EA Simulates Favre’s Impact On 2009 Season
by Wade Larson on July 30, 2008
Summer is a slow time. And I don’t mean just for video games. Summer is also that special time of year when nothing exciting happens in sports. Ever. Screw baseball, it’s slow and monotonous, even if you do happen to like the sport. And NASCAR is just a contest to see who can turn left the most. Lame.
So when there is any news in the sports world during the summer, everyone jumps on it like the last cupcake and at overeater’s anonymous convention, which is why anyone who follows sports knows that Brett Favre is the story of the summer; especially EA, who put the then-retired legend on the front of Madden 09.
Now, they’re trying to figure out where the former MVP will do best the only way they know how: in a simulation. Read more…
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Pac-Man Did It: NFL Player Adam Jones Ditches Evil Videogame Nickname
by Chad Lakkis on June 18, 2008
We can’t wait to read his book “How Pacman ruined my life”
News from the world of the National Football League is that former 1st round draft pick by the Tennessee Titans, Adam “Pacman” Jones (currently with the Dallas Cowboys), has publicly requested to the press that he no longer be referred to as “Pacman”.
At one point in time, “Pacman” was synonymous with Adam Jones. The two were inseparable. Ask Forrest Gump, and he would tell you they were like “peas and carrots”. His NFL jersey even featured the initial “P”. If you are asking yourself, “why would Adam part ways with Pacman?”, allow us to explain… Read more…
EA/Take-Two Merger - Sports Gaming Monopoly
by Chad Lakkis on March 31, 2008
Justin Blankenship, a former FTC lawyer, expresses concern regarding the potential EA and Take-Two merger. Specifically, he believes that the merger may violate antitrust laws due to the hold the company would have on the videogame sports sector. Read more…
EA Extends Exclusive NFL License To 2013 - “Ain’t Life A Bitch?”
by Chad Lakkis on February 12, 2008
The news out of Redwood, CA is in, and it doesn’t look good for fans of NFL branded videogame football. The contract end date that many of us had been counting down to, has been extended through the 2012 season. Read more…
EA Exclusive NFL License Nearing It’s End?
by Chad Lakkis on November 11, 2007
First and foremost, I feel for the individuals who lost their jobs when the Chicago EA office closed. Times like these are never good, but one is left wondering if the recent closing points to better days for a particular group of gamers who had their right of choice stripped away a few years ago. Read more…
