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Best Madden of all time 

By: Bryce Hanson

         Now last time I talked about 2K being my favorite game, but a close second is Madden. It’s a NFL football game with a bunch of fun different game modes to play. Obviously the best Madden of all time would have the most fun game modes. But this time I want do it differently. I’m going to cut straight to the point, which is why I think Madden 20 is the Best Madden of all time. 

         First, I have to tell you what the best part of this game was, The Face of the Franchise. This game mode was started in Madden 20, and will forever be my favorite game mode ever. It’s basically like NBA 2K’s mycareer, but with a better way to make your player better. Another game mode that was started by this game was Super Star K.O.  This game mode is where you draft 3 players who have an X-Factor and you play someone online who did the same thing. When you beat them you move on and draft another player, and this cycle continues until you enter the Championship Round and you try to win the championship. X-Factor was another thing started by this game. It is given to players that literally have an X-Factor about them. It’s basically like a power up for a player that has entered the zone. Next, I can tell you that the music in this game actually made it better, and it’s not artists who people have heard of either. Songs like No Name, Move the Chains, and Time flies actually blessed th people’s ears who listened to them and the created such a sense of Nostalgia, which you know by now that I love the nostalgic feel. Lastly, I would just say this game was so good because it was during quarantine and the NFL was at a good place. Where the teams were still kind of fair and balanced.         Overall Madden was probably the best Madden of all time, because it was the start of something new in Madden. It took it from a boring football game to putting a spin on football overall. The nostalgia I feel from this game also makes me love it even more. 

Best 2k of all time 

By: Bryce Hanson

      For someone who doesn’t play video games too often I am limited on knowledge of a bunch of games. But one game that I do know like the back of my hand is NBA 2K. This game has been a part  of my life for almost 12 years now and there has been some highs and lows of the game. Today I’m here to tell you about The highest of highs for this game. 2K has 4 main game modes to play, MyCareer, Myteam, Myleauge, and Quick Play. The 2K with the best version of all of these will be my GOAT of 2Ks. 

       To start we have MyCareer, and if you’ve played the game you know what this is. It’s the biggest game mode on here Nation wide and tons of people love it. The two best MyCareer games were 2K16 and 2k17. 2k17 had a story that made us have to share the court more rather than just shooting all the shots, which in my opinion makes it more entertaining. We had a teammate name Justice who could average easily thirty points a game and was our dynamic duo in the game. 2k16 had a real story line that made it feel like you were in a movie. And this movie was actually directed by Spike Lee. You got to experience the ups and downs of being an NBA player and not just on the court but off the court as well. This story had a sad ending where our best friend died and we played for his memory. This made me get involved in the game mentally and emotionally. Which just made me love it a lot. In my opinion 2K16 had the best MyCareer just because I loved the story. 

          Next we have Myteam, I don’t have much to say about Myteam other than who had the best Cards to choose from. So in my opinion it comes down to the Diamond players in 2k16 or the Dark Matter players in 2k22. The diamonds feel so nostalgic but the better cards were definitely the dark matters. They were just more fun to play with and gave basketball a little spin to it. So 2k22 was better on this front but 2K16 was a close second. 

          Lastly we have Myleague and Quick Play, and these are shorter game modes but still really fun. Myleague puts you in the shoes of a head coach or General Manager and you can do any senario you wasn’t like trading super stars to different teams and drafting new rookies. Quick play is exactly what it sounds like, you pick a team( or player in BlackTop) and you just play. 2K16 by far had the best qualities for both these modes, with the Park look, and animations for Quick Play. Then it’s also had a better Myleague because NBA basketball was at it’s peak for me in 2015-2016.            Overall my GOAT for 2Ks is 2K16, mainly because this was my childhood growing up and it just brings me nostalgia every time I play it. 

Best NBA dynamic duo

By: Bryce Hanson

         Dynamic duos have been one of the main faces in the league since the 80s and we’ve seen some special ones across the decades. Dynamic duos just bring an exciting mix to the league and prove two is better than one. 

         I’m not going to just read off their stats to you because that would just be boring, no I’m going to give you my 17 year old opinion about this. Now the oldest duo I can remember is the Magic Johnson and Kareem on the magic back in the 80s.This duo became the face of the league and really brought most of the NBA’s fans into the league. The exciting young Magic paired up with the vet Kareem created a duo like pb and j.

