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/TheGoalkeeper]

TIL Madden is named after a person

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did you think it was the verb

[u/zdy132 → u/nty]

I just thought it's some american foodball terms.

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