Fast-forward to today and it appears that Microsoft is taking a page out of Sony’s playbook. A $50 Xbox 360 Premium (20GB) console price drop initially appeared in early leaks of the Sunday ads for July 13th-19th from Best Buy, Radio Shack, and K-mart, and now speedy1961 has gotten his hands on Circuit City & Target’s ads,
which also list the $300 console. Speedy’s ads also reveal that Target
will be throwing in a $25 gift card with the console purchase.

You can read the press release HERE. Personally, I hate EA Trax. The only one that I remember liking is sound track from NBA Street III (House of Pain – Jump Aroud Pete Rock Remix FTW). Well, maybe the SSX sound tracks didn’t suck, but I would rather put that money into other EA titles that are boring and stale than giving my ears a rash. Personally, I believe the year is 2008 and XBOX 360 supports your own custom tracks, and the PS3 is getting that same functionality via the 2.40/2.41 firmware update. EA Trax is played out.

Sigh! Kratos, nor the guy above will be making an appearance in Soul Calibur IV. The video game world shed a tear of flaccid woe.

Ted, the official Yeti of the Tek Clan, has been selected to be a part of the World Series of Poker. He’s getting ready to head to Vegas as I type this. This is awesome!!! Now maybe he can pay me those $40 bucks he owes me.

“Ted go Vegas! Ted win money! Ted pay Saskwatch!”

EA SPORTS™ All-Play is a fun and exciting new line-up of EA SPORTS games designed especially for the Wii™. With unique
controls, a multitude of easy-to-learn mini games, Wii-exclusive modes and more, you can jump into the action with
friends and family like never before.

Whether you’re an EA SPORTS veteran or rookie, EA SPORTS All-Play levels the playing field and delivers a gaming experience like no other.

–http://www.easports.com/allplay/

To cut the crap out of it, if you are into all mascot team action, addicted to mini-games, 5 on 5 football, or a version of Madden that your Grandma would want to play, well EA got that bull$h!t for you. If you want that real Filthy Tek (read: hardcore) experience, then we gotta stick to our PS3s and 360s. To be fair, it appears that the regular gaming modes will be in the games, and “All-Play” fluffage is designed to bring in the casual gamers. However, it is my opinion that Madden should never be a casual exerience. It should be a fun, but yet intense experience. Sports games should reflect real life, in the context of – the longer I work at it, the less I will suck at it. I do not want modes that have the athlethes looking like bobble heads. I want better game play. I played Madden 2008 on the Wii, and it sucked hard. If you want to make the Wii versions of these games better, then push the graphics capabilities of the machine to the limit, and give me some better damn controls. So instead of dumbing down your games for the love of greed, how about making the games playable for the people who have supported your franchises before it became cool to be a casual gamer.