Hey all. I am playing with my bday gifts. I did not have a party. I enjoyed an evening of shopping and dining. Here are two of my gifts.

Life is good. I'm enjoying my new age.

Hello GS fam. How have you all been? I miss your awesome blog entries. My c.lass and athletic schedule fills my days. Even now I'm taking a little break from school work. I did my Psychology homework and am turning the television back and forth from the 'Skins game to Lie to Me. I love that show. Right now the Redskins are down 17-0. They have possession and it's first-n-goal on the 5 yard line.....Touchdown made by Devin Thomas...Score 17-7.

I came to the site to see what new games are coming out and to check on some of your blog entries. I like Katamari's pumpkin avatar. Oh, Friday night I saw the new Saw movie. Saw VI. What a creepy movie.(spoiler) I'm ready for that cop who's the new jigsaw to be caught. I'm tired of him.Jigsaw's wife needs to stop while she's ahead.I think, in the next movie, Jigsaw's wife and the bad cop are going to come head to head. Who do you guys think will win? Will she kill him or he her? Lots of cool movies are coming out this holiday season...

Oh before I go *clears throat* HOW DO YOU LIKE THAT ORANGE CRUSH!! BRONCOS UNDEFEATED!!

I am angry. Angry at the presentation and play mechanics of NCAA 10. I purchased the game on Thursday evening. Excited that I was going to get a college game on par with the Madden game I'm playing. I like that I can rise as a college athlete and get drafted into the pros. Man am I fired up with disappointment! NCAA 10 has Erin Andrews following you through your college career. There are cameras following you but you can not see them and there is no after-game interviewing. It's not that sophisticated. The game can do without this addition especially if it is at the cost of actual game play and on the field visuals. This game, outside of the Erin Andrews bit, looks like s***. It does not look like you are playing on a next gen console. I mean really guys. This is bull.

As a wide receiver you have a circle under your feet, or star. When the quarterback throws the ball you can barely see the yellow circle indicating the spot where the ball will travel to. Catching the ball will make you want to spit and cuss the television out. The QB will throw balls right into the hands of the opposition regularly or right into a defensive backs helmet. The fans are one big ugly color. One fan is not detectable from the next. Camera angling is the worst. When a play is done, the camera swivels on the field literally on the green of the grass giving your eyes major strain. The video highlights of your game look exactly like the on the field game, ugly. I thought the day of little people catching a little ball was over.

Many people give this game a raving review. Pointing out the ability for on-line customizable teams and plays and the graphics, no less. What are they seeing in the graphics that I'm missing? I'm serious people. The graphics look like old Sega Genesis graphics and PlayStation 1, except for the part where Erin Andrews speaks. That particular spot is made to look like the half time show in Madden 10. That is a horrible combination. In this game you can upload your highlight videos and pictures and be a part of a leader-board but really people does being able to do that make NCAA 10 a great game. Am I missing something? I think we've been duped by flashy new toys to play with in the game sacrificing streamlined mechanics and several other particulars. One of which is the ability for your road to glory athlete to raise his attributes level. No matter how many balls I catch in practice I have not received any new additions to my attributes. After every practice you are supposed to see your practice results showing how many points you've received for that practice. After I made the first string spot on my team I have no longer been given a breakdown as to where I've earned achievement points. The achievement points I do receive are temporary ones from participating in an evening event.

I do not think this football game is good. I will not complain about the cost. Sixty bucks is the set price for most if not all next gen games and oh well but dang do I wish I'd played the game prior to purchasing it. My current plans are to get my man to the NFL and then trade the game in.