         The next duo I think of after the Magic and Kareem duo is the Jordan and Pippen duo. I’m sure a lot of the older generation will agree with me on this one. I believe that because this is when they were young teenagers and that is when basketball is at it’s peak for you to watch. This duo will echo in eternity not only for their success in the finals but also because one of the GOATS is in this duo. Yes Scottie was a great player but that success in the finals would not have happened without the main man Micheal Jordan. He carried this duo which is why in my opinion, this is not one of the best. 

          Last one of the duos I was not alive for, is Kobe and Shaq. These two butted heads the entire time they were together. Which speaks to how much they were like brothers. Unlike the Bulls duo, this pair was not one sided at all. Kobe was making his name be known as one of the greatest, while Shaq was already known as one of the best. Their success just showed that all the off court nonsense didn’t matter in the real game. 

           Finally the duo that is my personal favorite, Stephen Curry and Klay Thompson. Before the Jordan and Pippen fans get mad, you have to remember what I said. I’m a young teenager and this duo was at it’s peak when basketball was at its peak for me. This duo not only one championships together but became known as the best shooting duo of all time. Reviving the toughest name I’ve ever heard, “The Splash Brothers”. If that name itself doesn’t send shivers down your spine then wait to hear the leaders of this duo. Stephen Curry is the best shooter of all time and my opinion the best player of all time. I didn’t say greatest, but I said best. The other splash brother, Klay Thompson is arguably the second best shooter of all time, which shows this duo is not as one sided as people think. 

          Overall, through all these years of amazing duos being in the league, my opinion points towards the Splash brothers being the greatest NBA duo of all time.

Best Food of All Time 

By: Bryce Hanson

        Food is something we all need in our day to day lives, so in order not to take that for granted we show appreciation to our favorites. Foods  like steak, chicken wings, and salad. Like always though there is a certain criteria to be named the best food of all time. This criteria is: overall taste, how often you can eat it, and how much it cost. This criteria will help me show you what I believe the best food is. 

         First I’ll be talking about the foods with the best overall for my taste bud palette. Now I know that this is an obvious one but in my opinion steak has the longest stretch of being the best food known to man and I would be ashamed of myself if I didn’t at least mention it on this blog. Then a solid pick that is not loved by everyone is salad. I’m not a straight lettuce and ranch salad type of guy but a salad with croutons, bacon cheese and ranch is a day in paradise for me. It’s not a versatile meal but it’s overall taste is too good. The last one with best overall taste in opinion is chicken wings. A very versatile dish that has a taste that just melts in your mouth. Also when it’s duo-ed with ranch or blue cheese, the wings just become something legendary. The overall taste of these foods are all very delectable. 

           Next up is how consistent the food is. Steak will always hold a special place in my mouth, but I don’t think I could eat it every day. So sadly I have to eliminate it from being the best. Then comes salad which is a very consistent dish but like I said earlier it’s not very versatile so it would get old after a while. So another great one falls. Then comes wings which a very tasty dish like steak and way more versatile than salad, with all it’s flavors, so it still stands in the running for the best. 

             Lastly, the cost of these food items has gone up exponentially over the last few years and people can’t afford to eat them very often. So yet another flaw of steak is that it is so expensive for the amount you want. Then comes salad which isn’t to bad depending on the place you get it from but usually it’s cheaper than steak. The comes wings and there was a stretch where wings were outrageous but there price has came down where for you to get your fill it will cost between a salad and a steak. So for the grand reveal the best food on earth in my opinion are chicken wings. I could eat them every night and day and I might dare say I have had them for breakfast.

Best CFB player of all time 

By: Bryce Hanson

Now when it comes to regular NFL football the MVP is always a quarterback and the GOAT is a quarterback, but College Football is a bit different. College football actually understands that people catch the quarterback’s pass and people run the ball down to the one yard line so that the quarterback could run it in. So today I will be talking about who I think the best college football player of all time is. 

This time I’m doing it a little bit differently, by not doing the criteria, but by sheer skill of the players. Now I know it will be controversial to not put Joe burrow and Tim Tebow but these people had the talent around them to make them good. The difference between them and the players I’m about to name is that these players created for themselves and their talent did the winning. First I’ll talk about Ashton Jeanty, who plays for a sorry Boise State team and took them to the College Football Playoff. He is breaking we haven’t seen be touched in thirty years with a people stacking the box every down. Now I already hear people saying he’s playing bad competition but he had a legacy game against the number one team in the nation. He definitely deserves to be in the conversation for the best. Next is Reggie Bush who had the Heisman taken away from him but it still doesn’t take away from his talent. Like Jeanty, Bush faced loaded boxes and still put up insane numbers. Also like Jeanty the PAC 10 wasn’t the strongest defensive conference back then but he still played good team and had great performances. 

