No surprise; as an NFL fan I know I'll be playing a lot more Madden this season, period. It does surprise me some, though, that in a sport known for its high production values on TV broadcasts that Madden continues to be so inconsistent in presentation. The addition of energetic play-by-play man Gus Johnson yields only mixed results. His enthusiasm sounds wooden as often as not, and then absurdly over the top on sponsor messages. It also baffles me that no halftime show remains a better choice than what the team can do with the ESPN license. Then again, after seeing the barest of minimum stat recaps in "the Extra Point" weekly wrap-up show in franchise mode, maybe that's for the best.
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When it comes to sports curses, aside from the Chicago Cubs, there’s no more active superstition than the Madden curse. Since 1999, almost every year something bad has happened to the cover athlete of Electronic Arts’ bestselling Madden NFL franchise. Cleveland Browns running back Peyton Hillis is the latest victim of this curse.
