Is The Madden Curse Real?

Triple Click

Maximum Fun

Arts, Maddy Myers, Society & Culture, Jason Schreier, Kirk Hamilton, Technology, Video Games

4.5 • 1.3K Ratings

🗓️ 27 August 2020

⏱️ 57 minutes

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Summary

Since 1998, just about every NFL player to appear on the cover of the Madden video games has suffered some horrible fate. This week, Jason, Kirk, and Maddy debate an important question: does the Madden Curse really exist?

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0:00.0	First someone tells you you're cursed, then you fall down an elevator shaft.
0:08.0	Was it the curse or would it have happened anyway?
0:10.2	And how are you going to get out of that elevator shed?
0:15.0	Welcome to Triple Click where we bring the games to you. This week, Jason's brought in a mystery for us to try to solve.
0:18.0	Why do players featured on the cover of Madden games always seem to do badly afterward? It's time to solve or try to solve the mystery of the Madden curse.
0:30.0	I'm Kirk Hamilton, I'm Jason Schreyer, and I'm Maddie Myers and it's a podcast.
0:35.3	Hello, it's a podcast and it's a podcast.
0:37.6	Here we are.
0:38.2	Triple click, it's a podcast.
0:39.7	That's our unofficial motto I think.
0:42.1	Triple click, it's a
0:43.0	podcast it works I like it does it does it does it's nice to see the two of you and it's nice to
0:47.4	know that all of you out there are listening thanks so much as always to
0:50.3	everyone who's become a member of maximum fun and just as a little
0:53.8	reminder for members this coming Monday the 31st of August you will get our
0:58.3	next beans cast this is a beans cast on Time Loop Movies, including Groundhog Day, Edge of Tomorrow,
1:05.0	Russian Doll, and Palm Springs,
1:07.1	not just including, actually it's just those four movies.
1:09.6	But we're going to be talking about all of them,
1:11.1	the rules, how it all works.
1:12.4	Yeah, it does include them, I guess that's true.
1:14.5	But including usually...
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