A community portal about Madden NFL with blogs, videos, and photos. According to Wikipedia.org: Madden NFL is an American football video game series developed by Electronic Arts Tiburon for EA Sports. The game is named after football...
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A community portal about Madden NFL with blogs, videos, and photos. According to Wikipedia.org: Madden NFL is an American football video game series developed by Electronic Arts Tiburon for EA Sports. The game is named after football hall-of-famer John Madden, a well-known color commentator and formerly a successful Super Bowl -winning coach during the 1970s with the Oakland Raiders.
When we see the NFL almost trying too hard to thank its Latino fans by having a whole month celebrating them, we kinda cringe. But it's at least a sign that they're taking it somewhat seriously by commissioning EA to release a version of the Madden series in Spanish. Last year's cover boy was the Chargers' Luis Castillo, but this year they kinda dropped the ball by putting the Bears' offensive lineman Roberto Garza on the cover. It's not that we don't respect Garza, but we'd rather have... Read Full Story
Last night, despite the fact that we were falling alseep standing up, we pulled ourselves together for the John Madden NFL 09 launch party at STK. We were going to meet our friend Mike there and arrived early to get wasted on Mad-tinis. A foo foo pink mint drink, that probably isn’t John Madden’s drink of choice but you were buzzing by the third one.
EA Games celebrated the 20th Anniversary of the Madden NFL Franchise with a bang. Renting out the entire Hollywood hot spot, including Coco De... Read Full Story
The long wait is over. Maden NFL '09 hits the shelves today. That's right, Brett Favre is back, dominating the field like a general commanding his troops in battle. Except, you know, without the hacked-off limbs and decapitated heads. Unless of course you wanna really play Madden-style football. And you know what's really cool about EA? How quickly they reacted to the whole Favre situation. Because although you can still play as Favre with the Packers if you want, or download EA's... Read Full Story
A wave of "Madden" mania came over local fans today as they went shopping in the wee hours of the morning to get their hands on the latest edition of their favourite video game. The mega-selling Electronic Arts football video game is celebrating its 20th anniversary edition, the longest-running franchise of any sports video games, and the biggest buzz. Circuit City's Newark, Del., store was open at 6 a.m. as Philadelphia Eagles cheerleaders welcomed shoppers. Up until 8 a.m., the... Read Full Story
As video game proprietors make Madden NFL 09 available to all avid gamers, you have to ask where these ratings are rooted from. Jonathan Crankshaw points all fingers to him! Maxim.com has dissected where these numbers derive from and has put together a one-on-one interview with the mastermind behind it all. Enjoy!
Assistant designer Jonathan Crankshaw lets you in on all the searing Excel spreadsheet action.
Let’s get right down to it—who puts the Madden ratings together?
It’s me, I have the... Read Full Story
