I love this franchise. At least, I think I do. I eagerly anticipated Evolution, just like HD before it. But yet, by the end of each game, I am furious with it. I have never fully mastered a single damned one of these games. I can beat every track, but I can't beat every track well. It gets pretty sloppy near the end.

At first, I want to cuddle the game. Tell the game I will never leave it. Caress it. Gently run my fingers through the games' hair while I penetrate into its depths, with our gazes firmly intertwined in each other.

Then once I'm in (giggidy), I want to punch it. Throttle it. Curb stomp it. Call it names. Throw things at it. Choke it until it turns a puce shade of purple. It makes me want to use the word 'puce'.

But I still come back. No matter how many times the game hits and abuses me, I come crawling back. Sometimes it takes a few days to realize I need it, but it's all the same in the end.

I think I love it.