What a night!  I flew down to Los Angeles to attend a special sneak peek event for Electronic Arts’ Madden 08.  I’m a BIG football fan, so I was pretty excited to go and give this game a try.

When I got to the event, I fired up a game of my beloved Seahawks against division rival, St. Louis Rams and tried out the new Weapons feature that I’ve been reading about.  I tried a couple plays controlling Walter Jones and used the Pass Blocker Weapon. 

First down, I rushed, and assisted on a tackle of the running back, gain of two yards.  Second down, I ran around the end and was able to block a pass!  Then there was an incomplete pass on 3rd down, and then a punt.  Three and out…not bad. 

The event started to get pretty crowded at this point, so I stepped aside so others could play.  But even with the short time I had with the game, I think that Madden 08 has the potential to be the best one yet.

I usually like to think of myself as "average height", but tonight, walking through the crowd, I was definitely under average.  Lots of local professional athletes and Hollywood celebrities dropped by to try out their gaming skills.    More pics of the event can be found below and on our Flickr page.

So how 'bout it?  ARE YOU READY FOR SOME FOOTBALL?!