Malcador Posted March 18, 2013 Share Posted March 18, 2013 They've come along way from EA Spouse Why has elegance found so little following? Elegance has the disadvantage that hard work is needed to achieve it and a good education to appreciate it. - Edsger Wybe Dijkstra Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
alanschu Posted March 18, 2013 Share Posted March 18, 2013 (edited) From everything I can tell, the EA Spouse thing was quite the eye opener. (EDIT: Malcador illustrates this) In terms of things like excessive crunch, BioWare (as an independent entity) had quite the reputation as well. Now we see crunch as "consuming employees and reducing job satisfaction leading to talent drain and excessive job turnover." The BG games were made on 18 hour days 7 days a week. ME1 was particularly bad from what I hear. There's also a decent number of people that have come here from other places that talk it up as being an improvement. I don't have much backlog (mostly service industry types of jobs) to compare with, but EA is eaaaaaaaaaasily the best employer I have had in terms of providing employee satisfaction. But gamers don't care about stuff like that (which is fair). They just buy the games, and in the end the quality of games is all they should need to deal with. Edited March 18, 2013 by alanschu 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Volourn Posted March 18, 2013 Share Posted March 18, 2013 "Either way, some recent EA releases were total failures. ME3" Define 'total failure' b/c I doubt ME3 would belong to any 'total failure' category. P.S. I'm glad that piece of crap was ****canned. DWARVES IN PROJECT ETERNITY = VOLOURN HAS PLEDGED $250. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Malcador Posted March 18, 2013 Share Posted March 18, 2013 Still this is largely much ado about nothing. All the people that hate EA have no cause to do more than chuckle about this, not like the company's burning to ash slowly like RIM Why has elegance found so little following? Elegance has the disadvantage that hard work is needed to achieve it and a good education to appreciate it. - Edsger Wybe Dijkstra Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
alanschu Posted March 18, 2013 Share Posted March 18, 2013 I agree that it's not really a big thing. I have my concerns since it brings up a degree of uncertainty. While some may feel this can only be good, for myself it could mean a lot of bad (or a lot of good) and the idea of "Hmmm, I don't really know how this will affect me long term" isn't what I like to feel. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HoonDing Posted March 18, 2013 Share Posted March 18, 2013 That must be one hell of a severance package. The ending of the words is ALMSIVI. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TSBasilisk Posted March 18, 2013 Share Posted March 18, 2013 (edited) Sorry, gonna insert some news into your discussion thread: Elder Scrolls Online playable for attendees at PAX East Remember Me devs had trouble with anti-heroine publishers Edited March 18, 2013 by TSBasilisk Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
alanschu Posted March 18, 2013 Share Posted March 18, 2013 If this thread is to be exclusively to bring to attention news items, and not for discussion about anything that comes up, I'd ask the moderators to clearly state that in the OP, and to actually enforce it by cleaning up this thread of non-news discussion. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NOK222 Posted March 18, 2013 Share Posted March 18, 2013 (edited) http://www.streetinsider.com/Hot+Mgmt+Changes/Electronic+Arts+%28EA%29+CEO+Riccitiello+Resigns/8193332.html Bye, won't miss ya Edited March 18, 2013 by NKKKK Ka-ka-ka-ka-Cocaine! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fighter Posted March 19, 2013 Share Posted March 19, 2013 It's not like EA will change. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gorth Posted March 19, 2013 Share Posted March 19, 2013 Hey, alanschu, time for a pay rise (it said something including internal candidates for the position) “He who joyfully marches to music in rank and file has already earned my contempt. He has been given a large brain by mistake, since for him the spinal cord would surely suffice.” - Albert Einstein Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NOK222 Posted March 19, 2013 Share Posted March 19, 2013 I will never be unbanned from BSN if Alanchu becomes CEO 1 Ka-ka-ka-ka-Cocaine! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wrath of Dagon Posted March 19, 2013 Share Posted March 19, 2013 I've been predicting Riccitielo's firing for so long I don't know if I even get credit anymore. "Moral indignation is a standard strategy for endowing the idiot with dignity." Marshall McLuhan Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bos_hybrid Posted March 19, 2013 Share Posted March 19, 2013 This probably bad news concerning games coming from EA. Bio will be on lesser footing now. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
alanschu Posted March 19, 2013 Share Posted March 19, 2013 Hey, alanschu, time for a pay rise (it said something including internal candidates for the position) Hah! Well, I have often joked with my friends "when I become CEO" so I did get some "Is there more to this story Allan?" comments as jokes hahaha. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Morgoth Posted March 19, 2013 Share Posted March 19, 2013 That must be one hell of a severance package. "Let's lay off a 100 people as a token so that John can retire in dignity!" Rain makes everything better. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Morgoth Posted March 19, 2013 Share Posted March 19, 2013 "Remember Me devs had trouble with anti-heroine publishers" Some of them obviously never heard of Tomb Raider... Oh well. Then again, we're talking about publisher drones here who don't know jack about what sells a game and what not. Rain makes everything better. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HoonDing Posted March 19, 2013 Share Posted March 19, 2013 "Remember Me devs had trouble with anti-heroine publishers" Some of them obviously never heard of Tomb Raider... Oh well. Then again, we're talking about publisher drones here who don't know jack about what sells a game and what not. So they're gonna show boobies? The ending of the words is ALMSIVI. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nordicus Posted March 19, 2013 Share Posted March 19, 2013 (edited) So they're gonna show boobies? Nope, but plenty of sporty ass Edited March 19, 2013 by Nordicus Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HoonDing Posted March 19, 2013 Share Posted March 19, 2013 So they're gonna show boobies? Nope, but plenty of sporty ass I never asked for this 1 The ending of the words is ALMSIVI. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fighter Posted March 19, 2013 Share Posted March 19, 2013 They can have all the sporty ass they want as long as they drop those ridiculous high heel. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Morgoth Posted March 19, 2013 Share Posted March 19, 2013 Those aren't really high at all. Also all French women wear heels. 1 Rain makes everything better. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fighter Posted March 19, 2013 Share Posted March 19, 2013 Those are high heels in her context. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
IndiraLightfoot Posted March 19, 2013 Share Posted March 19, 2013 (edited) I just got a tip from LordCrash about a turn-based 4x strategy game over at KS: Battle Worlds: Kronos. I read the info and watched video and immediately backed. I'm a sucker for this kind of Panzer General games. http://www.kickstarter.com/projects/kingartgames/battle-worlds-kronos-turn-based-strategy-revisited "The classic turn-based strategy – exciting, involved gaming that calls for long-term planning, clever tactics, transparent rules and tough decisions – is making a comeback. Many gamers may have seen and enjoyed recent examples of great turn-based gaming, but might not be aware of classics like Battle Isle or Advance Wars." Well, this is the grandchild of those games. I'm looking forward to it. I much prefer this than the stressful Starcraft scene. Edited March 19, 2013 by IndiraLightfoot 1 *** "The words of someone who feels ever more the ent among saplings when playing CRPGs" *** Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NOK222 Posted March 19, 2013 Share Posted March 19, 2013 Ka-ka-ka-ka-Cocaine! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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