This year's Madden 09 touted its new feature of "My Skill" level, in which the game would grade your performance and then spit out where you belong on the tiers of football skill. I imagine this works for new players that play on lower levels where the CPU doesn't really come after ya.

Now, I've played real people and they usually don't provide much of a challenge. Mostly because they blitz or play dumb. So if I want to play a serious game I have to go up against the CPU on All Madden. This is when you and I should realize that sports games are not about having fun, but about putting the player in as difficult and un-realistic of a setting as possible to provide something close to challenge. After all, how often have you actually blown away an opponent in a sports game? Not often because that rubberband AI kicks in and suddenly that basket is as big as the Atlantic.

What happens is, and this is universal for most all types of sports games, the CPU takes the sliders and sets them high for its players, and then sets the user's people much lower. It happens when you're doing too good (aka rubberband AI), and when you choose higher difficulties. This means that the user only has the superstars on the team that are reliable. I've played NCAA 09 with Army against Penn State, and somehow every hit on my guys was a bone-crushing blast that caused a fumble 50% of the time. Needless to say, I was officially done with that franchise.

People need to realize that sports game developers are not going out and trying to make their games realistic, they are making them easy for new players and just the opposite of fun for good players. It would have been so awesome to take little ol' Army from nothing and use my innovative playcalling and schemes to give them a chance for a bowl game, but no, they don't have enough stats and the sliders are not in my favor, so to heck with all that.

The thing is, superstars in any sport do not play lights out every game, and then sometimes a little rookie just explodes in a game. But that can never happen in sports games because of lazy game development.

Whoever makes a football or basketball game where players' abilites replaces their stats, where the game's AI doesn't rely on unfair advantages, and where the possibilty of rubberband AI is not in sight, I hope people buy that game.

Has anyone seen this show on MSNBC? Pretty funny, and kinda sad. I am not a perv, but I feel a bit for the predators. Why are they called predators? Aren't they in fact the prey? I would think that if any woman would ask me for sex, I would be there and five minutes early. I know that 13 years is way too young, but girls age much faster than boys. 13 is almost like 16, and sixteen year olds are smart enough to drive. What, do they gain a vast knowledge of the world, sex, taxes, money, gambling, and smokes during those two years? Probably, and yeah, these guys do deserve some jail time.

 But still, if wanting to have sex with girls is wrong, then a lot of men are going to hell; yes, you too, I know you just thought of it. Think about Japan and its entertainment. Practically all the female leads are young, very young. Its just natural, and these sting operations won't change anything but put some mildly retarded human males behind bars.

If they really want to stop lewd acts on minors, then why aren't they monitoring all chat rooms on the internet? Because trapping a few men and charging them money is much more of a good business plan. If they are already monitoring specifc chat rooms, what stops them from controlling all chat rooms?

I don't really care either way. Girls are getting pregnant all the time, and who knows who the rest have sex with. I don't know, something about this whole show just bugs me, but I can't stop watching! Good TV!

Of course not, no one will reply, no one will read this, and I don't even know what a blog is for. I hate the word "blog" it sounds like one of those hip, new, lazy words that is suppose to sound cool, but really isn't. I have plenty to say, but no one cares. So why waste time saying it? I thought posting in forums was a bit more responsive, but if you don't pick a fight with someone or question their opinions, no one cares about what you say. So why should I start now? I have no friends, I'm not famous, this isn't myspace, and no one is reading this. I like to talk, but no one cares and it ends up all a waste of type. At least games tell a story and give some pleasure. Geez, and to think, some big fat guy is sitting alone in his parent's basement and spending all his time posting and replying in a forum or chat room somewhere; and everyone thinks he's so cool because he says the right thing or smarts off a lot. "Oh boy, let's all of us follow this faceless fool around, he's so cool!" please, the people need to get a life, and the fat guy needs to jump off a bridge (oh wait, he'll just bounce to safety). What do these people gain from internet posting? NOTHING! Unless their all talking about getting help or asking a question, it is all for not. Do they realize this? Heck no. Someone needs to beat them up and steal their lunch-money. Life is too short to blog, and chat, and post in forums all day long. They need to chase girls, or do something outside (that scary place with the yellow light of buring flesh!).

And don't get me started on people in general, I hate kids nowadays. Some factory somewhere is churning out millions of teenagers that all look the same. "Oh, I wish I lived in Orange County, that would be so cool." And another thing, "YOU KIDS GET THE **** OFF MY LAWN!!!"

Dang, I posted a blog, exactly what I didn't want to do, and I didn't even check the spelling, grammar, or punctuation, but no one will read so who cares? How did this happen? Time to cry myself to sleep, yet again........