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Last week Electronic Arts opened their doors to LA SCORES. Through all their kindness and cooperation our Palms Middle School students were given a peek into the science and art of creating video games. Our day at the studio showed how a real world job can seem surreal and the virtual world of games can seem increasingly realistic.
Our day began with a studio tour through two production floors of EA Games. While on these floors we learned about the different stages of development that each game goes through before hitting the shelves at your favorite store. The length of pre-development research and engineering that each game requires can seem overwhelming but is all part of creating a fun and challenging gaming experience. During this our students were able to look over the shoulders of testers, engineers and other employees and ask questions about what they were doing and what games they were working on.
After the tour we watched the movie Ginga, which documents the life of 10 different Brazilians through futsal. Once this ended a senior staff member of EA came for a Q & A with our kids. This transitioned to a trivia game about things seen and heard during our tour. Correct answers were rewarded with EA Game T-Shirts.
The day concluded with a very special trip to the EA video game store, where all our kids were able to have a free video game. Our kids were elated about their new game and thankful to all of EA who made the trip possible.
From all of us at LA SCORES we would like to express our gratitude to Aaron Kaufman, Amir and Tim for making this possible and the EA staff for their generosity and accommodation.
1 comments:
This looks like a lot of fun. You guys should have this more often.
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