Well after having madden 09 for two days and playing a good 7-8 hours already I am still undecided about the quality of the game. Right off of the bat the madden skill tests are horrible and do not accurately read what your skill in the game is. I scored all-madden on both rushing offense and passing, and the game has been incredibly hard due to that. The really good thing about the madden IQ and skill is that it adjusts after every game so after sticking through 5-7 frustrating games the skill levels have dropped to a mark i am almost comfortable with, but im finding the game still hard with running the ball the hardest part. I can feel and see a difference after my skill iq dropped a little. I am going to stick with using that as the difficulty for now, but I can always just go back to the traditional difficulty settings and not use the IQ test. Ok now that that is taking care of the game is very solid. The game still has been semi-fun even with the extreme difficulty I am having playing it. I just started up a franchise with the packers and i lost my first game 21-7. Overall I have been scoring about 21 points per game and allowing 17 points per game. The gameplay is great once the difficulty goes away, and the game is fun, and isn't that the main point?

The main reason I bought madden was to have a good football game to play online. So far I have played 1 game online to try it and lost 38-14. I will admit i need to practice a lot more to be successful online, but im hopping I can have a good time playing online.

The graphics are probably the best yet out of any sports game, and the soundtrack is perfect for my musical tastes.

Right Now I give Madden 09 a 8.0/10 or 4/5 stars...this score could go up or down but in the end i think it could be near a 9.0

shit wont let me upload an image but its madden 09.....i still want to get too human even though most reviews are bad but teh game just looks killer but i feel their will be a nice price drop on that

14. Dragon Quest Heroes: Rocket Slime-DS Beat a few weeks ago but never posted
15. Elite Beat Agents-DS: Review is posted
16. Mario and Sonic At the Olympics-DS: Review is posted

All games beaten this year....

List:

Rocket Slime (DS)

Mario and Sonic Olympics (DS)

Elite Beat Agents (DS)

Metal Gear Solid-PS1

Puzzle Quest (DS)

GTA 4 (PS3)

Avatar (360)

The Bigs (360)

Pirates Of Carribean At Worlds End (360)

UNO (360)

The Club (360)

X-Men (360)

Fight Night Rd 3 (360)

World Tour Soccer (PSP)

Rayman Raving Rabbids (WII)

Pokemon Snap (N64)

got this...traded puzzle quest ds for it on goozex

So now to what I have been playing.....

First off I have been playing a good amount of ncaa football 2007 for the 360 to pick up some acheivments. I have always loved EA's college football games and this is no exception. The game has a great dynasty mode, and I just finished my first season using Utah with a 10-3 record and I beat Florida State in the Poinsetta Bowl 70-20!! Right now i give it 8.5/10 or 4/5 stars.

I have been continuing to play rock band mainly the vocal solo tour. I have 5 songs left to complete on medium then it is off to hard. I am stuck on the drum tour on hard with detroit rock city, and I am stuck on guitar on hard with flirtin with disaster. Me and my sis are also only a few hours away from completing the band world tour. The world tour gets very repatative and im sick of playing the same 2-3 songs over again. Right now I give rock band 9.5/10 or 5/5 stars.

I also started getting into dynasty warriors 5 a little more and i have conquered 25% of the map playing on easy. I unlocked a few acheivments, and the game is kinda fun but also repatative at the same time because when fighting you will just press the same two buttons over and over again. Score 7.5/10 or 3.5/5 stars

For the last 360 game ive been playing nba live 06 just to get the last couple acheivments i need for 1000 pts. The game is not very good and is very weak on content, but hey i got it for 3.99$ new at best buy so no complaints. Score 5.5/10 or 2.5/5 stars

For the playstation 3 I have been only playing a little bit of fifa 08 playing the manager mode. As most of you know I love soccer and especially fifa games. Score 10/10 or 5/5 stars

On to the wii the only game i have been playing is smash bros brawl, mainly because its my sisters game and I cant take it to college with me. I am enjoying it but i am not a hardcore fan like a lot of people. Score 8.0/10 or 4/5 stars.

Jeanne D'arc on the psp has been taking up most of my time and the game is addictive yet i am turned off a little bit because so of teh battles are just too difficult. At the point where I am at about 8 hours in every battle must be fought 3-5 times until I get the victory. I dont like in my games having to replay levels many times. The epic size of the battles save this game somewhat. Score 8.0/10 or 4/5 stars.

