Madden NFL ’11 launched this week, and you know what that means: another season of visual improvements, updated rosters, and bullet-pointed lists containing all the nifty features that the series’ fans eat up like the pellets in Pac-Man.
Sure, NFL football is one of the most popular topics in American culture, but being a Madden fan isn’t always so easy. A large part of the hardcore gaming crowd wants you to believe otherwise, but the last few versions have proven to me that the series is more than a “$60 roster update”. These days, playing Madden around hardcore gamers is like eating a juicy steak in front of an annoying, self-righteous vegan; sometimes you’ll even get the exaggerated gagging noises that sound like a dying cat.