Gus Johnson To Be Featured In Madden 2011

Pat Summerall, Al Michaels, Tom Hammond, and now, Gus Johnson.

This year, Gus Johnson will be joining the above group of announcers who have done play-by-play for EA Sports' Madden video game franchise. From USA Today.

CBS Sports announcer Gus Johnson has been named the play-by-play announcer for Madden NFL 11, publisher Electronic Arts has announced.

Johnson will join Cris Collingsworth as part of the two-man broadcast team slated to call games on EA's NFL simulation.

Johnson, known for his high-energy playcalling, breathes some new life into an audio presentation that had been criticized for lacking punch.

"Taking a step back, we really looked at -- this has to be one of the most important parts of the game," says Madden art director Mike Young in a video documentary on the developers' emphasis on audio for Madden NFL 11.

The game will also feature more authentic in-game sounds such as team chants, fight songs and music piping into the stadium between plays. Madden NFL 11 is slated for release in August.

While in the past, EA Sports has turned Al Michaels and Tom Hammond into completely boring robots, Gus Johnson is a fresh voice whose excitement is just contagious and will almost certainly sound more into it than any of the above announcers were. Now granted, when playing sports video games, I turn the announcer audio all the way down and do all the commentary myself, but at the same time, I do like to feature the in-game announcers as a change of pace, and each time I do it, I find myself bored to tears. Congrats to Gus and here is hoping he can liven up the Madden franchise and make it a much more enjoyable listen when I am not doing the games myself.

The Official Soundtracks Of Madden 2010, NHL 2010, NBA 2010 And FIFA 2010

Well then! As soon as I say I can't find something, look at what I come across! Yep, you guessed it, the official soundtracks for Madden 2010, NHL 2010, NBA 2010, and FIFA 2010. Please bear with me here as I make a run down of all the tracks that will be on this year's video games. And while it is at this point that I would generally get rid of my last post featuring the erronous information on the soundtracks not being released, the fact that the extremely awkward Tim Tebow video is up there makes it worth the while. Because we all need to know that Tim Tebow is a virgin, right? Enough of that and more of what you came for the, soundtracks!

We begin with Madden 2010.

"Can't C Me" by 2Pac
"Heads Are Gonna Roll" by Airbourne
"Them Bones" by Alice In Chains
"Created A Monster" by B.o.B
"Revolution" by Bang Camaro
"Sabotage" by The Beastie Boys
"Paranoid" by Black Sabbath
"Get 'Em Up" by Cypress HIll
"Unsung" by Helmet
"Aces High" by Iron Maiden
"Painkiller" by Judas Priest
"I Am The Bullgod" by Kid Rock
"Reckoning" by Killswitch Engage
"Blind" by Korn
"Divinations" by Mastodon
"Hate Me Now" by Nas feat. Puff Daddy (although I'm sure he'll have a new name by the time the game is released)
"Breed" by Nirvana
"Walk" by Pantera
"Shut Em Down" by Public Enemy
"Guerrilla Radio" by Rage Against The Machine
"Gaia Bleeds (Make Way for Man)" by Set Your Goals
"Duality" by Slipknot
"Sugar" by System Of A Down
"Before I Die" by Vanity Plan
"Cheah Beah" by Young Dre The Truth

Interesting to see Madden going old school in a big way with the soundtrack. Seriously. I never thought I would see Nirvana, Alice in Chains, the Beastie Boys, and Young Dre The Truth together on a Madden soundtrack. I hope you don't mind the length because this post is just getting started! I will also assume that the traditional Sam Spence tracks will be on there as well. Now moving on to NHL 2010.

"Young Cardinals" by Alexisonfire
"Deathsmarch" by Cancer Bats
"Hellions On Parade" by CKY
"Golden Years" by Disco Ensemble
"Heroes Of Our Time" by Drangonforce
"Oye Vaya" by Earl Greyhound
"Know Your Enemy" by Green Day
"Wake Up! Wake Up!" by Metalkpretty
"Keys To The City (Chicago Blackhawks Theme Song)" by Ministry & Co-Conspirators (what makes the Blackhawks so special???)
"Kids In America" by MxPx
"Burn It To The Ground" by Nickelback
"Into The Light" by Papa Roach
"Raccoon Eyes" by Priestess
"The Bravest Kids" by Rancid
"Rock You Like A Hurricane" by Scorpions
"Fire It Up" by Thousand Foot Krutch

I can only imagine the edits placed in that Nickelback song. ESPN played that song non-stop as during bowl season as well and I find it amusing that both ESPN and EA Sports would use a song, edited or not, that as the line "we've got no class, no taste, no shirt and shitfaced" in it. Moving on to NBA Live 2010 (I wish I was making some of these song titles/band names/artist stage names up).

