I hope you all enjoyed the Madden NFL 08 launch marathon/live event madness. We had a fun, if stressful, time putting it together. Just a quick story from the event I thought I'd share:

If you watched the event, you know that Ozzy Osbourne played a trio of songs on top of the Hard Rock Cafe. Well, I should say the drummer and the bass player played, while Ozzy lip-synched his way through a vocal track and Zakk Wylde slapped his guitar around (possibly also to a pre-recorded guitar track though, because Zakk looks like a boss monster in a survival-horror game, I would never say that to his face).

Anyhoo, right after Ozzy performed, we were given the chance to interview the man himself. Once the media throng made its way down to the cavernous backstage area beneath the Hard Rock, we were informed that the two hours Ozzy had allotted for interviews had shrunk to half and hour and that it was entirely possible that some people would not get to talk to Ozz.In reality, 30 minutes turned into about 15 and we were one of the unlucky outfits to miss out.

Naturally, this sucked. But not because I thought the interview was going to be any good, mind you. In fact, had I gotten the chance, I wouldn't have even asked a question. Instead, I was planning on stepping up with the microphone and simply saying:

"Quite exciting, this computer magic."

And letting the chips fall where they may. If you spot the reference, you'll see that questions don't get better than that. And his response would likely have been gold as well.

Too bad we'll never know.