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Madden Wins Spike TV award

Kim Phu — Mon, 11 Jun 2007 09:40:00 MDT

Proving once again that men (or at least men who watch Spike TV) like their violence packaged in spandex pants, Madden NFL '07 has grabbed the award for the "Game with the Most Game" category in the Guy's Choice awards. The show doesn't premiere until the 13th of June, but is this really a spoiler for those who wanted to watch the awards? The only other contender was World of Warcraft (which, don't get me wrong, is a popular game, but most of the award categories were geared towards the FHM genre, so I'm not sure it had a fighting chance). Spike TV probably already had the award engraved and didn't want to bother changing it. But it did get me thinking - what is considered a "manly" game these days? You know, without opening up that whole "boy vs. girls" can of worms. Kim Phu

Spike TV Announces 2007 'GUYS CHOICE' Winners

First Annual Show Hosted by Tracy Morgan Premieres on Spike TV Wednesday,
June 13 at 10 PM
Adam Sandler Voted the Ultimate 'Guy's Guy' by Spike TV Viewers
'Swingers' Vince Vaughn and Jon Favreau Receive the First-Ever 'Guy Movie
Hall of Fame Award'
Show Features Performances and Appearances by Will Ferrell, James
Gandolfini, Jessica Alba, Chuck Liddell, Kevin James, Elisha Cuthbert,
Mandy Moore, Masi Oka, Disturbed and Many More
To View Exclusive Footage from 'GUYS CHOICE' Log-On to http://www.spiketv.com

LOS ANGELES, June 10 /PRNewswire/ — Winners were announced tonight
during the first annual Spike TV "GUYS CHOICE" held at the CBS Radford
Studios in Los Angeles. Hosted by comedian Tracy Morgan, the show that
commemorates all the things men love premieres on Spike TV Wednesday, June
13 (10:00 PM-Midnight, ET/PT).
Adam Sandler took home one of the night's top honors, as he was voted
the ultimate "Guy's Guy" by Spike TV viewers. Sandler's favorite band of
all time STYX rocked the house with its mega hit "Renegade."
The show also honored the iconic and ultimately quotable guy movie
"Swingers" with the first-ever "Guy Movie Hall of Fame Award" presented to
Vince Vaughn and Jon Favreau.
In addition, Will Ferrell walked away with two awards, "Funniest M.F."
and "Most Viral Video" for his work in "The Landlord." Spike TV's "GUYS
CHOICE" also included ZZ Top featuring a sizzling dance performance by
Carmen Electra; Chuck Liddell, Elisha Cuthbert, Mandy Moore, Andy Samberg,
Artie Lange, Brittany Snow, Chris Cornell, Disturbed, James Gandolfini, Joe
Rogan, Kelly Carlson, Masi Oka, Rob Corddry, Seth Rogen, Sofia Vergara,
Steve-O, Bill Goldberg, Quinton "Rampage" Jackson, Tricia Helfer, and Will
Forte, among others.
The highlight of the night was a toast for Adam Sandler by friend and
comedian, Kevin James, his co-star in the upcoming movie "I Now Pronounce
You Chuck and Larry" (in theatres July 20).
In addition to honoring the sexiest women and coolest guys from the
past year, the show featured unforgettable tributes to legendary
entertainers, rockers and babes, as well as edgy stand-up comedy and
house-shaking musical performances.
A full list of winners is included below:

GUY'S GUY
Adam Sandler

BIGGEST ASS KICKER
Gerard Butler

BALLSIEST BAND
Disturbed

HOTTEST GIRL ON THE PLANET
Adriana Lima

LUCKIEST BASTARD
Cash Warren

FUNNIEST M.F.
Will Ferrell

GIFT FROM THE GODS
Minka Kelly

MOST UNSTOPPABLE JOCK
LaDainian Tomlinson

NAUGHTIEST CYBERVIXEN
Christine Dolce

MOST DANGEROUS MAN
Chuck Liddell

FEMME FATALE
Rose McGowan

KINGPIN (GUY OF THE YEAR)
James Gandolfini

COCKIEST CREW
"Jackass 2" Crew

GUTSIEST MOVE
Stephen Colbert

SICKEST RHYMES
Jay-Z

SEXIEST IMPORT
Bar Rafaeli

COOLEST GEEK
Masi Oka

BEST GANGSTERTAINMENT
"The Departed"

HOTTEST JESSICA
Jessica Alba

CHAIRMAN OF THE BOARD
Shaun White

GAME WITH THE MOST GAME
Madden NFL '07

MOST VIRAL VIDEO
Will Ferrell "The Landlord"

