01.21.09 MADDEN PLAYERS ARE SMARTER FOOTBALL FANS
Guys that regularly play Madden are better football fans than those that simply watch the game on TV. So sayeth a study commissioned by the game’s producer, Electronic Arts. Darren Rovell, who somehow gets away with writing about sports at CNBC, has the poop:
EA commissioned the University of Oregon’s Warsaw Sports Marketing Center to survey average NFL fans versus those that played “Madden.”
The survey revealed that those who played “Madden” were 60 percent more knowledgeable about the game than those who just classified themselves as non-gaming fans of the league.[...]
The survey found that those who played Madden were 79 percent better in their general knowlege of the game, 54 percent better when being quizzed about game situations and 28 percent better on the rules of the game.
This reminds me of the time I got straight As in 19th century American history by simply playing hours and hours of Oregon Trail. Life was so much simpler then, no bills to pay, no prostitutes to maim. One time I strangled a hooker that weighed 230 pounds, but I could only carry 100 pounds back to the wagon.
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MADDEN PLAYERS ARE SMARTER FOOTBALL FANS
I masturbate a lot, so I know more about sex than people who, well, actually have sex.
Whatever. I’ve been playing Michelle Kwan Figure Skating since way back and I still get shit on by “real” figure skating fans . . . . maybe I should start playing with my pants on.
Unfortunately, having dysentery in the game did little to prepare me for what it was going to be like in real life.
PUNTE HAS DIED OF DYSENTERY
devang ftw
But I’ll bet you can’t tell me what it smells like in the Sistine Chapel.
I play Lee Carvallo’s Putting Challenge constantly but my short game blows.
I’m a far better plumber now that I play Mario Brothers.
i’m better at talking to real people now that I comment a lot on with leather.
by the way, matt, if you pay me $50 you can use that quote on your promotional materials.
I figure with all the time I’ve put into Tentacle Rape Challenge, I must have gotten better at something, but I’ve yet to figure out what that something happens to be.
So, I can blame dating fat chicks on playing hungry-hungry-hippos?
I wish Wii made a game called “Not Ejaculating Prematurely”.
Brett Favre has reached the Retirement River. How do you want to proceed?
A. Attempt to ford the river.
B. Hire an Indian guide to help you across.
C. Grab him by the neck and drown him in the river.
Oregon Trail, classic.
So you made 3 trips with that hooker or what?
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