Well it is that time of the year isn’t it? Super Bowl time and I’m not truly excited like normal. But what get’s me excited is just how amazing it is that gaming integrates, mainly because of EA’s Madden game.
See I’m not one for sports games, especially since I can’t play so well in real life why should I continue the constant shame in the digital world? Yet this yearly event that gives a new meaning to psychic predictions a new meaning has always had me intrigued, right down to the end of the actual game.
Annually, when the two teams are announced for the big game, EA gets down and dirty by simulating just how the two teams may just fair in its real life counterpart. So far, since 2004 there has only been one moment in which they got the winning team wrong, the scores may be off but the fact that we can be so close as to say “We know exactly who will win this year” seems like a win to some degree.
This year, the guys over at EA have simulated that Pittsburgh Steelers will beat Green Bay 24-20.
Though it’s not just the score that they give, the simulation also predicts the MVP and exactly when the game may turn around for either team, which has potential to being an interesting tool to use before the game itself, for those of you who like to bet or pretend to know what your talking about with your drunk uncles.
Below I’ll setup the running list of scores since 2004, now look closely to see that at least one score is barely off from the ones predicted:
Super Bowl XXXVIII
Madden: Patriots 23, Panthers 20
Actual Score: Patriots 32, Panthers 29
Super Bowl XXXIX
Madden: Patriots 47, Eagles 31
Actual score: Patriots 24, Eagles 21
Super Bowl XL
Madden: Steelers 24, Seahawks 19
Actual score: Steelers 21, Seahawks 10
Super Bowl XLI
Madden: Colts 38, Bears 27
Actual score: Colts 29, Bears 17
Super Bowl XLII — WHOOPS
Madden: Patriots 38, Giants 30
Actual score: Giants 17, Patriots 14
Super Bowl XLIII
Madden: Steelers 28, Cardinals 24
Actual score: Steelers 27, Cardinals 23
Super Bowl XLIV
Madden: Saints 35, Colts 31
Actual score: Saints 31, Colts 17
Now I know it doesn’t prove much but I have to say, this is an awesome amalgamation of gaming and prediction, it may be obvious to everyone and can crown me captain obvious but I just can’t help it. I get the excitement fits of a 5 year old on christmas when I see gaming used in such a interesting way.
I know you guys are probably all up in a tizzy about the fact that I may be saying that Green Bay sucks, but honestly if any of you have read my opening statements I don’t care about sports, and if GB wins more power to them. I just think watching a gaming simulation predict what could happen is more interesting than watching the actual game.
If you think the simulation is right or wrong, or if you just want to comment on my inadequacies as a man who can’t play sports, feel free to leave a comment below telling me just how you feel.
Prodigious J Signing Out
