From companies I’ve worked with, they specifically say not to engage or divulge information to the public EVER. And if you have to for any reason to check with their PR and Marketing teams first. If this dude did think this could be a way “to make a name for himself” or shows any sort of initiative it would just…

I mean, given recent trends. Isn’t anyone who buys a game from EA basicly part of QA or at the very least beta testing? =P

You are spot on, I lived in a city with an EA office that was there just for QA contract work and I met so many people who would tell me they worked for EA and then when I asked what they did it came out that they were QA contractors. This is like saying you work for Warren Buffet if you work for the company that…

You have completely missed the point of this article.

I too would like to live in your dream world where console hackers don’t exist.

I installed it! Then it wanted to install some shady anti-cheat software before I could even start the game. I didn’t get any further than that.

Sadly it has to be a timesink, or else it wouldn’t have survived 13 years...

Man how baller does it have to feel to have some bullshit you rattled off of the top of your head be so memorable that hundreds of people recite it back to you in a concert setting?

Art’s power fundamentally rests in its ability to communicate and express multiple things, some of which are even contradictory, all at the same time. I’m rarely interested in what an author intended to say because it’s entirely possible for them to fail in the act of communicating that message.

That’s.... that’s really the only way to approach analysis in the vast majority of cases. While intent often does matter in some context, creators aren’t god, and can’t really foresee all the possible consequences of their creations. And they often don’t tell us much either. How else would you approach analysis?

Ever…

Eh, I still visit Ebron’s World sometimes to watch that grape stomping video.

There’s a little context to be explained here. Not many people are aware, but in the Cuban culture, the Warriors blew a 3-1 lead in the NBA Finals.

Thank you for humanizing EA.

Like, seriously. They are not the fucking devil/Nazi baby-eaters.

Make the best decisions? Sometimes - no.

But after reading your article word for word (and I have the book, Blood Sweat and Pixels, just haven’t read it yet!) I applaud you for putting the real world truth out there.

I’ve been working with Cecilia on this story since Thursday, when I warned her that things would likely blow up over the weekend and that she might have to work Saturday and Sunday. Which she of course agreed to do immediately, because she is a trooper. Her hard work is the reason that this story is more thorough than…

TF2 in general added a lot to the formula of fpses today, not just in hand movements.

And let’s not forget Zenyatta’s kick in the middle of throwing spheres at enemy with an orb of discord. It’s so powerful, sticks like Reinhardt’s hammer don’t stand a chance.

Unfortunately it’s powered by diesel and has 3 open recalls on it.

Seriously. It’s not even “ironic racism.” It’s straight up making fun of it by mocking a way it manifests on Twitter.