Tony Bourdain visits EA
Having grown up watching Food Network, I've learned to appreciate food and cooking. I worship the altar of Alton Brown and I deeply admire Tony Bourdain. The guy is fantastic: honest, open-minded, loves food, loves travel and drinks like a fish. No Reservations is one of my favorite shows, and this week they went to Vancouver, BC and visited EA Sports during a segment.
I visited another Vancouver developer a couple years ago, Next Level Games. They were working on Super Mario Strikers at the time, and their studio was a neat brick-lined loft in downtown Vancouver with maybe 50 people. EA Games is GIGANTIC in comparison, with their motion capture studio and Google-esque workplace mentality.
Note: It is a well-known fact that I despise Vancouver. After the great hobo war of 2007 I was left battered, bruised, stinky and unable to micturate properly. This episode changed my mind and made me want to visit again, so maybe if you enjoy the passion in which we here at the 'Geek speak about things, you'd enjoy the same level of passion from Mr. Bourdain.
Check out this clip and wait for the end when Tony pitches a game idea that has him battling it out vs. Mario Batali.
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What say you?!