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EA Sports unveils 'GIFERATOR' for all your Madden '15 trash-talking needs

Published Sep. 4, 2014 10:32 a.m. ET

Brett Smiley

In the wake of the hysterical Madden 15 glitches that included the ejection pad defenders and miniature linebackers, here's one feature EA Sports produced intentionally: the "GIFERATOR," a platform for making customized GIFs with trash talk.

Basically, it's a clever and fun way of getting people to discuss the game on social media channels.

The template is pretty idiot-proof. You can choose from a few players on each team, select varying backgrounds and pre-made taunts or enter your own. Clearly, you should enter your own words. Madden '15 will also auto-generate GIFs, some of which will appear on the GIFERATOR website.

I wanted to give it a whirl and show you what the GIFs look like (read: kill some more time until NFL kickoff!!!), so here's a few samples:

For most teams you can probably predict which players are available for GIF-making. Then I wondered whom EA Sports would queue up for the Raiders. The players are: 36-year-old kicker Sebastian Janikowski, backup quarterback Matt Schaub, 37-year-old safety Charles Woodson, past-his-prime rusher Maurice Jones-Drew with millions of miles on the wheels, and 32-year-old free agent acquisition Antonio Smith. The Raiders also face the stacked NFC West this season.

One more for silver and black fans: