For the first time in a while, I fired up Madden '09 last night to resume my Detroit Lions dynasty. I’m on my sixth game of my second season, playing at home against the Cleveland Browns.
On around the Browns’ second offensive series, I notice that their center is wearing the jersey No. 15. I assume it was their draft pick that year, so I don’t think much of it.
After all, when I signed defensive end Tyson Jackson as a free agent after the draft (huh?) he started out with the No. 9. I mean, EA has only been making the Madden series for 20 years. I’m sure they’ll get around to fixing the jersey number anomaly someday soon.
After a couple of series of witnessing Cleveland’s new center stonewalling my defensive tackles, easily flicking away blitzing linebackers, and holding off stunting defensive ends without breaking a sweat, I got curious as to who this surefire rookie of the year was.
It turns out he wasn’t a rookie at all. In fact, he is a seven-year veteran by the name of Dave Zastudil. Now, for those of us who are unable to rattle off the Cleveland Browns’ roster by memory, let me give you a hand. He’s their punter.
So, in Madden’s 20th year of existence spread across countless gaming systems, EA still has a glitch that causes a punter to line up at center. Not only that, but he is dominating. I know the Lions suck, but come on! Seriously? God, I hate EA sometimes.
How does this happen? Simple. They have no competition. Why don’t they? Let’s take a look back.
Back in 2004 2K sports shocked the gaming world by releasing NFL 2K5, not only earlier than Madden, but for the bargain basement price of $19.99. Though it had flaws of its own, it was still quite possibly the best value since Manhattan Island. For the first time in years, EA’s game-making manhood was challenged.
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