Archive for the ‘Original Padre Content’ Category
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Out most of the day Wednesday 5/2
I'll be gone for most of the day on Wednesday May 2nd attending the media event at EA Canada. New updates will come possibly very late on Wednesday evening or Thursday morning....
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Ask Padre #3: Why does Madden lack the presentation everyone wants?
For years now many fans of the Madden franchise (as well as other EA Sports titles) have felt that the biggest area the game is lacking in is its presentation. This especially came about after NFL 2K5 had the ESPN presentation that so many enjoyed. When EA Sports bought the ESPN license, many fans assumed that it meant they had the same ideas in mind for Madden. However EA has not utilized the ESPN license in that fashion. So if the fans are asking for that style of presentation, why hasn't E...
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Another chance to win
With the sooner than expected announcement of the Madden NFL 08 cover athlete, the contest previously being run to win the faceplate ended without a successful guess of Vince Young. So now we'll give it another shot. To qualify simply sign up for the site's newsletter which can be found in the sidebar. For details on the newsletter read this post. Anyone on the list by Thursday April 26th will be eligible. Once that date is reached, one person from the list will be randomly selected to re...
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The ridiculous article of the day goes to…
This guy, Keith Claverie of the Louisiana State University paper. In his article he touches upon the topic of race as it pertains to the Madden cover. He astutely points out that no white player has ever been the cover athlete for the Madden franchise. I wonder how long it took him to find that out on Wikipedia. The article takes an unexpected turn when he starts to infer what that means and goes as far as to use the popular belief in the "cover curse" as a motive behind who EA chooses. Belo...
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Weekly Newsletter
I've added a weekly newsletter signup on the sidebar of the page. Simply enter in your email address and confirm the sign-up in the email that is sent to you. You can always opt-out of the newsletter by clicking the link within them or by contacting me and I can do it manually. The newsletter will contain the title and link to all the articles that have been posted over the course of the week. This way you can stay up-to-date with the news and make sure you didn't miss out on anything importa...
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Pick the Madden 08 cover athlete contest
With the announcement expected any time now over the course of the next two weeks, speculation continues to run rampant as to who will grace the cover of Madden NFL 08. Here is your chance to take your best guess and possibly win a Madden 07 faceplate for the Xbox 360. If there is more than one correct entry then the winner will be randomly selected from that pool of people. Use the Contact Padre page to send in the name of the player you think will be selected for the cover. Make sure to...
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Hot Topic 4/13: The Game Informer preview of All-Pro Football 2K8
The news coming out of the May edition of Game Informer magazine has caused a stir on sports gaming message boards over the last couple days. This is mainly due to an overwhelmingly negative reaction to both the content of the article and the tone in which it was presented. Lack of customization Many fans of the series were expecting 2K8 to have the ability to customize the game to their liking. This was practically confirmed in an interview with Gamespot when the game was orig...
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Ask Padre #2: What makes for good downloadable content?
Since the Xbox 360's launch and subsequent utilization of the Marketplace there has been a great deal of debate over the subject of downloadable content. What is worthwhile? What is a waste? Are companies holding back on things only to release them later as D.C.? Lets take a look at some of the things that have been offered in sports titles thus far to see how the releases have progressed. Madden 07 downloadable stadium (300 MS points = $3.75): A lot of work went into the stadiums, but i...
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