Hal Halpin and the rest of the crew at the Entertainment Consumers Association want to wish GamePolitics readers a happy holiday season.
It has been a great 2008 for the ECA and its gamer-members. 2009 will be even better!
FULL DISCLOSURE DEPT: The ECA is the parent company of GamePolitics.
DorthLous: Anybody tried Hiversaire? Thoughts?05/22/2013 - 5:48pm
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E. Zachary Knight: New Humble Bundle Weekly Sale. Alan Wake: https://www.humblebundle.com/weekly No Linux or Mac support. :(05/22/2013 - 1:46pm
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E. Zachary Knight: Microsoft talks about the lack of backward compatability. You're backwards. http://www.gamasutra.com/view/news/192801/If_youre_backwards_compatible_youre_really_backwards.php05/22/2013 - 1:39pm
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E. Zachary Knight: That is absolutely nuts there. As bad an experience XBox Indie Games was, the problems weren't with the self published side of things. Forcing a publisher onto independent studios is not going to help.05/22/2013 - 10:43am
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MaskedPixelante: http://www.eurogamer.net/articles/2013-05-22-microsoft-wont-let-indies-self-publish-on-xbox-one And the hits just keep on coming.05/22/2013 - 9:20am
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E. Zachary Knight: AE: You beat me to it. That's what I get for taking the night off.05/22/2013 - 7:40am
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E. Zachary Knight: To continue the confused and convoluted messaging system present in EA, They are making Wii U games: http://www.gamasutra.com/view/news/192753/EA_is_working_on_Wii_U_games_after_all.php05/22/2013 - 7:33am
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Imautobot: I gotta admit, I seriously believed Microsoft was going to "Bring It" with this new console. But they failed, and I think that failure might be Epic.05/22/2013 - 7:27am
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Andrew Eisen: Well, the Xbox One reveal certainly had an interesting affect on the big 3's stock prices. https://twitter.com/AndrewEisen/status/33705126448977100805/21/2013 - 10:45pm
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PHX Corp: http://kotaku.com/so-the-xbox-one-reveal-screwed-up-a-lot-of-peoples-kin-509179256 So The Xbox One Reveal Screwed With Some People's Kinects05/21/2013 - 10:36pm
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Zen: On a funny side note...both of my boys have already voted NOT to get the Xbox One as soon as they found out Minecraft won't transfer lol. Some people have priorities damnit! ;)05/21/2013 - 9:27pm
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Andrew Eisen: Here's the full quote on EA making Wii U games according to Neogaf: http://www.neogaf.com/forum/showthread.php?t=56112105/21/2013 - 8:19pm
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Andrew Eisen: Xbox One may not be always on but that doesn't mean you can use it without an internet connection. http://kotaku.com/xbox-one-does-require-internet-connection-cant-play-o-50916410905/21/2013 - 7:39pm
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Andrew Eisen: Polygon says EA's CFO says it is developing games for Wii U but doesn't provide that quote. http://www.polygon.com/2013/5/21/4351844/ea-developing-wii-u-games05/21/2013 - 7:11pm
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Andrew Eisen: Well, I was right. Both Sony and Microsoft's consoles will be out by the year's end and both will be significantly more powerful than the current gen.05/21/2013 - 5:06pm
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james_fudge: thnx05/21/2013 - 4:47pm
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Zen: Just to let ya know...you called it the "Xbox 260" in the backwards compatibility article lol.05/21/2013 - 4:26pm
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Zen: @PHX Awesome, I will hit those up after class tonight. Going back to college finally! :) My kids have had a blast telling ME to do my homework now lol.05/21/2013 - 4:19pm
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PHX Corp: @Zen I sent you a friend request on both PSN and XBL, just a heads up05/21/2013 - 4:16pm
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Zen: I noticed it with the football players when EA showed off Madden as well.05/21/2013 - 4:11pm
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Comments
Re: Happy Holidays from the ECA!
Bah, ECA. Humbug!
Re: Happy Holidays from the ECA!
Happy holidays to one and all
Re: Happy Holidays from the ECA!
Err why the full disclosure part? Fair enough on most news stories involving the ECA but "Here's a christmas card" would be hard for even jack thompson to twist into something other than a christmas card.
Well twist convincingly anyway
Well now that I think of it he'd have a hard time convincing me that grass is green...
Re: Happy Holidays from the ECA!
I've always read the full disclosure thing as an FU to those that would try to twist or spin something out of it, like Jack... but not limited to him.
Re: Happy Holidays from the ECA!
