{"id":3656,"date":"2011-08-30T06:23:25","date_gmt":"2011-08-30T10:23:25","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.calvertgames.com\/cgblog\/?p=3656"},"modified":"2011-08-30T06:25:09","modified_gmt":"2011-08-30T10:25:09","slug":"the-return-of-happy-madden-day","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.calvertgames.com\/cgblog\/2011\/08\/30\/the-return-of-happy-madden-day\/","title":{"rendered":"The Return of Happy Madden Day?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>In the not too distant past, Madden Day was a big deal, but these days, not so much.  Seriously, I have not overheard one tidbit about Madden in the office.  Maybe I am just out of the loop.  Maybe I don\u2019t hang out in the right online spaces.  Maybe it is just a sign that I am becoming (or dare I say have become) an old fart and everyone that use to play Madden has moved on to \u2018real life\u2019 matters \u2013 family being the primarily extracurricular time sinkhole (err \u2026 if you are a gaming mom or dad, you know what I mean).<\/p>\n<p>So the <em>Madden 12 Hall of Fame Edition<\/em> is set to show up on my door today thanks to release day shipping from Amazon.  For my extra money ($89 vs. $59 for the \u2018standard\u2019 edition) I am not sure that I am actually getting extra value unless I spend a lot of time with Madden Ultimate Team (MUT).  Or maybe I will get that super rare, limited edition 18k gold Faulk card.  Probably not, but I do get a $20 Amazon promotional credit, so it is almost as if I paid $10 for the super-premium extra special platinum\u2019ish MUT pack, a (not 18k gold) exclusive Faulk card, and whatever else Amazon threw in for my pre-order dollars.<\/p>\n<p>Soccer practice tonight and tomorrow night, so that is that family time thing I was referencing above.  Thankfully this is a long weekend (Happy early Labor Day) so I should get in a little <em>Madden 12<\/em> love later this week.<\/p>\n<p>If you are a believer, Happy Madden Day!<\/p>\n<div class=\"addtoany_share_save_container addtoany_content_bottom\"><div class=\"a2a_kit a2a_kit_size_ addtoany_list a2a_target\" id=\"wpa2a_1\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.addtoany.com\/share\" onclick=\"__gaTracker('send', 'event', 'outbound-article', 'https:\/\/www.addtoany.com\/share', '');\" class=\"a2a_dd addtoany_share_save\"><img src=\"http:\/\/www.calvertgames.com\/cgblog\/wp-content\/plugins\/add-to-any\/share_save_171_16.png\" width=\"171\" height=\"16\" alt=\"Share\"\/><\/a>\n<script type=\"text\/javascript\"><!--\nif(wpa2a)wpa2a.script_load();\n\/\/--><\/script>\n<\/div><\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>In the not too distant past, Madden Day was a big deal, but these days, not so much. Seriously, I have not overheard one tidbit about Madden in the office. Maybe I am just out of the loop. Maybe I don\u2019t hang out in the right online spaces. 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