r/todayilearned • u/DueNeedleworker5036 • 4h ago

TIL that the Civilizations games (and others) include creator Sid Meier's name in the title because Robin Williams joked that it would help sell more copies of 1987's Sid Meier's Pirates.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sid_Meier#MicroProse
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u/The_Hunster 4h ago

Other than this and Tom Clancy I can't even think of a single other one.

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u/Chrononi 4h ago

Madden 96, Madden 97, Madden 98, Madden 99, Madden 2000.. you get the idea. And yes, Madden 27 does exist.

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u/TheGoalkeeper 3h ago

TIL Madden is named after a person

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u/nty 3h ago

did you think it was the verb

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u/zdy132 2h ago

I just thought it's some american foodball terms.

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u/GatoradeNipples 2h ago

Well, it sort of is? John Madden was a football coach (famously for the Oakland Raiders in the 70s).

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u/JonatasA 1h ago

And people literally call them Madden. To one day hear he was in the cover was crazy.

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u/TheGoalkeeper 2h ago

I didn't think about it at all. Just wondering about the weird name

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u/mongo5mash 2h ago

All that CTE Maddens a man, ya know?