Happy holidays to the ECA. I hope that I will be a member soon... first I need to get some IP's out there...
Re: Happy Holidays from the ECA!
Merry Christmas everyone!
Re: Happy Holidays from the ECA!
Marry chirstmas to all of you.
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"Game on, brothers and sisters." -Leet Gamer Jargon
"A Chrono Trigger is anything that unleashes its will or desire to change history!" -Gaspar
Re: Happy Holidays from the ECA!
Good Yule everybody! Blessed Be!!
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Re: Happy Holidays from the ECA!
My girl Katy's on there (bottom row, third from left). Yay! ^_^
Re: Happy Holidays from the ECA!
Ugh, I can't stand her. Talk about total overexposure for someone who's not even that talented.
"There is no sin except stupidity." - Oscar Wilde
Re: Happy Holidays from the ECA!
Couldn't have said the bottom row on the right? Not like there are any other girls on there or anyone to the right of her.
E. Zachary Knight
Oklahoma City Chapter of the ECA
MySpace Page: http://www.myspace.com/okceca
Facebook Page: http://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=1325674091
E. Zachary Knight
Divine Knight Gaming
OK Game Devs
Random Tower
Re: Happy Holidays from the ECA!
At the risk of sounding like an ingrate . . . ain't nothing worse than getting a Christmas card with no money in it.
Re: Happy Holidays from the ECA!
IF you guys want to know the positions and names of those in this card (and to see what Dennis looks like) here is the link:
http://www.theeca.com/team_eca
It seems that Dennis is not on this card for some reason. Probably because he not technically part of the ECA management team.
E. Zachary Knight
Oklahoma City Chapter of the ECA
MySpace Page: http://www.myspace.com/okceca
Facebook Page: http://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=1325674091
E. Zachary Knight
Divine Knight Gaming
OK Game Devs
Random Tower
Re: Happy Holidays from the ECA!
Happy Holidays everybody!
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Re: Happy Holidays from the ECA!
I, for one, am really curious what the average working day at the ECA is like. Looking at that picture, first thought that went through my head was...."....What do these people do again?"
Oh well. I prefer not to get wrapped up in denominational holidays anyway. It's easier to just say, "Merry, (as good an excuse to get drunk as any) day."
Re: Happy Holidays from the ECA!
Fuck that.
Merry Christmas and happy Hannukah.
Re: Happy Holidays from the ECA!
I concur. I'm sick of all this PC bullshit.
"No law means no law" - Supreme Court Justice Hugo Black on the First Amendment
Re: Happy Holidays from the ECA!
Me three! If it's Christmas in your faith, you say Merry Christmas to everyone, if you're Jewish you say Happy Hannukah to everyone, if you're Moslem you say whatever the Moslems say at this time of year and if you're an atheist you say... we'' I've no idea - but anyway you say it. I don't see why anyone needs to get offended by the fact that different people have different customs. Diversity is a GOOD thing.
So Merry Christmas everyone!
Re: Happy Holidays from the ECA!
Atheists tend to use "happy holidays" unless they're the militant type. So you think they should have put however many slogans anybody in the ECA might use on the card? That could get abit cluttered. Happy Holidays gets the point across with minimal objection from everybody but the LCDs.
Re: Happy Holidays from the ECA!
Nice pic!
*tries to find Dennis in the pic*
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"Game on, brothers and sisters." -Leet Gamer Jargon
"A Chrono Trigger is anything that unleashes its will or desire to change history!" -Gaspar
Re: Happy Holidays from the ECA!
lol same.. I have no idea what he looks like
Re: Happy Holidays from the ECA!
very back, next to the anime character one, right? (back-right)
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Re: Happy Holidays from the ECA!
That's what I think it is, but I only saw his picture only once.
Re: Happy Holidays from the ECA!
Are you sure? If that is him, they are using a different photo from his profile photo on the team ECA page. Everyone else is a cut out of their profile photo.
It's hard to tell with the low resolution of the displayed graphic.
E. Zachary Knight
Oklahoma City Chapter of the ECA
MySpace Page: http://www.myspace.com/okceca
Facebook Page: http://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=1325674091
E. Zachary Knight
Divine Knight Gaming
OK Game Devs
Random Tower
Re: Happy Holidays from the ECA!
Which one is it then, EZK?
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"Game on, brothers and sisters." -Leet Gamer Jargon
"A Chrono Trigger is anything that unleashes its will or desire to change history!" -Gaspar
Re: Happy Holidays from the ECA!
Wow, Dennis looks older than I thought.
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