Electronic Arts Reflection
I stopped playing video games since I was 14, and I hoped this trip could help bring back my interest in video games. It did, because what the people do there looks exciting. To contribute to a best-selling game would be an honor, and I bet those people are passionate about their work. In the inside of the building were banners of the new games coming out like Sims 3, Harry Potter, and NFL ’10. My group was mostly excited about the EA game store, and that was our last stop of the tour. Unbelievable prices that had a $30 dollar game into $15 dollars! I had no regrets choosing EA as my second choice for a career exploration visit, but I just wish that there could have been more hands-on and showing more of the reality of work. I know for sure there are cubicles, but the tour guide Julie Wynn didn’t take us upstairs. But what she did show us were the basketball gym, exercise gym, volleyball court, and kid’s playground. Of course, since their games include sports, they should have these as well. Their employees can also use this to be active in exercise as well like today’s well known athletes. I love how the tour guide kept saying “Hi friend” to the employees in EA because the impression that I get is that they’re one big family inside a major company, and they are showing that it’s a great place to work in, but very challenging at the same time. I learned new vocabulary, like “X,” which is the central theme in a game. The company promotes their video games and makes their consumers play it before hitting stores to receive feedback from the game, and what could be done to make it better.
