http://www.treesandthings.com/story/2008/8/11/133422/701 As they have for each of the past 20 years, <a rel="nofollow" href="http://www.bbc.co.uk/blogs/technology/2008/08/inside_electronic_arts.html">EA Sports</a> is releasing its National Football League simulation game, Madden. It is of course, named for John Madden, the player, Hall of Fame coach and broadcaster who graced the game's cover for the first decade and whose recorded voice still does the color commentary inside the simulated games. en-us Fri, 15 Aug 2008 06:46:38 EST Tue, 19 Aug 2008 17:06:35 EST http://www.treesandthings.com/story/2008/8/11/133422/701#3      <i>I'm probably in the minority here</i><p>     Well, I'm in a good position to see at least a sliver of this world, working at a place that sells used video games as well as books. Not only do we get to see what folks are wil Tue, 19 Aug 2008 17:06:35 EST http://www.treesandthings.com/story/2008/8/11/133422/701#2 I don't know if it's the realism factor (their animations always feel a little cartoonish to me) but Madden sucks. I'd hoped that in the four years I hadn't played maybe they'd changed/improved it but it's still basically the same piece of shit with a crap Fri, 15 Aug 2008 10:31:03 EST http://www.treesandthings.com/story/2008/8/11/133422/701#1 One thing that I've increasingly come to believe over the years is that games that attempt to be perfect simulations lose their fun, after a while.  My favorite football game of all time was Techmo Super Bowl on the original NES.  The graphics ar Fri, 15 Aug 2008 10:18:06 EST string http://www.treesandthings.com/search/