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What game company from your childhood do you remember with fondness? (reddthat.com)

submitted 11 months ago by Telorand@reddthat.com to c/gaming@beehaw.org

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I was thinking about how I remember Maxis fondly, and I got to wondering what other people's experiences were like!

Is your favorite still around? Are they still the same, or did they "change directions under new management?"

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[–] DarkDarkHouse@lemmy.sdf.org 18 points 11 months ago (1 children)

Electronic Arts :(

[–] Telorand@reddthat.com 6 points 11 months ago (1 children)

Yeah... Gotta wonder what the original founders would say if you could tell them what they'd become.

[–] averyminya@beehaw.org 2 points 11 months ago

I remember going to EA games on a field trip for school and even back then the corporate feeling was strong. I remember this panel about developer freedom and not a single student was interested. Granted, nobody from my school was on track to do any kind of game development