October 2
and its EA’s fault

I bought FIFA 06 the other day.. in fact I was
told to get it. “Get FIFA” they said (for the purpose of this moan “they” will
remain nameless, they know who they are), so I got it. I didn’t have chance to
play it when I got home, in fact I had no desire to play it and that should have
been a big bloody clue to my mistake. It was 2am when I first popped it in the
Xbox and after creating a profile had to play a match. The game took great
pleasure in handing me my arse, 10-0. I forgave it because, after all, I was
absolutely steaming drunk.

So now I
just start it up for my second go, fresh and sober. I’ll excuse the EA
blur’o'vision as the presentation was up to standard with wizzy SKY live TV
presentation graphics and commentary. So jumping straight in after a brief look
at the control layout for the only 2 buttons I ever use, pass and shoot, I set
up a match.. of course I pick Manchester United and as usual I pick some weak
opposition, today it was the blue side of Manchester. I should have know that
there was something wrong when the referee was introduced as Urs
Meiers.

So without giving a long Andy
Gray review of the match I was again pasted. I never felt in control, they
walked through my defence and their goal was like bloody fort knox. So fighting
the urge to smash the disk up into little bastard pieces (I do have the GAME 10
day rental to consider) I put it back in the box and decided to play something
else. That’s when it hit me.

There was
no one online and because of this I couldn’t decide what to play. To be honest I
didn’t really have the desire to play anything. Now the scary bit.. I think that
I only play games that other people are playing on Live. I’m not even sure if I
enjoy playing them.

Oh my god.. I’ve
turned into a gaming
SHEEP!!!!

Baaaaaaaa