Best Holiday of all time 

By: Bryce Hanson

       In honor of Holiday season, I will be writing about the best holiday of all time. Like always there is a certain criteria to be the best holiday, and that is: holiday originality, holiday participation, and holiday food. 

        To start with holiday originality, you must know what that means in my definition. What is the original purpose and meaning behind the holiday. The most commonly known Holidays for their origin is Easter, Christmas, Thanksgiving, and for good reasons too. Easter with the rising of Jesus again, and Christmas with the birth of Jesus. Then Thanksgiving with the feast between natives and explorers. But the holiday with the best purpose in my opinion is Christmas not only because it’s a celebration of Jesus Christ, but also because it’s a holiday that brings everyone together. No matter what it’s almost impossible to be mad on Christmas. It’s a holiday where everyone takes a pause from the real world and gets together with friends and family. 

         Then we move on to the holidays with the most participation in the world. Of course we revert back to Christmas, Easter, and special holidays like Halloween. The participation in these holidays are massive, but not worldwide. The most celebrated holiday may come as a surprise for a few,but it is Mother’s Day. The reason I think it’s the most celebrated is because obviously everyone loves there mother, but it’s the most celebrated because there are more people with Moms than dads. Which is a sad fact but that’s why this holiday is so massive. 

         Lastly comes holiday food, which is not as important as the last two factors but it’s some peoples favorite thing about a holiday. There’s Easter with the signature candy, then Christmas with cookies and delicious meals. But the most signature holiday with overall best food is Thanksgiving. Even if turkey is not your thing thanksgiving has so many options to choose from to satisfy your needs. This Holiday is just above the rest with food and rightfully so since it started with a feast. 

          So this brings us down to the man question: “What is the best holiday of all time?” To answer that question you have to look back at my criteria and you will see that Christmas is the best. It has some of the best food, and  second most participation, and the best origin story. It’s just the best option for a holiday.

Best Fast Food Restaurant \

By: Bryce Hanson

    Is Fast food the healthiest option for food. The obvious answer to this question is no but it’s still a delicious option for some dinner on the road or something quick to eat.To determine what the best fast food is you have to go off three main factors, including customer service, food tastes, and menu variety. 

     First we have to go over who has the best customer service. Now I know there’s a complete obvious answer which I will get to in a second but you have to have some special mentions for some hard working restaurants. For example Zaxby’s has upped their game, it least down here in Sumter,  South Carolina, with their double lines and walk out service which gets their food out quicker. Of course some days will be slow because a whole bunch of people getting some food but hats off to them. But their can only be one king of costumer service and that  is Chick-Fil- A. The longest you’ll be in their line no matter what you order is 15 minutes from my personal experiences. They always say my pleasure and never complain whether it’s rain sleet or snow they will be getting your food out quickly. 

        Now we can move on to food taste, which is probably the most important and controversial  thing I can talk about but I remind people this is just my personal experience. With that being said the best tasting food is obviously Zaxby’s. Their chicken just supplies a firework of flavor and they have the famous coke machine in the back that perfectly complements their food. Now I will make a special shout out to Chick fil a but their food just doesn’t hit as much. 

        Lastly, we move on to menu variety, now of course this one comes down to my two favorite restaurants. As you may have deducted is Chick fil a and Zaxby’s. They both have a lot of great options. But this factor comes down to the menu that has more hits than misses with this variety. I will have to say that Zaxby’s has the better menu variety, because their are not just chicken but get limited time things like, the loaded fries and funnel cake. Zaxby’s has proved time and time again that they are not just chicken. 

         Overall we have decided that the best fast food restaurant is Zaxby’s and just feel bad for the Westerners that don’t get to have their delicious food.

Best Cereal

By: Bryce Hanson

      What is the best cereal? The answer to this question is extremely simple and non debatable. To answer this you must consider some factors just like my past articles. These factors include dry taste,mixed with milk flavor, and the flavor the milk turns to after the cereal is gone. 

       Dry taste means how it tastes if you just take the cereal out of the box. A lot of cereals come to mind when I think about this such as Trix, Reese’s Puffs, and Coco Puffs. But we all know there is only one right answer which is Fruity Pebbles.. I know that some people may disagree on that front, but I am a professional cereal eater, so I would know. 

