August 25, 2004
I Cheated
So I'm playing Madden 2004 on PS2 and my team is getting wiped out by the Redskins (the hated skins) 50-something to 20-something. I see that there's no hope of winning this game, even though I'm running kickoffs back for touchdowns and scoring on hail mary passes; so I turn the game off without saving. This means that next time I play (I'm going through a season in "Franchise Mode") that I'll be starting over from scratch. A restart, as it were. The next time I do, same thing -- except this time it's 37-0 and they are running away with it, intercepting almost every pass I throw and running it back for a touchdown. It's disgusting. My defense is stopping their offense cold, but their defense and special teams are scoring all the time. So I reset the game again. My record at this point was 3-4, so another loss will "ruin" my season. This time I prevail 17-0 and move on. So, if I ever make it to the "Super Bowl" in this video game, I won't be able to brag that I did it fairly. My bad.
I guess cheating at video games is nothing new, but it is bothersome not to acheive victory the "fair" way. Got an interesting CD in the mail the other day -- Babylon Mystery Orchestra's On Earth As It Is In Heaven, which takes text from the Dead Sea Scrolls and weaves a tale about fallen angels mingling with men prior to Noah's days... Kind of puts rock in an "evil music" category, even though it's rock. Interesting.
Posted by Doug Van Pelt at August 25, 2004 05:06 PM