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# This XCOM rivalry between an NFL player and a Firaxis producer is too good to be true
- URL: https://www.killscreen.com/xcom-rivalry-between-nfl-player-and-firaxis-producer-too-good-be-true/
- Published: 2012-12-21T16:27:12.000Z
- Updated: 2015-11-17T14:43:51.000Z
- Description: Via Game Informer: Minnesota Vikings punter Chris Kluwe is an avid gamer and a huge s— talker. Last month, he thought he could defeat Firaxis Games’ producer and designer Garth DeAngelis at his own game of XCOM: Enemy Unknown. DeAngelis wiped the floor with Kluwe, and hasn’t let him live it down. De
- Author: Joseph Bernstein
- Tags: News, #wp, #wp-post, #Import 2024-07-26 09:39

Via [Game Informer](http://www.gameinformer.com/b/news/archive/2012/12/20/can-an-nfl-punter-defeat-a-firaxis-developer-in-xcom-tune-in-tonight-to-find-out.aspx?ref=killscreen.com):

> [Minnesota Vikings punter Chris Kluwe](https://www.gameinformer.com/members/chris-warcraft/default.aspx?ref=killscreen.com) is an avid gamer and a huge s— talker. Last month, he thought he could defeat Firaxis Games’ producer and designer Garth DeAngelis at his own game of XCOM: Enemy Unknown. DeAngelis wiped the floor with Kluwe, and hasn’t let him live it down. DeAngelis periodically attacks [Kluwe](https://twitter.com/@chriswarcraft?ref=killscreen.com) on [Twitter](https://twitter.com/@gsdeangelis?ref=killscreen.com), and wants to take him on again for his own amusement.  
>  
> Not one to back down from a fight/train wreck, Kluwe has accepted DeAngelis’ challenge. This time, the stakes are high.