Super Bowl & Mass Effect 2

Good evening everyone. I know it has been a very long time since I've posted my last blog. I really hadn't had much to talk about but now that the football season is over I have something to talk about.

BOISE STATE-

All I have to say is 14-0 baby! All year long they were fighting the football experts on how great they were. It all started with their first game against Oregon, and even now they are being criticized on how good they actually are. Even after they beat a team that many experts thought deserved to be in the national title game. Instead of being praised for beating TCU they are downplaying how good TCU actually was. That was the problem I had with them playing each other in the Fiesta Bowl! It will never be settled until we have a playoff. I made a very good playoff system that I think would work. I have it saved as a powerpoint so I can't post it here, but simply put: We would have a 16 team playoff where each conference (11) gets an automatic qualifier and then you have 5 at larges. Then you take their BCS rankings and seed them 1-16. This is how the first one would look. Note: these rankings were before the BCS bowls were played.
#1 Alabama (SEC) vs. #16 Troy (Sun Belt)
#2 Texas (Big 12) vs. #15 East Carolina (C-USA)
#3 Cincinnati (Big East) vs. #14 Central Michigan (MAC)
#4 TCU (MWC) vs. #13 Penn State (At Large)
#5 Florida (At Large) vs. #12 LSU (At Large)
#6 Boise State (WAC) vs. #11 Virginia Tech (At Large)
#7 Oregon (Pac-10) vs. #10 Iowa (At Large)
#8 Georgia Tech (ACC) vs. #9 Ohio State (Big Ten)
That way everyone has their chance of getting a national championship.
Things might work next year for the Broncos. Only losing one starter they should start in the top 5 next year. With a decent non-conference schedule, and a soft schedule if they go undefeated they have a chance to play for a national championship. Very unlikey but I'm keeping my fingers crossed.

The Super Bowl

I'm going to say it right now that I wasn't really looking forward to the Super Bowl. I was actually looking forward to it being over. I've heard so much about the wonderful, trial-overcoming, Saints
and the ankle of Dwight Freeney that I wanted to shoot myself. However, I was a little disappointed in the Colts. I was rooting for them, because I really like Peyton Manning and in my opinion is still the better quarterback. I also liked to rub it in all the BYU fans face when they criticized Austin Collie for leaving a year early. I think I would take a super bowl appearance over a 4th Las Vegas bowl appearance.
Before you all heckle me in saying Peyton Manning gave the game away I just want to say that he wouldn't of had to throw so much if the defense would have showed up in the second half. Without Dwight Freeney at 100% the Colts got NO pressure on Drew Brees. Brees had enough time that he could bend on one knee and tie his shoe and still have time to throw the ball. Oh well. I'm glad its over. I'm looking for my 49ers to make a playoff next year.

MASS EFFECT 2 - GAME REVIEW

Before I left on my mission I made a post of the many video games I played and the first Mass Effect was one of them. Mass Effect 2 was probably one of the most anticipated games I have ever waited for, along with Guitar Hero World Tour.
What's great about this game is that the decisions you made from the first game directly affected what happened in the game. Thence it is a different experience for everyone. The bad thing is that I beat the first one so many times that I forgot which character made what decisions so when I started the second one with one of my random characters I was mad that I chose him. Oh well.
With Soverign destroyed and the previous Council members wiped out, the humans started the Citadel again under their control. Still convinced that the geth was behind the attack and not the Reapers, Shepard was sent to eliminate all remaining threat from the Geth. Shepard soon finds out that the Reapers have another species, The Collectors, helping them create something to wipe out all galactic civilization as we know. Shepard must stop the Collectors and head into a mission where survival is not probable. Doesn't this game sound awesome.

Visit this link to watch the full cinematic trailor:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jLhptv1yYMU

Here are some of the likes and dislikes of this game
LIKES:
Different selection of weapons from machine gun pistols to grenade launchers
Biotic Powers can bend around walls to pull enemies out of cover.
Wide variety selection of characters each with a personal mission to help gain their loyalty.
Guns now have thermal clips instead of just always overheating
Paragon and Renegade moves can help you make bold moves in between dialogues.
An amazing storyline that only makes not able to wait for Mass Effect 3.

DISLIKES:
Many of the characters had the same powers and abilites making them not stand out as much.
Exploring worlds for minerals was a drag and hated doing it.
The very end was kind of easy and not as challenging.
The achievements for Mass Effect were very easy and I was able to get all 1015 in just a week.
One of the characters liked to drop the F Bomb a lot for not very good reasons causing me to avoid using that character.
Towards the end of the game it started to get a little corrupted causing my game to lag, but not enough to matter much

OVERALL ANALYSIS:
I give Mass effect a 4.5/5 and can not wait for the closing chapter in the Mass Effect Trilogy. I hope it will be as amazing as this game was.