Another weekend is in the books for me, did a hair more than the usual. On Friday Joey and Steve came over and we hung out for awhile. We went over to Gamestop and I exchanged Star Wars Battlefront (<a href="http://www.vgpub.com/?view=article&article=340"> click here for my review </a>) for $28 store credit....clerk kinda gave me a puzzled look since the game was only 9 days old at the time and I simply told him I made a $50 mistake. I used that with the other store credit I got earlier this week and got NASCAR 2005. Now hopefully that'll qualify me to get the buy 2 easports titles and get one free offer they have going on right now.
Anywho, got back to my place and Steve brought over the new DefJam: Fight for New York game, and we played it for a bit. He showed me how the story mode started and even tho I only got to play 2 matches into it, it looked to be the standout part of the game. The controls felt a bit changed tho from Vendetta, and I can understand that since EA wants to focus this on being a fighting game now instead of a straight up wrestling game. But personally I do not like this change that AKI is being forced into, and I'll prefer Vendetta and No Mercy over it anyday. So I think I'll just pass on purchasing it for the time being, but as a fighting game it is not too shabby. I'm just hoping EA picks up a license to make a TNA wrestling game so we can go back to playing some tried and true AKI wrestling titles. After some DefJam, we played a couple rounds of ESPN NBA 2K5, and by that point I was ready to pass out as I was up for 30 hours straight altering my sleep pattern, yet I still managed to play some more Day of Reckoning and finally complete my Season in it before passing out for good around midnight.
On Saturday I gave my dad a ring to see if he wanted to grab a bite to eat, and after that we checked out a few stores for some gifts he wanted for his upcoming b-day, and just to do some general shopping. I haven't actually done a full blown day of shopping like this since the day I moved into my apartment, and surprisingly it was a bit fun too. First we checked out Target and Dad decided to get a DVD player since he happened to have a $45 gift certificate on him, and yes DVD players are really freaking cheap now, as Target had ones by a generic brand named CyberHome going for $37 regular price. Dad gave me a few good ideas on some new DVD's he can use to watch on it, and I myself got a couple things there like a pair of cargo shorts I wanted that were only $7 on clearence, and a little 100 bulb set of Christmas lights that went for $2. I hung 'em up at my place the other day around my windows so now I can actually say I decoratated my apartment. Huzzah.
We checked out the hardware store next, where I finally got me a new Ice Scraper for my vehicle I was in dire need of. After the hardware store trip, we went back to my place and watched the DVD of Walking Tall I recently picked up. My dad loved the origninal and wanted to see this one, said this one was good, but not as good as the first one. I still think Walking Tall is The Rock's best movie so far. After that visited with my dad for a little while and shot the bull with him for the first time in ages, and then he took off. Spent the rest of the night catching up on some of my many newer titles like the new NASCAR and Burnout 3. Man 'o man have I bought way too many games lately, and I have nowhere near enough time to dedicate to 'em all, and more likely than not I'm going to ignore all of them once Halo 2 arrives in a little over a month.
On Sunday watched football all day. Good to see Warner leading the way for the Giants and getting them off to a solid 3-0 start. Too bad for Favre tho as he suffered a concussion it sounds like. Eagles continue to dominate and blow away all contenders, by this point they look to be unstoppable and an undefeated season actually sounds very probable. TO is leading the NFL with 6 TD receptions, whoo! Before the Saints/Cards game started Corey gave me a call talking about how we were gonna meet up later at Carlos's to watch the 49ers/Rams game on ESPN, but he told me he thought the Saints underestimated the Cards and think they Cards actually have a chance at winning. And boy did he thought right, as the Cardinals whooped the Saints 34-10. Emmit actually ran for over 100 yards for the first time in almost 2 years. Corey must have taken the loss a bit too seriously as he called me in the game's 4th quarter and said he had a big headache, actually due in part cuz of that very game, and said he most likely wont make it over to Carlos's.
Sure enough, Corey didn't make it so I'm gonna give him crap about that, and the fact that it looks like I'm gonna edge him out and get my first win over his team in our fantasy football league. The 49ers/Rams game I was actually anticipating the 49ers to upset the Rams, but the Rams just dominated the 49ers all together in the first half. Marshall Faulk ran all over them and Isaac Bruce had his 4th straight 100 yard game. The Rams were ahead 24-0 at halftime and looked unstoppable. Thankly it didn't remain that way. Midway thru the 3rd quarter was when the 49ers got back into rythm. Turnover problems faulted Rattay's first game back in 3 weeks in the first half, but he did go onto score 2 passing TD's in the second half and had several impressive drives. I wasn't really pissed at the niners today, only when Rattay fumbled early on and on a couple of occasions when Erickson opted not to go for a reachable field goal. They redeemed themselves in the second half, and shut out the Rams to no scoring at all in the second half, but it wasn't enough as they ended up losing by a score of 24-14. Eric Johnson had a great day too, he's my TE in my fantasy team and he had over 100 yards receiving today so yay me! Expect my regular fantasy football update come Tuesday.
Played a couple more rounds of Tiger Woods 2005 against Carlos after the game before heading home. Starting to actually enjoy it now, the rounds progress a little faster than the 2003 version which make it much less boring to play than before. That, and the create-a-golfer kicks serious butt!
Whew.....if you managed to read all that then I salute you....sorry to bore all of you to death, but it's what I do best. Bye for now!