Making that Video Game Money

I got a nice surprise in the mail this week. A small postcard sized piece of paper arrived. I almost mistook it for junk mail. I ripped the folding tab, and opened it up to see a check printed on the inside. My settlement with EA Sports had arrived.

Give me some of that video game monies

It was at least back in 2011 that I filled out an online form for some crazy sounding class action lawsuit against EA sports. I really didn't think an anti-monopoly suit against EA Sports would actually be successful, Even if they did have a monopoly, I'm sure their were too lawyered up for anyone to do much about it. But since I had bought NCAA Football every year since 2002 and a few Madden games in there too, I figured I might as well take 5 minutes to fill out the form.

And boy did it pay off. The check came for $99.02. That's way more than I've made in any other class action suit, which usually end up being checks for less than $10. It was a happy day, and it looks like the unemployed lifestyle can continue on for another few days. Or I can finally buy NCAA '14.

Epic comeback

Quite the game in my NCAA '10 Dynasty. I'm returning Wyoming to their rightful glory and I go up against Texas Tech. At the half I find myself down 31-13 to the Red Raiders. I fight back during the third and by the start of the fourth quarter I have brought it back to a respectable 31-26 game. I get a key three-and-out and get the ball back in the middle of the fourth for what could be a game winning drive. I go the length of the field and complete a touchdown pass to my Heisman candidate WR making the score 32-31 in my advantage. I decide to go for a two point conversion to put me up by three points. But my pass is intercepted and returned 103 yards by Texas Tech. This gives them back the lead 33-32. I then have to kickoff to them. But my team is almost entirely white and they take the kickoff to the house to give them an 8 point lead. We are now down 8 with to 2:30 seconds left in the 4th when they kickoff to me. The kickoff is short and my Hiesman deserving WR makes a sweet juke and returns it himself for a TD. The 2 point conversion is good and the game is tied at 40. Lee Corso tells me this is why he loves college football.

They begin driving down the field and are almost in range of a game winning field goal when my All-American DT drives up the middle and hits the QB as he throws. My 77 overall MLB runs underneath it and picks it off. The game is now in my hands but all I need to do is drive the field and score, without giving them too much time to return the favor. I go no huddle and go 60 yards and get the touchdown on a 2 yard pass to my backup HB. I leave 10 seconds on the clock, but I make sure the ensuing kickoff goes out of bounds to prevent any returns. Texas Tech tries valiantly with their two remaining plays but ultimately falls to the hands of my tough as nail Wyoming team.

It is deemed the 7th best game to have ever been played on my Xbox 360. It is also the most exciting thing to happen to me this weekend.