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A few years ago, the developers at Electronic Arts (EA for short) attained exclusive rights to the NFL license to produce the already widely popular Madden video game series. This meant that no other video game developer out there, could put out a video game with NFL players, names and likenesses in their video games! By attaining this exclusive license, EA effectively knocked out the competition in the football video game market. In essence, Madden is the only football game with the names and likenesses of real NFL players. To many in the video game industry, this was a very smart and lucrative deal for EA. For the Maddenites out there, myself included, we were skeptical. The John Madden franchise only had one real competitor, and they were the developers at Visual Concepts.

Visual Concepts are the brainchild of the 2k series of sports games that include,baseball, hockey, college football and of course, the NFL. In the 2005-06 season of NFL football, the developers at Visual Concepts did something unheard of in video games. They sold their popular NFL2k5 football series for 20 bucks! The gaming community had mixed reviews, and the game was really good. For 20 bucks you can beat it! I was surprised when I found out! I don't know if they were trying to make a statement about pricing in video games, but coincidentally the following year, the NFL gave the people at EA the exclusive rights to the NFL license in video games. (I personally think that Visual Concepts pissed off the NFL with the price of their game.)

The first year of the exclusive license, in my opinion, wasn't so great. Madden '05 was released with the same hype as the other Madden's. To the true Maddenites out there, it was just okay, nothing special. With the ever growing influence of the Xbox console system, Madden '06 slowly started to become known as the game to play on XBOX. This was a shift from the earlier years of Madden. True Maddenites know that Madden was played best on the PS2! The XBOX 360 changed all that with Madden '07 and '08. The yearly Madden tournament was no longer played on PS2, the XBOX 360 was the new home of MADDEN. Maddenites were okay with this shift, it took some time to get used to the Xbox 360 joystick, but as long as we could play the game, we could care less. However , we were still waiting for that Madden that was gonna us say WOW! Madden '09 is that game!!!

First of all, Madden '09 is the best graphically it has ever been. Madden has always been good graphically, but '09 has some of the best. Gone are the stiff, statuesque player models from Madden '07 and '08. My main complaint on Madden'07 and '08 were the stiff player models. The player models didn't move like NFL players. They moved like statues. It seemed like the developers concentrated more on the wrinkles in the player uniforms and the player arms. They fixed these problems in '09 and made the player models look and move more realistic.

In the beginning of Madden '09 there is a new feature called the Madden IQ test. What the test does is measure you on how well do in the four main areas of the game: rushing, passing, rush defense and pass defense. from this point in the game, your Madden IQ is used in conjunction with another new feature, the Madden My Skill feature. The My Skill feature adjusts the computer difficulty of the game as you play! So eventually you will get to play against the computer on the coveted All-Madden level! One of my favorite features of the game is the EA Sports Backtrack. This feature shows you the mistakes that you have made during the game. If you throw and interception, it shows you who was open. If you are blitzed and sacked, it shows you where you should have been looking, instead of down the throat of the blitzing linebacker! This is a tool that both the rookie and veteran Maddenite can benefit from.

All in all, I am very impressed! This is the game that Maddenites everywhere have been waiting for! You will not be disappointed! Some games are worth the wait. Madden '09 is that game!

Ken White is a video game junkie and a lifetime Madden player. If you want to read more visit my blog at:http://klw5200-maddenitesunite.blogspot.com

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With the cost of games going up and up, many gamers don't realize that a large part of what they are paying for is the packaging that comes with the game. Those fancy booklets push up the cost to the manufacturer and hence the price gamers are paying. There is good news though! For many titles you are now able to buy the game online and download it right to your Wii console ready to play. No trip to the shops required.

Many people automatically think that downloading games is illegal, but fortunately there are now many places online where you can pay to download games, music and films to your Wii completely legally. This form of distribution has been used for PCs for a long time with the steam platform for games, and services like iTunes for music. Consoles have lagged behind but are now beginning to catch up which is great news.

There have been predictions in the past that before long all games will be bought over the internet and downloaded straight to your PC or console. That time is still some way off, mainly due to internet speeds still not being reliably high enough for some people. However it is almost certain that in the future all games will be downloaded online, which is why console companies are starting to get in on the market now.

If you want Wii download free games, you may be out of luck however as most free download sites are illegal. There are many subscription based sites though that charge a small monthly fee in return for downloads, and these are a much better option. These same sites often also allow you to download movies, TV shows and more.

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The feeling of making a zombie's head explode with a well aimed blast from a shot gun is worth a million bucks - and gamers know that no game in the market provides this experience quite as well as Resident Evil. Resident Evil also known as Biohazard in Japan has been developed by Capcom. The game essentially belongs to the survival horror video game genre, and was originally released for the Sony PlayStation in 1996 and was later launched for PC and the Sega Saturn console.

A remake of the game was launched in 2002 for the Nintendo Game Cube console. The featured several significant gameplay changes, had better voice acting and improved graphics. In early 2006, Resident Evil: Deadly Silence, a Nintendo DS port of the original game was released.

The original Resident Evil game opens up the in fictional Racoon City, where a number of mysterious and grizzly murders have taken place. A group of unknown assailants have been attacking people in their homes, and as proved by the investigation indulging in cannibalism as well...

S.T.A.R. first assigns the Bravo team to assist the local authorities, but they soon disappear without a trace. Then the Alpha team is sent to continue the investigation and they soon find themselves trapped in an abandoned mansion. It is at this point that the player takes control of the character and the game begins. As one his first of many horrific discoveries, the player finds one of Bravo team members Kenneth Sullivan, being eaten by a Zombie. The character eventually realizes the mansion far from being abandoned is actually a death trap riddled with traps, puzzles and of course ugly zombies. To complete the game the Player has to kill anything that moves.

