We're close to the best time of the year, jack. Starts with football season and ends with Christmas. And what better way to kick things off (pun) than with Madden 08. The annual rush is on since the game's being released today, see? At 60 bucks a pop, I think it's a little overpriced. But if you've saved the cash for it instead of putting it on some stupid credit card at 18%, then you won't hear anything from me about it.

Unless, that is ... you spend more time scoring touchdowns than you do making a budget and knowing where your dough is going. I'll keep punching the point home until every joe and jill around here gets it. Playing games is fun, but winning the VG Super Bowl today won't feed you 10 years from now. Managing your money will.

So quit thinking that Madden is better than moolah. Only real-life QBs make a lot of dough playing, and I don't see a number on your back, jack.