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I need to write a book. I was at EA during the "original EA Spouse" era. (Seems like there has been a repeat during the early '00's. There was an earlier "EA Sp

I need to write a book. I was at EA during the "original EA Spouse" era. (Seems like there has been a repeat during the early '00's. There was an earlier "EA Spouse" controversy during the mid '90's too. Very similar: wife of an EA staffer complaining publicly how the company is ruining her husband's health and sanity.) ANYWAY, that EA Spouse story is only the tip of how bad the video game industry was during the 90's. I worked on the 3D0 operating system, and that was the shit show of cascading shit shows. All that fancy graphics hardware the 3D0 supposedly had, almost none of it worked. The promises, the missing milestones, the finger pointing, the extremely young and poor communicating staff. Electronic Arts was a brain damaging out of control nonsense place for quite a while. And printing money at the same time with their EA Sports group.

dcminter 4y ago
For what it's worth I'd probably buy that book :)
gbro3n 4y ago
"shit show of cascading shit shows" ... When you come across a phrase that decribes a feeling so perfectly ...I will be using this!
gbro3n 4y ago
"shit show of cascading shit shows" ... When you come across a phrase that decribes a feeling so perfectly ...I will be using this!
ClumsyPilot 4y ago
I would be very much interested in such a book :) > the extremely young and poor communicating staff That's is a huge issue in our industry I am by no means any kind of expert in this. One thing I often see, is a developer offering management a choice, A and B, and then being unhappy that they chose wrong, agianst his advice. That's fundamentally wrong - your proffeshional duty is to present to non-experts options that make sence, if option B doesn't make sence, don't present it at all. Present A as a technical nessesity, and if they can't handle it, they will let you know. Like Yes Prime minister discussion of the foreign office. https://youtu.be/VOdnISwLkSs?t=127 https://youtu.be/VOdnISwLkSs?t=127

dcminter 4y ago

For what it's worth I'd probably buy that book :)

gbro3n 4y ago

"shit show of cascading shit shows" ... When you come across a phrase that decribes a feeling so perfectly ...I will be using this!

gbro3n 4y ago

"shit show of cascading shit shows" ... When you come across a phrase that decribes a feeling so perfectly ...I will be using this!

ClumsyPilot 4y ago

I would be very much interested in such a book :) > the extremely young and poor communicating staff That's is a huge issue in our industry I am by no means any kind of expert in this. One thing I often see, is a developer offering management a choice, A and B, and then being unhappy that they chose wrong, agianst his advice. That's fundamentally wrong - your proffeshional duty is to present to non-experts options that make sence, if option B doesn't make sence, don't present it at all. Present A as a technical nessesity, and if they can't handle it, they will let you know. Like Yes Prime minister discussion of the foreign office. https://youtu.be/VOdnISwLkSs?t=127 https://youtu.be/VOdnISwLkSs?t=127