6. The Madden Curse
Curses get around quite a bit these days, despite us not living in the dark ages. There a tonnes of films that were said to be cursed, such as The Omen and The Wizard of Oz, but very few curses tied to video games. Enter The Madden Curse. EA's lucrative franchise, Madden NFL, is the subject of a weird series of unfortunate circumstances involving its cover stars. Since 1999, Madden has featured a star player on the cover of each game and so far 14 of those 16 players have been 'cursed' with a poor season following their involvement, some receiving serious injuries. Sound legit? Not really, especially if you consider that players who tend to make the cover have had amazing seasons and have likely been physically drained, meaning that off-seasons and injuries are more likely to occur.