Possibly Inspired

Looks like all that praise I gave the Swedes for their work on Minigore was a waste. I mentioned that one of the things that sets Minigore apart from other iPhone games is the great artwork/character design, from the protagonist to the beasties to the upcoming Bolshevik expansion, every character features the same cube shaped head with impossibly tiny bodies.

Well it turns out that the whole idea of a cubic head was not an original idea of the Swedes. No, they actually stole the head design from retired New England Patriots linebacker Tedy Bruschi. Of course they couldn't just steal a picture of Bruschi for their game so they took his cubic head, gave it a beard, a Shang Tsung hat and bam! you have John Gore, they also couldn't copy Bruschi's linebacker physique so to avoid lawsuits they went with the exact opposite.

For shame Sweden.

But in all seriousness, Bruschi retired today and not only does he have a great name but he also played some great football, won three Super Bowls and came back from a stroke. Plus he plays the fucking Saxophone! hopefully he wont become a network analyst wonk like so many former players before him. By the way, congratulations Tiki Barber you're the Marian Hossa of the NFL, enjoy your no rings.

Yes a fucking hockey joke.