GUY MOVIE HALL OF FAME
"Swingers" Vince Vaughn and Jon Favreau
To view exclusive footage, interviews, behind-the-scenes access, and
more from the 2007 "Guys Choice," log-on to http://www.spiketv.com
The official sponsors of Spike TV's "GUYS CHOICE" are the new AT&T,
Corona, Jeep(R), Pizza Hut, SNICKERS(R)Brand, Southern Comfort(R) and U.S.
Army.
Emmy Award-winning producer Joel Gallen of Tenth Planet Productions and
Casey Patterson, Senior Vice President, Event Production & Talent
Development for Spike TV served as executive producers. Alicia Portugal is
the executive in charge of production for Spike TV.
Spike TV is available in 91.6 million homes and is a division of MTV
Networks. A unit of VIACOM (NYSE: VIA, VIA.B), MTV Networks is one of the
world's leading creators of programming and content across all media
platforms.

SOURCE Spike TV

Does Madden For Wii Use The Forecast Channel?

Michael McWhertor — Wed, 20 Dec 2006 23:20:16 MST

1UP seems to think it does, but their source (the official Nintendo forums) doesn't quite sound definitive. I'm hoping that it does, as that level of real-time feedback would represent a cool new level of detail in online gaming, but since I'm Wii-less (and Madden-less) right now, I can't confirm it.

I'd like to see Nintendo and their Wii third parties take advantage of further Wii Channel capabilities, including the News and Virtual Console channels. Should interesting news pop up, Tom Nook from Animal Crossing for Wii should chime in about it. Did you buy something off of the Virtual Console channel lately? It should show up as a mini-game in Wario Ware Smooth Moves or unlock new character attributes for creating Nintendo themed Miis for Wii Sports 2.

I don't know. I'm just fantasizing/brainstorming here. What level of internet interaction do you want to see in future Wii games? Michael McWhertor

Madden Wii Uses the Forecast Channel [1UP]

EA Starts Selling Tutorials

brownlee2 — Wed, 25 Oct 2006 10:40:50 MDT

How fast can EA race to the bottom of the dung pile? Coming right off an opening salvo trying to establish themselves as the scumbag kings of microcontent by way of selling cheat codes or in-game money as Marketplace downloads, EA are now selling tutorials over Xbox Live, rebranding them "video strategy guides."

The videos are hundreds of megs, and cost about 2 bucks each. EA is currently selling the tutorial vids for the games Madden NFL 07 and NCAA 07 Football. By common report, they aren't helpful in the slightest: you'd get better tips downloading the strategy guide off of GameFAQs. Florian Eckhardt

EA Charges for Everything [Aeropause]

Where's the Madden Patch, EA?

kotaku.com — Thu, 07 Sep 2006 11:40:15 MDT

When EA released Madden NFL 07, it was full of at least one bug that was a pretty astonishing screw up: players don't fatigue at all. Or are they? Apparently, the players are fatiguing, but the UI just doesn't even bother to register it.

EA promised a fix. Oh, and they promised a roster update, to reflect recent changes. But it's a few days past the September 5th patch date EA promised, and still no sign of either of these fixes. Which caused Luke Smith of 1UP to spit through his soup stained beard in outrage:

Considering EA's monopoly on NFL-related games one has to wonder if they had competition in the NFL gamespace would these patches be completed a bit quicker?

No. Period. It's EA. Florian Eckhardt

Hey, EA, About that Madden Patch? [1UP]

Curse Or Not, Shaun Alexander Plays

Brian Ashcraft — Fri, 25 Aug 2006 04:20:58 MDT

Every Madden cover-boy has met with horrible end, a disastrous calamity. The cover, they say, those who know, that the cover is cursed! GIANT Mag's Scott Stein sat down with current Madden poster player Shaun Alexander and asked him how he beats the curse. "I pretty much have to play every game, don't I?" said Alexander. "Plus I open up about ten or eleven umbrellas inside the house every day, and it kind of balances everything out." We've seen Alexander's on field skills, but what about his gaming abilities? Stein writes:

And better than Madden's own crowds came the cheering section that was EA's entire PR team, chanting Shaun and mocking my inability to stop him. Alas, this peanut gallery continued throughout the game.
Thus began a long, long four quarters where the following events kept occurring: a) Shaun running for long touchdowns, wearing down my increasingly pathetic defense. b) Me scrambling and throwing shockingly long touchdowns to Laveranues Coles, beating all coverage. Repeat, about five times.

So what was that about a Madden curse? We'll find out in less than a month when the NFL kicks off.

More Here [GIANT Mag]