EA Sports: It's in the Game!

TCW Podcast Episode 058 - EA Sports: It's in the Game! We revisit EA with a deep dive into EA Sports.  Some information that was in our EA: The Teenage Years episode, but with more detail!  We start off with some of the early ventures into sports, and how EA evolved into the sports juggernaut it is today.  We cover the origins of the EA sports brand, how hats were a deciding factor in getting the name to be accepted by other developers, and how a trademark dispute with ESPN led to the mass market appeal of Madden Football.  We also cover the origin of EA Sports hockey, and FIFA.  Finally wrapping up with how the current head of EA being from the sports division is taking those concepts and trying to apply them to the rest of the industry.  C64 one on one Dr. J VS Larry Bird: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=URobcuTcBFU John Madden Miller Lite Commercial: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OD81-vYUt2E John Madden Football Apple II: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8EbPghLpK6c Gridiron Bethesda Softworks (Atari ST): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KvzLpJkY5e0&t=18s Amiga Earl Weaver Baseball: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IKp_fP06f0Q Space Jam Website: http://spacejam.com 5 Version of Jordan VS Bird One on One: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QQS5VuUANJg PC Lakers vs Celtics NBA Playoffs: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tHw9Xu89jEM TV Sports Football: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZvA0qlecPNI Sega Joe Montana Football: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FNYZuJ_Lblg Sega John Madden Football: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IaSTAGEGwB4 PGA Tour Golf (PC): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aAQDRc8H8Wg Madden '92 Ambulance Montage: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_138p6uzhUk Genesis NHL Hockey: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vdwS6-TELIo NHLPA '93: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=G4ZbynfAJFU NHL '94: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GLQ59_u_9TU FIFA Soccer Genesis: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=F0uV9QWA8kM   New episodes on the 1st and 15th of every month!   TCW Email: [email protected]  Twitter: @tcwpodcast Alex's Video Game History Blog: http://videogamehistorian.wordpress.com   Intro Music: Josh Woodward - Airplane Mode -  Music - "Airplane Mode" by Josh Woodward. Free download:http://joshwoodward.com/song/AirplaneMode  Outro Music: RolemMusic - Bacterial Love - http://freemusicarchive.org/music/Rolemusic/Pop_Singles_Compilation_2014/01_rolemusic_-_bacterial_love  Copyright: Attribution: http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/