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Comment Re:Hmm... (Score 1) 275

by retrorogue on Monday June 23, 2008 @02:40PM (#23907069) Attached to: Atari Tries To Supress Bad Reviews, Claims Piracy

Too bad people still can't figure out that its a different Atari than the one 25 years ago. Or that that ET and Pac-Man (among other things) did distroy the company - it was split up and sold off back in '84. I guess after all these years, people still haven't learned to do a little research before making comments like that in public forums. But then, what would slashdot be if every single person put thought in to their comments here - you'd have nobody posting.

The History of Electronic Arts 65

Posted by Zonk on Friday February 16, 2007 @06:21PM from the 80s-action-game-dev dept.

Gamasutra is running an extensive article today on the long history of Electronic Arts. Starting all the way back with the days of Trip Hawkins, they move through the days of Madden, Nintendo, small studio purchases and, of course, the Sims. There's also an a whole series of images associated with the article, letting you look back and chuckle about the cover art of games from the past. The article concludes: "Art and commerce have always been uneasy bedfellows, and nowhere is that tension more evident than in the world of video games. Perhaps after looking at the history of Electronic Arts we may have some insight into that hot point of ignition where business and inspiration combine to create cutting edge games. As Trip Hawkins explained, 'Entrepreneurship is a creative art form. Like other creative people, we do it because we have to do it. We have no choice but to express ourselves in this way. But of course like all artists we are optimists, so we believe good things will come ... It is not about making money, it is about making a difference.'"

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