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.

[u/DueNeedleworker5036]

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sid_Meier#MicroProse

[u/Chrononi]

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

[u/TheGoalkeeper → u/Chrononi]

TIL Madden is named after a person

[u/SuperkickParty → u/TheGoalkeeper]

You need to delete this before it makes a bunch of people feel really old.

[u/theBloodedge → u/SuperkickParty]

I don't think it has anything to do with age, people outside the states know literally nothing about american football or their personalities.

[u/MattieShoes → u/theBloodedge]

Yeah, i get it... but if you are American, it's something that'd be hard to miss. He had an iconic voice, said iconic stupid things, and if you're old, was one of the best (American) football coaches in history. Every Thanksgiving, he was the announcer. Every Super Bowl. He died about 5 years ago, so nearly everybody experienced him growing up.

Kinda like Dick Clark on New Year's. He was the host from 1972 to 2011

[u/theBloodedge → u/[deleted]]

What does that have to do with this discussion?

[u/TheGoalkeeper → u/[deleted]]

They're still getting soled outside of the US

[u/TheGoalkeeper → u/[deleted]]

In my case it's both

[u/SuperkickParty → u/TheGoalkeeper]

And John Madden was on the cover of everyone of those games between 1988-2000.