Bit O' Madden

Much like children's MMOs and casual gaming, most enthusiast gaming blogs like to to ignore the gaming elephant in the corner and most recently it's been Madden NFL 08. Even though I can't play the game(nor do i care to learn), I have to admire the juggernaut that it continues to be and can always find something interesting to write about it.

While perusing the Madden producer blog I see that the "current gen"(PS2, Xbox, Gamecube and PC) versions of the game have an exclusive Fantasy Challenge mode that isn't on the next gen Xbox 360 and PS3 versions. While still retaining the complicated control of Madden, the rest of the mode is truly fantasy based with players who disappear, cheat, grow in size, etc. Even the venues are uniquely bizarre.




I also found this video that show EA's dedication to realism. They motion capture on what appears to be real grass.