        Next is mixed with milk flavor, and this just basically means what cereal tastes the best when you combine it with it’s dynamic duo milk. I could argue that Cookie Crisp get better with milk, but like my previous comments on dry taste, Cookie Crisp just lacks the taste before milk. Now it does turn into a whole new Cereal when you mix it with milk. But the best milk/cereal combination is going too be Fruity Pebbles yet again, with its combination of candy like dry taste combined with rich milk,  there’s nothing that can stop this cereal from being the best. 

         Lastly, the fatter flavor of the milk that the Cereal leaves, and all my cereal eaters know that drinking the milk after your done with your Cereal is a vital part to every bowl that you consume. Now I know you’re  expecting me to say Fruity Pebbles again, and I’m seriously considering it m, but no. There is only one cereal that does this right. Yes there are som copy cats of this Cereal like Coco Puffs but that Ceral just lacks the energy we need to be brought to the bowl. The best Cereal milk flavor is Coco Pebbles. After you’re done eating the amazing flavored Cereal, it leaves you with a complimentary glass of chocolate milk to enjoy to leave you with a memorable bowl of cereal. 

            After analyzing which cereals have the best dry taste, best combination with milk, and best milk flavor. There can be only one right answer which is Fruity Pebbles. The one that leaves you wanting more after you’re done.

Who’s the best basketball player 

By: Bryce Hanson

         To be the best basketball player you can be you need five factors to your game. Now of course there’s outside factors like, the ability to win  and your ability to lead a team, but we’re talking about the best player of all time, not the greatest player of all time.Which is obviously Micheal Jordan but I will not be getting into that. 

          The five factors that makes up the best basketball player are shooting,passing,dribbling,finishing and defending. Some uneducated people would say that Lebron James is the best at those things but many facts prove those people wrong. First skill is shooting and unless you have been living under a rock you would know that Stephen Curry is the best shooter of all time. He holds many single season three point records and has the most three pointers made ever. He revolutionized the game of basketball and made every team in the NBA better their shooting to compete with him. After shooting we have passing and it can be argued but if you really know ball it’s obvious that John Stockton was the greatest passer of all time. He holds the single assist record for a season and has the most assists of all time. Then that brings us to dribbling and there are no records we can look at to justify this skill but dribbling is a major part of the game and can really put fans in the seat. Now it’s argued between a couple of players, weather it Allen iverson, who the older generation loves, or Kyrie Irving who is the new generation’s best to offer but if you really think about it there is only one player who it can be. Kyrie has shown year in and year out that he is a master with the ball in his hands. Then comes finishing, which isn’t just dunks but also layups in the lane and scoring at the rack.This can can be argued many ways but Micheal Jordan was legendary not only for his mentality but his ability to finish. He dunked from the free throw line and did acrobatic layups ever game. Lastly is the best defender of all time and that is a very loose term but I take it as who stops people form scoring the most. The person who did  this the most was Hakeem Olajuwan who has the most blocks of all time. People would drive to the line and drive right back out of they saw him.          

So I leave it to you to determine who the best is and I hope I have educated you between the difference between being the best and being the greatest, at least when it comes to NBA basketball. 

College football 25 is the best game 

By: Bryce Hanson

    College football is the highlight of many peoples lives. Every Saturday 18 to 24 year old men put their lives on the line to play an entertaining game for us fans to watch. And if you want to admit it or not everyone of those fans wish they could be part of the game. Well  luckily for those fans it’s now possible. With one of the most entertaining games named College Football 25. 

     This game has everything a person would want: The complete college experience. From keeping your grades up to have an eligible GPA, to practicing your butt off to maybe becoming a starter, it has it all. But this game doesn’t just stop at being a college athlete, you can also be a head coach for a struggling team and you have to rebuild them, or be the coach of a dominant power house and keep their legacy alive. One thing that puts this game ahead of the rest is the amount of teams you can pick from. It doesn’t matter what conference your favorite team is in, if their D1 they’re in the game. Another thing that just makes this game so special is the complexity of it, like I said you can be a coach or a player but there is also just quick play were you can play as any team against any team for fun. Then you have ultimate team where you try to get the best college players ever and put them all on one team. Another thing I love about this game is that it’s not easy. Most games have an easy mode that just makes the game too easy so you can’t lose but in this game anything can happen.