Episode 11 - Plants vs. EA

[Matt]

The Checkpoint crew discuss EA's purchase of Pop-Cap.

http://www.penny-arcade.com/patv/checkpoint/111/

-m

[Geoff_B]

http://www.guardian.co.uk/commentisfree/2007/oct/08/comment.olympics2012

seems relevant. don't worry i'll have a whip round to help fund the lawsuit. only joking. about the lawsuit.

anyway does that mean pop cap games will now be distributed exclusively through origin?

[Kathleen]

Matt you are the worst at noticing I had already made a CheckPoint Thread.

[Mowinckel]

Moderator figth! Moderator figth!

[Geoff_B]

my money's on kathleen

[Mowinckel]

Unless Matt gets angry...right now his not angry at you

[Gap Filler]

Did you see Cash Cats? Betting on Matt's for suckers however you look at it.

Hee. I remember seeing that article in the paper at the time. Nice to know its still a tickle after all this time.

[Geoff_B]

well everyone's using 2012 in their titles and everyone will get sued by sebastian coe for doing so including me for saying it in this post

[JackSlack]

So, does anyone hold out any hope for PopCap at all?

I totally do not. EA's not got a good track record at this. I really, really want everyone at EA to watch this video. Not for the tips: So that they understand at a deep level that this is their brand identity now. EA are those people who buy up good studios and wreck them.

Sorry, I'll stop being depressed now.

[AlexanderDitto]

The MadCatz story was so good, SO GOOD, I was ROFLing all over the place. Kathleen's execution on that one was flawless.

I love Checkpoint so much. It's like Rapidfire and ENN had a beautiful, beautiful child, with slick graphics and GAMES FOR CATS. Heeeeeeeee. So good.

[phlip]

Ugh, when I become a huge multinational company, there's just so many things to remember... I have to not only not be Sony (or at least be less so), but now I have to not be like EA? I think this is just getting too complicated...

[JackSlack]

Y'know, I miss Ryan Quickbender. I just want to hear, "Hello, cashbags," one more time.

[Flewellyn]

Games for cats, huh? I wonder if Khaavren and Annika will be testers?

I can see it now..."My cat hates: Escort missions!" "My cat hates: stupidly easy achievements." "My cat hates: PVP griefers."

[Yaxley]

I will just try to console myself by knowing that the PopCap games I purchased before EA bought them will continue to be awesome.

Oh wait, can EA release patches for that? Nooooooo!

[DarkMorford]

This makes me wish I had bought the PopCap bundle during the Steam summer sale. I could have gotten everything before EA messes with it.

[pokute]

Can't stop... staring... at... Kathleen's eyes...

(Did you guys change up the catch light?)

Sooo hypnotic @_@

Oh and there is totally a market for iPad games for cats and dogs.

[semysane]

So, will Kathleen's games-for-cats company have to compete with the games-for-cats company that was featured on ENN?