Last week LA SCORES enjoyed the week off for Spring Break. Students from Palms Middle School kicked off their vacation on Monday with EA LA Day, a field trip to Electronic Arts. Electronic Arts is an international video game company located nearby that produces well-known games such as FIFA, Medal of Honor, the Sims, and Rockband for systems like Playstation, PC, Wii, and now the iPad . They were kind enough to host our students and teach them a bit about what it's like to create video games for a living.
The day started out with the students playing soccer on the field at EA with some of the employees. The group was split into four teams --girls and boys mixed -- and played a friendly but competitive round robin with each game lasting 10 minutes. In between games, students shot baskets on the basketball court next to the field or hung out in the shade to watch their friends play.After the tournament, the students went
inside for a tour of the studio. They got to walk around the office and see EA employees working at their desks on new games. Then the students got to go in to the EA store and choose one free game each as a gift from EA. After that there was a little bit of free time for the students to play video games on various systems like XBox 360 and Wii or hang out in the arcade room for old classics like pinball, Pacman, and Foosball.
EA staff concluded the day by showing the students a demonstration of a video game that has not yet been released, and then allowing them to ask questions about the industry and what kind of work goes into making a video game.LA SCORES would like to thank EA and Aaron Kaufman for organizing this event and giving students such a wonderful opportunity!
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