Madden - The End

After playing the great game of Madden 10 throughout this semester, I can honestly say I have morphed myself from an inexperienced Madden gamer to quite the expert. I have used Gee's motivational and learning theories to play this game. I now feel like I can not only compete with my friends at this game, but blow them away. Just the other day I beat my roommate, who plays often, 31-14.

There aren't many other things for me to discover about the game - I know pretty much all its little nuances, advantages, or cheats if you want to call them that. The game is realistic but I have figured out how to best win at it. After all, if an advantage is placed in a game, its put there for a reason: it would be wrong to not exploit it. I'm glad I picked this game and though I will no longer be blogging about it, I will almost certainly still be playing it.

Madden - The Future

I have simulated my franchise until 2013, doing only the off seasons. My team cannot win a superbowl by itself, but has reached the playoffs in all 3 years I have simulated. It seems my team can only win every single game if I play it. If I dont, they occasionally lose. My team has a highly rated player at each position, yet for some reason in simulation mode they cannot win the superbowl. Oh well...

I did enjoy doing the off seasons, manipulating the cap and making trades to better my team while still keep a franchise profit. I feel like the game is definitely teaching me some of the ways in which the NFL works, and some of the decisions that general managers have to make about keeping and trading players. Though I did not win the superbowl by simply simulating games, it was fun to see how players progressed. This is an excellent game.