Oh come on..... Madden is one of the very lucky FEW to have a video game named after him for multiple years in a ROW.  He is a full on legend.

EA sports has also creates NBA and NHL games and those two people are not complaining about them.

If we’re being honest — the NCAA has done more damage to young athletes of color than the old Madden videogames with their funny ambulance shtick 

Right?

Wheeler, who specializes in civil liberties and national security matters, lists her football and head trauma experience as playing as the star monsterback on a powderpuff team and six years of rugby, during which she played through at least one concussion. She also says a fellow rugby player died on the field.

Video games being blamed for everything wrong in the world isn’t new but even by the usual standards, Wheeler’s and McGregor’s takes are spectacularly bad. The Madden series isn’t known for being particularly violent and I fail to see how these specific games made the real sport more dangerous. If anything, the video…

the idea that john madden had anything to do with the modern contemporary juggernaut of the Madden NFL games is just silly. The original Madden game he consulted and endorsed was a simple 2D came that released in 1988.

“ star monsterback on a powderpuff team”

Football was the one major sports I didnt play as a youth; Madden games more than anything else taught me about the game, what terms were, the functions of offensive and defensive schemes, general strategy (some NFL coaches could learn a thing or two from Madden players!). That I learned so much about a sport just…

You never played with my brother. Those controllers are hard.

“To be fair, the National Football League hasn’t had the best track record when it comes to the dangers of traumatic head injuries.”

Took until December 30, but by god we have the frontrunner for Understatement of the Year!

Twitter was a mistake.

I didn’t think concussions while playing video games were all that common.

Just to emphasize how badly people disagreed with McGregor, at some point last night, his first tweet had a little under 200 regular Retweets, a little under 500 Likes, about 14,000 Replies, and over 16,000 Quote Retweets (where you retweet, but add in a comment of your own).

Meagan Wheeler & Andrew McGregor deserve harsh responses to their statements, the audacity to compare a video game to your experiences playing “powder puff Rugby” would be the dumbest thing I’ve heard all week if not for the Plantation angle. John Madden on and off the field RULED awesome guy don’t disrespect his…

John Madden didn’t just put his name on a football video game. He was involved in making the game. Madden and his son as well realized early on that you have to deliver a real football experience in a video game. He cared about the sport and how it was handled in any form of entertainment. Madden knew that game must…

Are people actually implying football’s popularity is due to a video game, and not the other way around?

Defector is so good. Fuck G/O Media. 

Just in case anyone wants some tips from the champ herself ;)

Right on the money about Astro’s Playroom. I played it for the first time last week after owning a PS5 since launch and I was kicking myself for not playing it sooner. Really fun experience and a super easy platinum trophy to boot if that’s your thing.

excellent article and interview — also just gotta reiterate how much I love this game despite its flaws; I really hope there’s an expansion or continuation of some kind because it really deserves it.