Some of you have no doubt heard of the alleged "madden curse" that some of our smaller minded brethren took upon themselves to conjure up, possibly in hopes of forgetting other short comings. Anyways it seems its that time of year where a new madden title is soon to be released, and the idiots are amassing, and thanks to that wonderful invention we like to call "free speech" we have to listen to them. It seems fans of the Chargers football team don't want their poster boy on the front cover in fear of something awful befalling him, as is written in the big book of curses. According to them, being featured on the cover of a madden game means the individual will either be injured or show a poor season in the upcoming year. Of course these geniuses forget to realize that their role model is in fact involved in a sport where beefy men tackle each other on a very regular basis. If one does not get injured in the course of a game I'd call them pretty damned lucky. But they persist on believing their superstition and have decided to start a petition.
If anything does happen to Mr. Tomlinson after being featured on the cover of Madden 08 I would probably attribute it to being featured on "Jimmy Kimmel Live!" as that Jimmy Kimmel is a walking curse to all humanity.
You can find the article here if you have no idea what I'm ranting about: http://www.gamespot.com/news/show_blog_entry.php?topic_id=25566571&sid=6169174&tag=latestnews;title;1
In other news, I have pre-ordered Kengo Zero so I hope this one really makes it here. So far the only confirmation I have is that it is on the pre-order list with a release date in September. As I have been told that this game had received financial backing from Microsoft for its development (as part of their marketing strategy in Japan), I'm not too worried.
PS - I have been playing a lot of Oblivion... again, but this time on the 360. Working on a purely mage character right now (appropriately named "Magic Milton") and I have completed the Mages Guild quest line. Currently working on the main story now as I have yet to beat it in either version. In total I have spent approx. 150 hours in both the pc and 360 versions combined and that is a hell of a lot of game play spent on one game for me. The only other game that may rival that total is Age of Empires. Needless to say even after all my time spent on that game, it still amazes the hell out of me. Best damn game I have ever played.