My foot has come down. Madden 06 will go unpurchased by me. No matter how many sky high hopes I have of working through years of a franchise, my hopes fall out of the sky like a duck with no wings and a belly full of gold. How the gold filled wingless duck got into the sky, we’ll never know. It makes no sense. Just like me purchasing a Madden game.

Don’t get me wrong. Madden games are pretty fun. Lots of strategy. Quick action. They look great. They’re the same every year.

Wait, what’s that? They are the same every year? Huh. I guess that’s sort of true. Some things are added every year, but it’s the same basic game over and over again.

Maybe you’re just one of those people who buy the newest game just so you can listen to the newest EA Trax. I hope that’s a joke. I hope there are people out there that don’t do this. How many times can you enjoy American Idiot while picking a play.

My faulting of the game has nothing to do with Madden himself. I love that crazy old guy. It would be nice if he went off topic like he does in his actual broadcasts. I remember an extended period of time that he talked about what a stoop was. A stoop. Guys were still playing football, but Madden was talking about hanging out on a stoop. It was great.

Overall, the Madden games bore me. I can’t sit down every so often and play through an entire season. It doesn’t work that way for me.

Especially when they try and sell me the same reheated crap every year. I’m sick of hamburgers, EA. Sell me a steak, and then we might be talking.