{"id":1603,"date":"2009-08-08T15:08:36","date_gmt":"2009-08-08T19:08:36","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.calvertgames.com\/cgblog\/2009\/08\/08\/madden-10-countdown-continues\/"},"modified":"2010-06-06T07:02:21","modified_gmt":"2010-06-06T12:02:21","slug":"madden-10-countdown-continues","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.calvertgames.com\/cgblog\/2009\/08\/08\/madden-10-countdown-continues\/","title":{"rendered":"Madden 10:  Countdown continues"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>IGN just reviewed <em>Madden 10<\/em> and awarded the game an <a href=\"http:\/\/ps3.ign.com\/articles\/101\/1012323p1.html\" onclick=\"__gaTracker('send', 'event', 'outbound-article', 'http:\/\/ps3.ign.com\/articles\/101\/1012323p1.html', '8.9 (out of 10)');\" target=\"new\">8.9 (out of 10)<\/a>.  Happy days?<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>There are issues with some of the new aspects that have worked their way into Madden (and things that have been taken out), but there\u2019s no denying that this is the best pure football experience in videogame history.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>Back in the day it seems like everyone would say that the latest game was the greatest ever, but these days this sort of praise is pretty rare.<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>Thankfully the gameplay in Madden NFL 10 is, in a word, fantastic. I can\u2019t tell you how many people walked by my desk as I was playing and wondered if the NFL season started early this year. The speed of the game has been ratcheted down only slightly so hitting holes while running and making jukes is just a bit easier than it has been. That\u2019s not to say that the game isn\u2019t difficult \u2013 ramp up the difficulty to find out for yourself \u2013 but everything has an excellent ebb and flow this time around.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>I think I just got a halfsie.  God willing and if the creeks don\u2019t rise, I will be playing <em>Madden 10<\/em> this time next week.  The countdown rolls on.<\/p>\n<p>Happy Saturday!<\/p>\n<div class=\"addtoany_share_save_container addtoany_content_bottom\"><div class=\"a2a_kit a2a_kit_size_ addtoany_list a2a_target\" id=\"wpa2a_1\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.addtoany.com\/share\" onclick=\"__gaTracker('send', 'event', 'outbound-article', 'https:\/\/www.addtoany.com\/share', '');\" class=\"a2a_dd addtoany_share_save\"><img src=\"http:\/\/www.calvertgames.com\/cgblog\/wp-content\/plugins\/add-to-any\/share_save_171_16.png\" width=\"171\" height=\"16\" alt=\"Share\"\/><\/a>\n<script type=\"text\/javascript\"><!--\nif(wpa2a)wpa2a.script_load();\n\/\/--><\/script>\n<\/div><\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>IGN just reviewed Madden 10 and awarded the game an 8.9 (out of 10). Happy days? There are issues with some of the new aspects that have worked their way into Madden (and things that have been taken out), but there\u2019s no denying that this is the best pure football experience in videogame history. Back &hellip; <a href=\"http:\/\/www.calvertgames.com\/cgblog\/2009\/08\/08\/madden-10-countdown-continues\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Madden 10:  Countdown continues<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n<div class=\"addtoany_share_save_container addtoany_content_bottom\"><div class=\"a2a_kit a2a_kit_size_ addtoany_list a2a_target\" id=\"wpa2a_2\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.addtoany.com\/share\" onclick=\"__gaTracker('send', 'event', 'outbound-article', 'https:\/\/www.addtoany.com\/share', '');\" class=\"a2a_dd addtoany_share_save\"><img src=\"http:\/\/www.calvertgames.com\/cgblog\/wp-content\/plugins\/add-to-any\/share_save_171_16.png\" width=\"171\" height=\"16\" alt=\"Share\"\/><\/a><\/div><\/div>","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[30,21,9],"class_list":["post-1603","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-archive","tag-football","tag-madden","tag-ps3"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.calvertgames.com\/cgblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1603","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.calvertgames.com\/cgblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.calvertgames.com\/cgblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.calvertgames.com\/cgblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.calvertgames.com\/cgblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1603"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"http:\/\/www.calvertgames.com\/cgblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1603\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2871,"href":"http:\/\/www.calvertgames.com\/cgblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1603\/revisions\/2871"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.calvertgames.com\/cgblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1603"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.calvertgames.com\/cgblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1603"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.calvertgames.com\/cgblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1603"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}