Madden ’13: A tale of 2 games, both terrific and tragic.

Let's just get this out of the way right now: Madden '13 is a mighty damn good football game. There's no offline multiplayer Franchise or Dynasty modes. There's no Fantasy Draft. Oh yeah -- the only two reasons I purchased Madden last year. Thus, a whirlwind of frustrated gamers bellowing the sports gaming boards in utter …

The Weekly Worship: Geekin’ out on Fantasy.. Football!

It's been pretty quiet in the world of popular geek culture. OK, it really hasn't. So... let's play "arguably": In the past week, arguably the greatest writer in comics Twitter-dueled with, well, arguably the worst (See: Patriots vs. Dolphins -- Youngblood was good when Dan Marino was leading Miami's fish). Arguably the finest drama on …

The Weekly Worship: Marvel ‘tends to “Wow” before the launch of NOW.

If this week was any indication, Marvel Comics doesn't appear likely to whimper out the rest of their summer. Oh, you know, like whenever a company-wide relaunch is announced, books just start to suck. A few titles this week were swift enough to take the right detour. But, what is MarvelNOW exactly, anyway? A reboot, a relaunch, a.. reprogramming? The fact of the matter is, …