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Football Contenders Try For The Look Of A Winner
10 years ago

Football Contenders Try For The Look Of A Winner

Owen Good
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Madden isn’t the only way to play video game football. It is the only way to play NFL football. Other games must invent teams, and their names and logos have often reinforced an outsider, expansion or even knockoff look.

Free-to-Play Football Sim Signs Another Big Name
In Real Life
10 years ago

Free-to-Play Football Sim Signs Another Big Name

Owen Good

Today’s football news isn’t entirely about Madden or the NFL Draft. Quick Hit Football, a free-to-play, browser-based football simulator, picked up Patriots wide receiver Randy Moss to appear in-game for Quick Hit’s second season.

Where Madden Plugs A Gap, Another Sees A Running Lane
11 years ago

Where Madden Plugs A Gap, Another Sees A Running Lane

Owen Good
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In building a football video game without a full NFL licence, Jeff Anderson discovered his toughest pitch wasn’t to investors, but the press. “They’d say, ‘Don’t you understand? You’re not supposed to be making a football product. That’s EA’s job.’”

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