The NFL rights will now remain exclusive to EA through the 2012 season?!

NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO

What the hell. The dreams of future NFL 2K and NFL Blitz installments will have to wait. All-Pro Football, Blitz the League, and Backbreaker just aren't the same without the NFL liscense.

You know what Eidos and IO Interactive can do?

You know what the gayest game ever is?

RIP Jeff G

11.30.07

Rich Gallup and Jeff G are gone? Gamespot really sucks cockatoo now

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Heres a short film made by my friends Andrew and Mark, and I thought I'd share it here since it's pretty cool.

It's time to break out the crystal ball and predict some GS and IGN scores! Why? Because it's fun to do now, and look back on later. How good am I at it? I'm horrible, which makes it all the better. So as July rolls on and August looms on the horizon, some games will be released, and GS & IGN are bound to review them sooner or later, but you don't need to wait for their scores, I already know them:

Paper Mario (Wii)
The N64's only noteworthy RPG hits the Wii's Virtual Console soon, and I expect some major praise. But no re-release, no matter how good they are, will be superb. I'm seeing an 8.5 from GS. Those lightning fast reviewers at IGN already gave it a 9.0, so no prediction from me.

RESULT: GS gave it a 9.0 (+0.5), I'm pretty surprised at this one, I guess a re-release can be superb.

Guitar Hero: Rock the 80s (PS2)
An expansion of last years hit Guitar Hero 2 provides 30 new hits from the colorful 80s. I'm getting a vision of it recieving an 8.0 from GS and an 8.6 from IGN

RESULT: GS gave it a 7.0 (-1.0) and IGN gave it a 7.2 (-1.4)....This is off to a horrible start! Thanks a lot GH...

NASCAR 08 (360 & PS3)
I don't know diddly squat about the most boring of sports, but the previous games seem to have been fairly praised. This is a first attempt at the series on next-gen consoles, so I don't expect the best results. My crystal ball tells me that it'll recieve an 8.0 from GS and an 8.2 from IGN

RESULT: GS gave it a 6.0 (-2.0) IGN gave it a 5.0 (-3.2)...............wtf, I'm cursing these poor games!!!!

Escape from Bug Island (Wii)
Bug island is an island infested with over sized bugs, and the game looks pretty crappy. I have a hunch that this cheesy little game will recieve a 5.5 from GS and a 6.2 from IGN

Alien Syndrome (Wii)
A top down shooter from SEGA pits you against alien bugs and stuff. Doesn't look like the best experience from the 5 minutes I saw On the Spot. It's a horrible assumption based off of 5 minutes of gameplay footage, but it's good enough for me. I'm seeing a 7.0 from GS and a 7.6 from IGN

RESULT: GS gave it a 5.0 (-2.0) IGN gave it a 5.5 (-2.1), I'm suck sooo bad at this

Super Mario Strikers Charged (Wii)
Mario is still playing sports, and the fun little soccer game with some online options looks like it'll recieve an 8.0 from Gamespot and an 8.6 from IGN

RESULT: GS gave it a 7.5 (-0.5) IGN gave it an 8.3 (-0.3), oh thank goodness, something relatively close

I wish I did this a little quicker so I could have added All-Pro Football, NCAA, and Bomberman predictions before they went up, but oh well. Now it's just time to wait and check back to see how poorly I have done.

Overall Results: I'm not cut out for this

Here's what I'm looking forward to seeing at this years E3:

Xbox 360

Banjo Kazooie 3

Halo 3

Fatal Inertia

Project Gotham Racing 4

Left 4 Dead

Kameo 2

Beautiful Katamari

Bomberman LIVE!

New XBLA games

Wii/DS

Super Mario Galaxy

NiGHTS: Journey of Dreams

Resident Evil: Umbrella Chronicles

Super Smash Bros. Brawl

Ninja Gaiden Dragon Sword

Sonic Rush Adventure

Pikmin 3/DS

Mario Kart Wii

Wave Race DS/Wii

Starfox Wii

Donkey Kong Country 4

Animal Crossing Wii

PS2/PSP

Wipeout Pulse

Wipeout PS3

Killzone 2

LittleBigPlanet

Heavenly Sword

Eight Days

Motorstorm 2

Multiplatform

Resident Evil 5

Assassin's Creed

Sega Rally

Rock Band

Burnout Paradise

GTA IV

Devil May Cry 4

Black 2

Dark Sector

The 360 list may look alarmingly low, but I'm also looking forward to the 360 version of all the multiplatform games. Wonder how many games on my list will show up, and what surprises are instore for these next few days...

Okay, I get that GS wants to change up how they score games, and I can deal with that, since it's not like I really care if Halo 3 gets a 9.0 instead of a 9.2, but they had to ruin it for us users?! That sucks . I don't want to give Gears of War an 8.5, I'd much rather give it the 8.6 that I feel it deserves. And once I find a game that I'm dying to give an 8.8 or a 9.2, I'm really gonna freak out! I don't want to put up with this .5 crap, this isn't EGM.com, is it?

I'm angry! Just look at the smilies: