{"id":2436,"date":"2014-02-02T12:54:58","date_gmt":"2014-02-02T20:54:58","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.screencuisine.net\/?p=2436"},"modified":"2014-02-02T12:57:47","modified_gmt":"2014-02-02T20:57:47","slug":"breaking-madden-is-some-great-game-writing","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.screencuisine.net\/screencuisine\/video-games\/breaking-madden-is-some-great-game-writing\/","title":{"rendered":"&#8220;Breaking Madden&#8221; Is Some Great Games Writing"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.screencuisine.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/02\/sb.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-2437\" alt=\"sb\" src=\"http:\/\/www.screencuisine.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/02\/sb.jpg\" width=\"700\" height=\"282\" srcset=\"http:\/\/www.screencuisine.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/02\/sb.jpg 700w, http:\/\/www.screencuisine.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/02\/sb-300x120.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 700px) 100vw, 700px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Before I direct you to some truly fantastic and hilarious games writing about the Madden video game series, let me spoil today&#8217;s Super Bowl for you.<\/p>\n<p>Kris and I played the Super Bowl with Madden for Xbox 360 the other night. Kris played the Broncos, I played the Seahawks. Final score: Broncos 27, Seahawks 21. I fully believe this will be the outcome of today&#8217;s Super Bowl.<\/p>\n<p>If our game does correctly predict the real Super Bowl, here are some highlights today&#8217;s actual game will include:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>The game will go into overtime as the result of nobody being able to score in the 4th quarter<\/li>\n<li>Four out of five field goals will be missed<\/li>\n<li>The winning quarterback will be Tim Tebow (we were playing Madden 2012)<\/li>\n<li>The Seahawks will replace their quarterback with their punter for two full quarters before the coach realizes his mistake<\/li>\n<li>This mistake will be considerately pointed out by the Bronco&#8217;s coach<\/li>\n<li>The aforementioned Seahawk punter will throw seven interceptions<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>I&#8217;m pretty sure all of those things will come true.<\/p>\n<p>Anyway, I mainly wanted to point you to some outstanding video game writing about the Madden series. Jon Bois writes a column for <a href=\"http:\/\/www.sbnation.com\/\">SBNation.com<\/a>, wherein he experiments with the settings of the Madden game with hilarious and interesting results. He&#8217;s also a fantastic writer, a skilled video editor, and a magnificent craftsman of animated GIFs. <a href=\"http:\/\/www.sbnation.com\/breaking-madden\">You should read\/watch\/enjoy this entire series<\/a> and everything he ever writes from now on.<\/p>\n<p>For instance, he simulates the Super Bowl using a team of <a href=\"http:\/\/www.sbnation.com\/2014\/1\/30\/5351052\/breaking-madden-super-bowl-broncos-seahawks\">seven-foot-tall, 400 pound Seahawks vs. a team of tiny, unskilled Broncos<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>He plays a game with an <a href=\"http:\/\/www.sbnation.com\/2014\/1\/9\/5276868\/breaking-madden-tom-brady\">entire offense comprised of Tom Brady clones<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>He recreates <a href=\"http:\/\/www.sbnation.com\/2013\/11\/21\/5118950\/breaking-madden-bo-jackson-tecmo-bowl\">the unstoppable Bo Jackson from Tecmo Bowl<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>He tries to see if Colts punter <a href=\"http:\/\/www.sbnation.com\/2013\/11\/14\/5090976\/breaking-madden-pat-mcafee-destroyer-of-worlds\">Pat McAfee can win a game by himself<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Check out his stuff. Even if you don&#8217;t like football, you&#8217;ll like his columns.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Before I direct you to some truly fantastic and hilarious games writing about the Madden video game series, let me spoil today&#8217;s Super Bowl for you. Kris and I played the Super Bowl with Madden for Xbox 360 the other night. Kris played the Broncos, I played the Seahawks. Final score: Broncos 27, Seahawks 21. 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