Well yesterday I was fortunate enough to go see Nine Inch Nails in concert with special guest deerhunter for free.  Not only were the tickets free but we were 10 rows from the stage dead center on the floor seating.  The band deerhunter opened for a half hour and they were absolutly horrible.  Nine Inch Nails played from 8:45 pm to 11:00pm and came out extremly hard all night.  I wasnt even expecting them to play that hard at all.  It was probally the 2nd best show I have seen this summer.  Nine Inch Nails had incredible visual aids, but they still werent as good as the visual artists TOOL.

Heres How I rank the shows Ive seen this summer

Rush-Absoulutly Incredible my third favorite band behind TOOL and A Perfect Circle...Rush played almost a 4 hour set.

NIN  with deerhunter

Poison, Sebastian Bach, and Dokken

Stone Temple Pilotes

Going To See 2 more shows for free later this month:

Next week we have Judas Priest, Heavan and Hell aka Black Sabbath without Ozzy, and Testament all playign together

In two weeks we have Motley Crue and Buckcherry

Well I got this game yesterday and here are the impressions you all have been waiting for....

The game is basically a strategy RPG, a genre in which I havent explored too much. What you do is attack enemies in the style of a japaneese rpg, but in order to encounter enemies you must strategically position your allies on the game map. The map is broken up into squares and you can only attack enemies in adjacent squares.

The game's story is a mixture of history and fantasy as it tells the story of Joan of Arc who led France to fight the English as a soldier of God during the midevil times. The story is told through anime style cutscenes and text dialouge. The actual gameplay involves traveling throughout France and fighting maps full of enemies in order to save France from the evil 6 year old King Henry the VI who was taken over by an evil demon force and is sending the demons to conquer France. In the game many playable charecters will join your party to help fight, and after playign for only 3 hours or so already 7 people have joined my party.

The game sounds pretty simple but some of teh maps and strategy involved are pretty complex, and I am already starting to loose a few fights here and there. The game is not as hard as a traditional turn based rpg, but it has almost the perfect difficulty. So far I am liking this game alot, but I wouldn't quite say I am loving it. The game doesnt offer as much depth as a typical final fantasy tactics game, but Jeanne D'arc is still a very good psp strategy rpg. Oh yea did I mention I am pretty addicted to it playign all 3 hours today.

Early Score 8.0-8.5 out of 10

Well I thought I would do a gaming update blog here for giant bomb, and probally paste it over to gs.  As far as gaming goes I have been doing a good amount of it.  First of note is that I beat Metal Gear Solid 1 earlier this week.  The last boss fight against metal gear took me a good 2 hours on the easy difficulty.  Yes, I will be playing through it again on the harder levels.  I also started Metal Gear Solid 2 yesterday and played about 2 and a half hours worth.  So far I like the first one a little better, but the graphics in the second one are leaps and bounds greater than the first.  I was also disappointed to find out that solid snake isn't the main playable character in MGS 2.  Overall I am rating the game as of now 4 stars out of 5 or a 8.5/10. 

As far as the rest of playstation goes I have been doing a lot of the extra stuff in GTA 4 including vigilante missions and so on.  My overall play time in that including online is  over 105 hours.  I also have been playing a little bit of fifa 08, and i want to play more of it as you all should know that if i am a fanboy of anything its fifa or soccer games in general.

As also earlier in a previous blog mentioned I was playing Turok.  I was pretty harsh on the multiplayer aspect of the game but after playing it a lot it has grown on me, partially do to the fact that I am winning nearly every match.  I havent played the single player much but I will be moving into that part of the game after I get the 500 player kills achievement for multiplayer.  I also have been playing a lot of rock band as I want to finish all the drum tours before I head to college again so I dont have to transport the akward drum set.  I am 10 songs into the hard tour.  Me and my sis are also very close to finishing all the gigs in band world tour.

As far as the WII goes I have been playing a little bit of Final Fantasy My Life As A King.  It is def a different game but it is still pretty enjoyable, and relaxing to play.  I still want to play more brawl and mario kart but i havent found the time.  I am also working my way throuhg final fantasy III ds and am almost done the game.

Well thats about it.

List:
Metal Gear Solid (PSX)

Puzzle Quest (DS)

GTA 4 (PS3)

Avatar (360)

The Bigs (360)

Pirates Of Carribean At Worlds End (360)

UNO (360)

The Club (360)

X-Men (360)

Fight Night Rd 3 (360)

World Tour Soccer (PSP)

Rayman Raving Rabbids (WII)

Pokemon Snap (N64)