Men Go Mad For Madden NFL ’07
Kooskia, ID (PRWEB) August 25, 2006
Don’t bother calling video game fans today, tomorrow or probably for a few days after that. The biggest game in the industry, Madden NFL, released its 2007 version yesterday, with many game stores opening at midnight Monday to celebrate.
Ariel Leyva, manager of Starland Video Games & Anime in Annandale, said a Madden release day is the male version of the Filene’s Basement wedding dress sale, commonly called “the running of the brides.”
“Every year it’s always like this,” Mr. Leyva said. “Basically, it’s the wedding gown thing you see on the news all the time for guys.”
Starland opened at 9:30 a.m., 30 minutes earlier than normal, and about 30 men were at the door waiting to buy a copy.
Madden 2006 was the top video game in North America last year, selling 6.5 million copies. Electronic Arts Inc., the Redwood City, Calif., maker of the game, has sold more than 51 million copies of Madden since the first version was introduced in 1989.
Nearly 200 people were lined up to buy the video game at Game Crazy in Forestville when it opened at midnight Monday, said Chris Bruni, district manager for the 12 stores in the Washington area.
“It’s nuts,” he said midday yesterday. “It’s our biggest thing every year. We will be busy for the remainder of the day pretty much selling this game. Everything is geared toward it.”
The Forestville location expects to sell more than the 490 games it sold the day Madden 2006 was introduced last year.
Best Buy in Potomac Yard held its first midnight opening for a Madden release Monday, selling games to about 100 people, said Doug Taylor, supervisor of video games and other media at the store.
The Potomac Yard store is one of the company’s largest sellers of video games and had more than 1,000 copies on hand when Madden went on sale, he said.
“We’re restocking constantly,” Mr. Taylor said. “It’s hard to keep them on the shelf.”
Game store owners said nearly all customers were men in their late 20s, though the age range fell between teens and late 40s.
“If you can’t join ‘em, be them” is the concept behind the game.
“In the video game world, it’s the closest thing people get to playing [NFL] football,” Mr. Bruni said. “It’s the reality of the game. Guys get really excited about taking control of their own NFL team.”
Target stores saw “brisk sales” on par with previous years, a spokeswoman said yesterday, declining to be more specific.
The Madden craze has grown to include national tournaments and Electronic Arts is even trying to get “Maddenoliday” into the lexicon for the day of the game’s annual release.
“Madden NFL Football has become a cultural phenomenon and, with Maddenoliday, we are honoring all the Madden gamers across the country who line up at midnight and then take off the day to play Madden NFL ’07,” said Todd Sitrin, vice president of marketing for EA Sports.
New in this year’s version, players can use actual plays from NFL teams in the game, follow a player through his career and scout college players with a new draft system and college all-star game.
The game is available on most gaming systems, including Microsoft XBox, XBox 360, Sony Playstation 2, Playstation Portable, Nintendo Gamecube and personal computers.
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Brides.com’s “Un-veils” Autumn’s Hottest Accessory
New York, NY (PRWEB) September 2, 2006
From Flyaway to Chapel to Fingertip, the modern veil gives new meaning to the term “sheer variety.” And only Brides.com’s brand-new “Unveiled” feature offers an exclusive showcase of autumn’s it-accessory, from the newest looks to most dazzling lengths.
What sparked the comeback of the veil? Perhaps it was Star Jones’s 27-foot long stunner, dubbed the “Star Cathedral” and proclaimed the longest veil in history since Princess Di’s. Maybe it’s the way bridal designers are re-fashioning the veil to illuminate, rather than obscure the bride’s face. At any rate, as the veil goes from vintage to downright vogue, only Brides.com offers a modern approach to this classic bridal accoutrement.
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While some may see veils as an anachronism from the time of arranged marriages and evil spirits, features like Brides.com’s show us how the veil has gone from time-honored to trendy. Today and always, the veil remains the crowning glory to any gown, the crucial piece of pageantry that completes the bridal look.
When it comes to veils, nothing else heightens anticipation, projects filmy allure, or stewards delicate bridal visages quite so well. Most importantly, only a veil leads to that poignant wedding moment: when the groom lifts those crystalline layers to reveal his first glimpse of his bride’s beautiful face. Get ideas for finding your crowning glory exclusively at Brides.com.
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