Maddenpalooza?

Yep, it is as dumb as it sounds.

My gaming days are behind me. That's probably a combination of two parts maturity and one part fiancee.

I keep hearing about how big a deal the NFL Madden game is. Apparently this Mr. Madden has done quite well in the video game arena. Every time I hear him talk about the game he seems to barely know what sport it even deals with though.

Anyway, the morons at EA Sports (the manufacturers of Madden football video games) have officially, totally overestimated the social importance of their fucking video game. Thus the creation of Maddenpalooza.

And thank you Perry Farrell for giving the world "palooza". You'll have a special place in U.S. history next to the idiots that decided you could put "gate" behind any controversy and pass it off as original.

What if the hotel Nixon's plumbers had broken into was called, "Filthy Whores Live Here"? Would the whole Patriots debacle have been called, Filthy Spying NFL Whores Live Here?

So I guess EA Sports decided that the release of their video game was so important that it required renting out the entire Rose Bowl and securing Busta Rhymes and Good Charlotte. The fuckin' Goodyear blimp was there for crying out loud.

And what's with the Madden shoes!? "I really love this video game. So much in fact, that I need shoes that tell other people how much I love this video game."
According to deadspin.com, attendance was sparse at the inaugural Maddenpalooza. That's really surprising since you've rented out THE ROSE BOWL and created an event that caters to basement-dwelling introverts that can barely distinguish males from females.