noise that sounded like R2D2 climaxing and then my screen froze. Could this be? Did NCAA 09 cause my TV to freeze in amazement?! No, there was another culprit. I noticed this when I restarted my Xbox to find 3 red lights blinking at me as though little men jumping in excitement that they had successfully pissed me off. After beating a small asian child over the situation(Sorry Little Dong...), I called the support line where a female with a thick accent answered, and after telling me what I knew already, I was told I'd have to send it in. Whatever. Been there, done that. After trying the towel trick, I was up and running for a while atleast.
Now, it's time to sing the praises of NCAA 09. I'm not the biggest EA fan. They're rarely innovative, and they produce sequel after sequel. But after the fungasms given to me by Rock Band (only because of Harmonix) and Skate, I decided it was ok to praise them. Yes, it's the same game, but they've given us great new features. All of the awesome shit from last year was brought back with the addition of Online Dynasty (OMGMEGATON!?!?!111?). This sure caused a disturbance in my lower region when I heard it, and I'm sure other fans had the same reaction.
All in all, my two and half hours with the game were great. I got owned online by a fellow playing as Florida State, and I started a dynasty and campus legend (both got merked by freezes from the failbox 360). All were pretty pleasurable. I've noticed the graphics look a bit more polished and cleaner than '08, and I don't hear anyone complaining. I promise, though, to give it a better review when I have a device to play it on (so much for Xbox in Florida and Houston...OH WAIT MY DAD HAS ONE! Zac - 1, Microsoft - 0!)
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