Remembering John Madden, the video game character

Game critic Todd Martens associated the approachability of the "Madden NFL" series to the personality imbued in it by NFL great John Madden.
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Remembering John Madden, the video game character Click to view images

The Madden that game critic Todd Martens knows is to football what Mario and Luigi are to New York plumbers. Video games often boast celebrities, but Madden was among the first to lend his name, voice and persona to the medium.

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