Madden Effect - Kotaku

This week, Newegg sent customers copies of Madden NFL 12 instead of Mass Effect 3. Whoops! Hey, they both begin with the letter M and are published by Electronic Arts, right? That gives me an idea …

What if this really was the game they were supposed to receive? By that I mean a you-got-peanut-butter-in-my-chocolate Madden set in space, or a you-got-chocolate-in-my-peanut-butter Mass Effect played on a football field. Two great tastes that taste great together!

(I know everyone wanted to do something about the shlub in South Carolina who resigned his office because he bought a PS3 with campaign money. That image is from the Associated Press. If I use it for this purpose, I get us in a whole lot of trouble.)

https://lastchance.cc/south-carolina-lieutenant-governor-resigns-after-spendi-5891982%3C/a%3E%3C/p%3E

The image above was done by a reader, Albert, and it’s an example only. There are screenshots galore of Madden and Mass Effect, so picking a single image would be too restrictive and supplying a sufficient gallery would be prohibitively time consuming. Besides, you have Google Image search. So, give us your best Madden/Mass Effect mashup.

You know the rules: The 20 best will get rounded up and published at the end of next Saturday. Meantime, I and the rest of the starred commentariat will approve and promote as many as we can so folks can see them and pass judgment.

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