I’ll be away on vacation for awhile but don’t forget that early next week is the latest Madden release. We’ve already discussed how much we all hate this game but we of course will end up buying it. Hey, football season is football season, simulated or not. One thing that will be funny is that Brett Favre, now of the New York Jets, is on the cover. But not in the game. Why is this you ask? Well, thanks to the well known Madden curse no player wants to take the million bucks to have their career extinguished (see Shaun Alexander/Mike Vick). So they go out and get a player retiring to ensure no careers end because of EA’s greediness. Well that didn’t work out now they are stuck with a player who not only is playing but for a different team than is on the cover. Awesome. Now, check out this Walmart commercial regarding Madden as it’s actually slightly humorous.