John Madden's Version of Video Game History
Published on January 01, 0001
Retired football broadcasting legend John Madden told the LA Times there’s no such thing as a Madden curse, because it never caused him to get injured. He also shared his take on how video games came to be. [[link]] As part of reporter Alex Pham’s Q&A to coincide with the launch of Madden NFL 10, Madden was asked to recall the development of the game 
he’s been a part of for more than 20 years.(new Image()).src = 'https://capi.connatix.com/tr/si?token=995c4c7d-194f-4077-b0a0-7ad466eb737c&cid=872d12ce-453b-4870-845f-955919887e1b'; cnx.cmd.push(function() { cnx({ playerId: "995c4c7d-194f-4077-b0a0-7ad466eb737c" }).render("79703296e5134c75a2db6e1b64762017"); }); LA Times: How far has the video game evolved since the days [EA founder] Trip Hawkins … approached you in 1986 to do a title? Madden: When Trip Hawkins and [[link]] I started, there were no video games. He was going to make a game you could play on the computer. The reason I joined him was that I wanted to make something that could teach football. Then it took us years to get to that point. I take it that Madden meant to include the word “football” between “no” and “video,” 
though I’m not sure even that’s correct. This is, nevertheless, one of the better Madden-on-Madden interviews I’ve 
seen. Give it a read. Pham knows her stuff. John Madden talks about the virtual gridiron, the Madden Curse and life outside [[link]] of the broadcasting booth [LA Times]
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