When we realized that Larry would never lead us to any meaningful nudity, we moved on to John Madden Football ’92, named for the TV commentator and former coach. It didn’t take long for me, either, to get hooked on the potency that comes from controlling the movements of football players, even if they were animated. Whenever I watched the real Sanders get stuck in the backfield and encounter a stumbling defender, my thought was: Hit spin button! But my excitement about football remains rooted in the way that Madden brought the names on the playing cards to life. And because those decisions have led to results on our screens, we believe a seemingly similar set of choices in real football can be solved through simple-minded Madden logic.

Source: New York Times September 13, 2016 09:00 UTC