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				John Madden has a low tolerance for cheesy play in the video game bearing his name. "I don't like to see stuff that isn't real, or isn't practical," he says, "like going for it long on fourth down." He would, however, blitz you every single down, if you gave him back one of his old linebackers.<!-- %JUMP:More &raquo;% -->				<a href="http://kotaku.com/5834456/john-madden-would-blitz-you-every-down-in-his-own-video-game" title="Click here to read more about John Madden Would Blitz You Every Down in His Own Video Game">More&nbsp;&raquo;</a>
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				In 1990, Electronic Arts reverse-engineered the Sega Genesis to begin development of a game for it, fully aware that if the project became known, they were in for a major lawsuit. The game was John Madden Football.				<a href="http://kotaku.com/5605785/we-mightve-called-it-montana-nfl-11" title="Click here to read more about We Might've Called It Montana NFL 11">More&nbsp;&raquo;</a>
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				Retired football broadcasting legend <a class="autolink" title="Click here to read more posts tagged JOHN MADDEN" title="Click here to read more posts tagged JOHN MADDEN" href="http://kotaku.com/tag/john-madden/">John Madden</a> told the LA Times there's no such thing as a <a class="autolink" title="Click here to read more posts tagged MADDEN CURSE" title="Click here to read more posts tagged MADDEN CURSE" href="http://kotaku.com/tag/madden-curse/">Madden curse</a>, because it never caused him to get injured. He also shared his take on how video games came to be.				<a href="http://kotaku.com/5342041/john-maddens-version-of-video-game-history" title="Click here to read more about John Madden's Version of Video Game History">More&nbsp;&raquo;</a>
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				NFL Hall of Famer <a class="autolink" title="Click here to read more posts tagged JOHN MADDEN" title="Click here to read more posts tagged JOHN MADDEN" href="http://kotaku.com/tag/john-madden/">John Madden</a> lent his name to the popular EA franchise <i><a class="autolink" title="Click here to read more posts tagged MADDEN NFL" title="Click here to read more posts tagged MADDEN NFL" href="http://kotaku.com/tag/madden-nfl/">Madden NFL</a></i> franchise. This spring, the 73-year-old Madden retired from broadcasting. What does this mean for the video games?				<a href="http://kotaku.com/5300351/what-will-happen-to-the-madden-nfl-franchise" title="Click here to read more about What Will Happen To The Madden NFL Franchise?">More&nbsp;&raquo;</a>
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				Football Hall of Fame inductee and television commentator <a class="autolink" title="Click here to read more posts tagged JOHN MADDEN" title="Click here to read more posts tagged JOHN MADDEN" href="http://kotaku.com/tag/john-madden/">John Madden</a> <a href="http://deadspin.com/5214634/john-madden-retiring">announced his retirement</a> from broadcasting today to spend more time with his family. Don't worry Madden fans, EA says it won't affect the company's game.				<a href="http://kotaku.com/5215076/john-madden-retires-will-have-no-impact-on-madden-nfl-ea-says" title="Click here to read more about John Madden Retires, Will Have No Impact On Madden NFL, EA Says">More&nbsp;&raquo;</a>
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				Tucked in a <a href="http://unrealitymag.com/index.php/2009/01/14/20-awesome-vintage-video-game-ads/">gallery of vintage video game ads </a>is that at left — John Madden lending his cred as "sportscaster for CBS Video Games" to  Atari 2600 versions of GORF and Wizard of Wor.				<a href="http://kotaku.com/5133778/maddens-first-video-game---it-wasnt-football" title="Click here to read more about Madden's First Video Game — It Wasn't Football">More&nbsp;&raquo;</a>
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				 It's that time of year again! Madden 09 comes out in a week and John Madden has some things to say about EA's latest rendition of the game. He discusses how Madden's recent improvements have impressed Fox Sports to the point that they wished to make the television broadcast further resemble the game!  We really have come full circle. 				<a href="http://kotaku.com/5033453/john-madden-talks-madden-09" title="Click here to read more about John Madden Talks Madden 09">More&nbsp;&raquo;</a>
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