"Zulu! (We Don't Stop Yawl)" by Afrika Bambaataa feat. Why G, Mickey Factz and The Fort Knox Five
"Champion" by B.o.B.
"La La La" by De La Soul
"Still Bigga Than" by Dead Prez
"Get It" by Grand Puba
"Crank It Up" by Laza
"Daylight" by Matt & Kim
"Class Of Our Own" by Mick Boogie feat. Kidz In The Hall, Donnis and Daytona
"Mind Got Blown" by Mickey Factz and B.o.B.
"We Ballin' by Murs feat. Kurupt & Jay Rock
"Fanatic" by Xzibit feat. BJ The Chicago Kid & Poo Bear (I could not make this up if I tried)
"Go Hard" by Zion I (something that Thom Brennaman does while calling a Tim Tebow game).

I've heard a grand total of 0 of those songs and if that number stays that way, my life will be better for it. Last but not least, FIFA 2010!

"Meine Stadt" by Auletta
"Ramallah-Tel Aviv" by Balkan Beat Box feat. Tomer Yosef and Saz
"Lakeside" by BLK JKS
"Fuego" by Bomba Estereo
"Should I Stay Or Should I Blog" by The BPA feat. Ashley Beedle
"Kalemba (Wegue - Wegue) by Buraka Som Sistema feat. Pongolove
"Fot I Hose" by CasioKids
"Skeleton Dance" by Children Collide
"Happy As Can Be" by Cut Off Your Hands
"Black Wax" by Dananananaykroyd
"Give It Up" by Datarock
"Donna Famosa" by Fabri Fibra
"International Love" by Fidel Nadal
"La Luz Del Ritmo" by Los Faulosos Cadillacs (I almost feel guilty for laughing)
"Hacen Fatta Dos" by Macaco
"Hold The Line" by Major Lazer
"Soul Do Samba" by Marcio Local
"Daylight (Troublemaker Remix feat. De La Soul)" by Matt & Kim
"Gold Guns Girls" by Metric
"Alocatel" by Mexican Institute Of Sound
"Kangpe" by Nneka
"Moth's Wings" by Passion Pit
"Nothing To Worry About" by Peter Bjorn And John
"Not Thinking Straight" by Pink Shot Riot
""War/No More Troulbe" by Playing For Change
"Download The Revolution" by Rocky Dawuni
"It's What I Want" by Royksopp
"Dorothy" by Soshy
"It's Over! It's Over! It's Over!" by The Answering Machine
"Be Somebody" by The Enemy UK
"She's Got Me Dancing" by Tommy Sparks
"1517" by The Whitest Boy Alive
"MVP Kompa" by Wyclef Jean
"Vibrations" by Zap Mama

That was fun! And if you made it through this entire post, reading every song and every band, getting that giddy feeling along the way when you saw a song that you really liked, and you did not skip down at all, then all I will say is congratulations to you my friend, you truly deserve some sort of trophy as you must have no life! Oh, and yes, this is coming from a guy who has nothing better to do than to research, find, and compile information for a video game soundtrack on a Friday night! No life....HA! What a joke.....

Never Trust Someone In An Online Video Game Forum

As I reported in a post earlier this week, someone said that the Madden 2010 soundtrack, of which I eagerly anticipate, would be released Friday at 11:00. Well, it's now Saturday and no soundtrack has been released. Sigh......

Seeing as I'm sure I got a whole lot of hits at the 11:00 hour of all my gamer readers eagerly awaiting a post that never came, I guess I have to find a way to make it up to you. And lucky for you, I have the perfect video to do so! Enjoy the video and I'll get that soundtrack to you........sometime........eventually.....



TIM TEBOW YOU LIAR! We all know what happened between you and Thom Brennaman in the hotel room immediately following the BCS National Championship game!

The People At EA Sports Are Extra Mean This Year

The official announcement of the new Madden cover came along and it turns out that EA is changing things up a bit this year. There will not be a person on the Madden cover this year. Wait......what??? Well the reason being is for the first time ever, there will be 2 people on the Madden video game cover! And the poor, unfortunate jinxed souls are And those 2 people are.........(drumrolll).........Troy Polamalu and Larry Fitzgerald!



Congrats to Troy and Larry and I wish you both a quick and speedy recovery on your future torn ACLs!

Polamalu, Fitzgerald to share Madden cover (Russakoff Rules)