Re: 'People like to hate EA, I don't know why'

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Sujet : Re: 'People like to hate EA, I don't know why'
De : spallshurgenson (at) *nospam* gmail.com (Spalls Hurgenson)
Groupes : comp.sys.ibm.pc.games.action
Date : 29. Mar 2025, 15:35:53
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On Sat, 29 Mar 2025 09:07:30 -0400, shawn
<nanoflower@notforg.m.a.i.l.com> wrote:

On Fri, 21 Mar 2025 17:13:36 -0500, Zaghadka <zaghadka@hotmail.com>
wrote:
>
On Wed, 19 Mar 2025 15:15:05 -0400, in comp.sys.ibm.pc.games.action,
Spalls Hurgenson wrote:
>
The sad thing is, I still think EA is one of the _better_ triple-A
publishers... because the rest of them are even worse!
>
I remember back in the C=64 days when I would buy anything published by
EA, because they were *that* good. Of course I would immediately crack
their stupid 10 minute long half-track loader (their proprietary DRM) and
have the game load up in 3 seconds with FastLoad.
>
And for people who didn't crack the endless EA logo loading screen? I
made a fortune realigning 1541 hard drives so it would work. I always
offered the pirate tool though.
>
But still, Archon, Seven Cities of Gold, MULE. They were amazing.
>
Indeed back in the Trip Hawkins era they were a great company. Focused
on making money but also celebrating the developer. Sadly those days
are long gone.

The myth is that Hawkins founded EA based on the idea of promoting the
developer and that the entire "album cover" packaging was to push the
idea of software as 'art' and developers as 'rockstars. I don't doubt
there was some truth to it (if only because the act created the ideal
rather than the other way around), but from what I've read, internally
the company was as ruthless and pushy with its developers as any of
its competitors.

But it made for a nice story and even if Hawkins didn't personally buy
into it, it did help to raise developers from faceless backroom
number-crunchers into human beings and game development into something
that might be an enjoyable career.

Me, I just loved the album-cover form-factor. Had PC gaming fully
embraced that, I might still have all my box-covers ;-)



Date Sujet#  Auteur
19 Mar 25 * 'People like to hate EA, I don't know why'38Spalls Hurgenson
20 Mar 25 +* Re: 'People like to hate EA, I don't know why'2Rin Stowleigh
21 Mar 25 i`- Re: 'People like to hate EA, I don't know why'1Zaghadka
21 Mar 25 +* Re: 'People like to hate EA, I don't know why'29Zaghadka
23 Mar 25 i+* Re: 'People like to hate EA, I don't know why'23candycanearter07
23 Mar 25 ii`* Re: 'People like to hate EA, I don't know why'22Spalls Hurgenson
23 Mar 25 ii +- Re: 'People like to hate EA, I don't know why'1candycanearter07
23 Mar 25 ii `* Re: 'People like to hate EA, I don't know why'20Zaghadka
24 Mar 25 ii  `* Re: 'People like to hate EA, I don't know why'19JAB
24 Mar 25 ii   +* Re: 'People like to hate EA, I don't know why'2Spalls Hurgenson
24 Mar 25 ii   i`- Re: 'People like to hate EA, I don't know why'1Dimensional Traveler
24 Mar 25 ii   +* Re: 'People like to hate EA, I don't know why'12Spalls Hurgenson
24 Mar 25 ii   i+* Re: 'People like to hate EA, I don't know why'10Dimensional Traveler
25 Mar 25 ii   ii`* Re: 'People like to hate EA, I don't know why'9candycanearter07
26 Mar 25 ii   ii `* Re: 'People like to hate EA, I don't know why'8Dimensional Traveler
28 Mar 25 ii   ii  `* Re: 'People like to hate EA, I don't know why'7candycanearter07
29 Mar 25 ii   ii   `* Re: 'People like to hate EA, I don't know why'6Dimensional Traveler
31 Mar 25 ii   ii    `* Re: 'People like to hate EA, I don't know why'5candycanearter07
31 Mar 25 ii   ii     `* Re: 'People like to hate EA, I don't know why'4Spalls Hurgenson
31 Mar 25 ii   ii      `* Re: 'People like to hate EA, I don't know why'3.../v]andrak|≡...
1 Apr 25 ii   ii       `* Re: 'People like to hate EA, I don't know why'2Zaghadka
1 Apr 25 ii   ii        `- Re: 'People like to hate EA, I don't know why'1Spalls Hurgenson
25 Mar 25 ii   i`- Re: 'People like to hate EA, I don't know why'1JAB
25 Mar 25 ii   `* Re: 'People like to hate EA, I don't know why'4JAB
25 Mar 25 ii    +- Re: 'People like to hate EA, I don't know why'1Zaghadka
26 Mar 25 ii    `* Re: 'People like to hate EA, I don't know why'2Spalls Hurgenson
27 Mar 25 ii     `- Re: 'People like to hate EA, I don't know why'1Zaghadka
29 Mar 25 i+* Re: 'People like to hate EA, I don't know why'2Spalls Hurgenson
29 Mar 25 ii`- Re: 'People like to hate EA, I don't know why'1Zaghadka
2 Apr 25 i+* Re: 'People like to hate EA, I don't know why'2Werner P.
2 Apr 25 ii`- Re: 'People like to hate EA, I don't know why'1Zaghadka
2 Apr 25 i`- Re: 'People like to hate EA, I don't know why'1Werner P.
22 Mar 25 `* Re: 'People like to hate EA, I don't know why'6JAB
22 Mar 25  +* Re: 'People like to hate EA, I don't know why'3Zaghadka
22 Mar 25  i`* Re: 'People like to hate EA, I don't know why'2JAB
22 Mar 25  i `- Re: 'People like to hate EA, I don't know why'1Zaghadka
22 Mar 25  `* Re: 'People like to hate EA, I don't know why'2Spalls Hurgenson
25 Mar 25   `- Re: 'People like to hate EA, I don't know why'1JAB

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