I don’t know what to delete, though. I’ve got some big games on there – e.g. Dodonpachi Resurrection, GTA: Chinatown Wars, Street Fighter IV – but I don’t want to get rid of them. I’ve pared down my music collection far too much already. I’ve long since stopped carrying photos and videos around with me.

One rather large game I do have that I’ve barely played in Madden 11, so I thought about deleting that. That would be less than half the space I need for FIFA, but it’d still be a big chunk.

I thought I better play it before deleting it, though, as I’ve hardly played it since I bought it. (In a sale, luckily. I didn’t pay full price.)

So I started it up and went for a quick game as the Texans against the Titans. (The Texans didn’t quite exist by the time I left Houston, but they had been named before I flew away from the city that had become my home, never to return. That’s a whole different story. Also, remind me to tell you about (T)Ed Miliband and the Sunday Sport some time.)

I miss Texas. Kent's a lovely place, but it's really not the same.

Here’s the thing. Madden 11 is a fantastically slick and exciting game. Sometimes I feel like a spectator, granted, but even then I’m glued to the tiny screen. When the Titans intercepted a pass in the dying minutes of the fourth quarter, stealing my chance to win, it hurt.

So maybe Madden 11 has to stay. Oh! If only I had a 32GB iPhone! Curse me for thinking “I’ll never need more than 16GB, don’t be silly!”

Tough decisions lie ahead. Of course, maybe FIFA 11 will be rubbish. That’d help.

It is aptly named.

I think I got through 37 waves before I finally died, just before losing the will to live.

Not that it’s a bad game – far from it, it’s excellent – but I really think it’s better suited to the shorter play sessions that the Challenge mode provides.

And I didn’t even come top of the scoreboard.

Bah.

Some of the best moments, though, are when you fail.

The tackles can be excellent.

You also have to avoid the other men on the field so this doesn’t happen:

You tilt the phone to turn, use buttons on the screen for evasive moves, sprinting and showing off for bonus points and it’s really very, very good indeed.

So I’ve started a new game, still playing as the Texans, but against a slightly better team than last time.

Whether I’ll ever get to finish it or not, I don’t know. Hopefully tomorrow I’ll get myself a new iPhone. I’ll lose all my save games again, but hopefully this one will work properly.

However, this horrible screen popped up as soon as the whistle blew.

I don’t like in-game advertising at the best of times, but a whole screen that’s not even relevant outside the US? Oh dear.

Hey, at least it’s not video though, I suppose…

Yes, it’s an American football game!

I’ve barely played it, but I have had some fun with it, despite not having a clue what I’m actually doing beyond the very basics. The sport I understand at a basic level, Madden, not so much. It’s popping up a lot of tutorial screens when I play, but it’s a lot to take in.

Still, it’s good fun and it’s the first American football game I’ve played in years. The last one was probably Madden 2001 on Xbox or something.

I’ll only be playing quick games until I get my iPhone replaced. I don’t think starting a season right now would be wise.