Madden 11 Features Appearance by Obama

IGN

News that President Obama will make a cameo in the latest installment of the popular Madden football games has been feverishly circling through the blogosphere.

According to gaming website IGN, players who manage to lead their team to a Super Bowl victory in Madden NFL '11 will be treated to a special video featuring the full fanfare associated with winning the coveted title, including a meeting with the president of the United States.

You can see a picture from the video at left featuring last year's champions, the New Orleans Saints, with a virtual Mr. Obama greeting the team on the White House's South Lawn where he poses for pictures along with a custom "Obama" jersey -- much like he has done in real life.

The videos and accompanying commentary after the win are tailored to each specific team.

This is not the first time Mr. Obama has made an appearance in a video game. During the 2008 presidential campaign, the Obama camp placed an advertisement in the racing game Burnout Paradise reminding players that "Early Voting Has Begun".

Watch sample videos with the New Orleans Saints and Detroit Lions below:

[meln4ya]

I just can?t believe the young people of today are here complaining about the president's likeness in a video game. Damn, instead of being a stupid racist ?LEARN SOMETHING" about this man don?t be like your parents. wfw3536 your comment is about as DUMB as a Palin again I say LEARN SOMETHING for yourselves and stop listening to your parents!!!

[oshfarms]

Why is it that when someone disagrees with the President, or just doesn't like him, his defenders go to the "race card"? And usually when someone starts calling his opponent "stupid" and "DUMB as Palin", it shows he has pretty much lost the argument. Perhaps you should actually listen to your parents more often, and learn something from them.
The fact that EA spent time and resources to put the President in this game shows that they have chosen to make a political statement. Considering 57% of Americans disapprove of this President, it is not surprising that EA may have angered some folks. I would much rather had seen resources spent on an upgrade to the Franchise System, gameplay, or almost anything else.
The only way EA Sports will get my money for this game is if they allow an "election" in 2012 where we can vote Obama out and have a different President as part of the celebration. Now that would be cool.
If I can't stand the President because of his policies and think that he is destroying our country, does that make me a racist? Adrian Peterson is my absolute favorite NFL player, am I still a racist?

[speakeroftruth]

You know, there are people called "animators" who can take something called a "picture" and create a virtual image of a person. It's exactly what they've done with each of the players in the game. In fact, President Obama probably spent 5 minutes in a phone call to get his approval to use his likeness in a game. Nobody would have a problem if Bush did this two years ago.

Get a grip and go back to the Fox News website.

[wfw3536]

Instead of creating jobs, Obama has time for this when people are hurting in this country. How out of touch.

[BigMykul]

Well, don't care for sports games, anyway