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EA Welcomes Governor Bush
Game Spy ^ | Aug. 5, 2005 | Eduardo Vasconcellos

Posted on 08/06/2005 4:23:18 PM PDT by Sofa King

Electronic Arts announced today that it will be holding an event to showcase Madden NFL Football 06 to Fla. Gov. Jeb Bush.

Gov. Bush will appear to show his support of a "Made in Florida" product and he will be meeting the developers of the title and will get some hands-on time with the final product. The Governor will also be given a Madden NFL 06 football and will be treated to a video created by the EA team just for his visit.

Gov. Bush will also be meeting with Steve Chiang, co-founder of Tiburon and Vice President and Studio General Manager, EA-Tiburon, where Chiang will give an outline of EA-Tiburon's past, present and future.

The event will take place Monday, August 8 from 2-3 p.m. at the EA-Tiburon studios in Orlando, Fla.


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Uh-oh, looks like Jeb Bush is headed into the den of Evil Arts. Nothing good can come from this.
1 posted on 08/06/2005 4:23:19 PM PDT by Sofa King
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To: Quick1; indcons; somniferum; KoRn; Duke Nukum; expat_brit; Galactic Overlord-In-Chief; dljordan; ...

Video game ping!

If you want on or off this list, Freepmail me


2 posted on 08/06/2005 4:24:11 PM PDT by Sofa King (MY rights are not subject to YOUR approval.)
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To: Sofa King
Evil Arts? I assume this is a play on "EA"? Is there something I don't know about the company?

Please go ahead and add me to the video game ping list too!

3 posted on 08/06/2005 4:26:40 PM PDT by SaveTheChief (There are 10 types of people -- those who understand binary, and those who don't.)
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To: SaveTheChief
"Is there something I don't know about the company?"

They're evil! Ok, if you're going to be less hyperbolic about it, they just have a tendency to produce the same garbage over and over again re-selling it as a new game each time.

They were also sued a while back by their employees, something about unpaid overtime and such.
4 posted on 08/06/2005 4:40:37 PM PDT by Sofa King (MY rights are not subject to YOUR approval.)
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To: Sofa King

From what I've read of the coverage of the new Madden game, one of the new things they've implimented is a "cone of view" for the quarterback. Looks like it's going to make the gameplay more difficult than it need be. Although I hope I'm wrong.


5 posted on 08/06/2005 8:27:57 PM PDT by Thoro (Then an accidental overdose of gamma radiation alters his body chemistry....)
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To: SaveTheChief

Well, football-wise they've solely acquired the NFL license, which means the only NFL game coming out this year is an EA game as opposed to the last couple years when they had some competition from Sega Sports.


6 posted on 08/06/2005 8:29:51 PM PDT by Thoro (Then an accidental overdose of gamma radiation alters his body chemistry....)
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To: Thoro

I think this exclusive deal biz is going to hurt sports games in the long run. Too bad, even though I only dabble in them.


7 posted on 08/07/2005 5:51:35 PM PDT by M1911A1
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