Most of the Resident Evil secrets were good, but they were much too similar to each other to live up their prerelease hype. However, all this has changed with Resident Evil 4. The story too is more interesting than its predecessors. The president's daughter has been kidnapped by a religious cult and the player, playing as special agent Leon Kennedy has to rescue her from a mysterious hamlet located somewhere in Europe.

Resident Evil 4 has been designed so perfectly that even those who didn't flinch while watching Stephen Kings Kujo, will get serious case of willies while playing the game. Capcom this time around have paid perfectionist attention to the animation and graphics, and the background music is so creepy, that its controls the emotions of the players like puppet on string. So brace your heart while playing Resident Evil 4.

Resident Evil 4,is without a shadow of a doubt one of scariest games to have ever been created. Action never gets stale and A.I is so smart that any false move on your part might end up making you the Zombies next snack. If you haven't played this one already, then are missing a great treat.

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The Nintendo Wii Fit features four main categories of exercises to choose from: Strength Training, Aerobics, Yoga and Balance Games. Taking the revolutionary motion sensing abilities of the Wii, the Wii Fit itself features the inclusion of the Balance Board, a sturdy device placed on a flat surface, that can read the motions and gestures of anybody standing on top of it.

This nifty device features more than 40 different exercises across four areas of training such as leaning to block soccer balls, swivelling hips to power hoop twirls or balancing to hold the perfect yoga pose. These are of course fun activities, and don't forget the ski jumping and heading soccer balls, that challenge the player's overall body balance.

This is all about controlled motion using arms, legs and other body parts which in themselves include dancing, exercise, balance and dexterity games which Nintendo says will help to build muscles and provide stability.

The Wii Fit Balance Board will allow your Mum to do yoga, your Dad to do push-ups, and you to play that nifty head-the-soccer-balls-but-not-the-panda-heads mini-game that comes packaged with it. There are a slew of graphs tied in with a calendar to ensure that you stick to the programme and woe betide you if you miss a session because you'll get a good old fashioned nagging if you stay away from your Wii Fit for too long.

This system, with motion-sensing controllers and play is intended for a broad audience beyond hard-core gamers and I don't have to tell you that it's working just fine all around the world.

Fitness is about cardio-vascular, agility and stamina. Fitness and entertainment at the same time. Is it possible that the Wii Fit and the Balance Board can provide a stimulating workout? You bet it is.

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For people who are unfamiliar with the origins of role playing games, they should be aware that role playing games started way back in the 1970s with the release of the popular video game Dungeons and Dragons. The game is still in existence today but offers a more improved experience. Role playing games include games in all aspects and areas of computer games including: action, horror, sports and a wide variety of game genres in contemporary existence.

By definition, a role playing game is a game where the participants in the game assume the roles of certain fictional characters in preestablished but unfinished stories. These participants can then determine what their characters do in order to complete the story and all this falls in according to some preset rules and guidelines. A role playing game is played over a series of episodes and rarely has the parties in game competing as winners or losers in the traditional concept of other games such as board games. Role playing games are of a more interactive nature and involve certain aspects of collaboration with others.

Dungeons and Dragons which was officially the first role playing game in existence was created in 1974 by TSR in Wisconsin, USA and the games established a wide cultlike following. After the game maker had originally hoped to sell about 50,000 the games sold into the millions all over the developed world, most especially in the United States. The advent of computer roleplaying games lead to the dearth of most new role playing games established during that period.

Newer games resulted that allowed people to adopt independent roles and play the games over a networked environment such as the Internet. These games introduced the widely publicized concept of open gaming. Open gaming allows freedom somewhat like the open source movement where other publishers can develop various components for interaction with the game software but may not alter the main elements of the game.

There is another different format of role playing game where the game is played in the improvisational theater format. Players do not describe their characters actions but act them out often garbed in full costume. There are also other varied forms of role playing games which may be carried out played over the Internet using various protocols like TELNET and IRC. These games are popularly called MUD's or Multi - User Dungeons and may operate in a text based environment.

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After a hard day of work or school you settle in for a cool night of playing some pretty intense video games. You fire up your Xbox 360 then the unbelievable happens...The Xbox 360 red lights or "red ring of death" appears and your game playing is put on permanent hold. That's the bad news, now for some good news. About 90% of Xbox 360's that develop this problem can be easily fixed.

This is great news for you because you can save your ailing Xbox and have it up and running in no time at all. If you call Microsoft about this problem they won't tell you how to fix it yourself. They will try and talk you into sending it in for them to repair. If you listen to them it will cost you around $140 plus shipping and about 3 weeks turn around time to get it fixed. And the saddest part is they won't guarantee you that they can fix it.

When my system died on me about a year ago I did a lot of research to find a way to repair my Xbox 360 red lights problem without sending it back to Microsoft. I found an inexpensive guide to help me fix my dead console. This guide consists of an easy to follow guide and videos to help you get your Xbox up and running in about an hour.

If you decide to fix your system yourself you will find that it requires no special skills and no special tools. You may find that you need some parts to fix your Xbox. However, these parts can be easily found at your local hardware store. Once you view the videos and read the step by step manual, you won't believe how easy it is to fix your own Xbox 360.

If you can't wait 4 to 6 weeks to have your Xbox 360 repaired and if you don't want it to cost you at least $140 I have great news for you. I have discovered a great guide and video you can use to get you back to gaming in no time.

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