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A look at what I do inside the doors at EA Canada. My thoughts on my day-to-day work as a Community Manager and to share with you sites and sounds from content that I've helped get out to the Community.
Monday, July 5, 2010
Quick Clips with Rammer - Celebration and Solid Hit
Posted on July 5, 2010 at 05:18 PM.
Originally posted on the In the Crease blog:

As promised now that our fans have flocked to the official NHL Facebook Fan page and put us over 40k, I’ve recorded another clip further illustrating how the Real-Time Physics work in NHL 11 along with a second clip with a quick user celebration. As you can tell from my somewhat tired voice, the team has been working extremely hard into the early morning hours over the past week looking to hit Beta, so I appreciate everyone’s patience ... Read More
Tuesday, June 29, 2010
Quick Clip with Rammer on Physics in NHL 11
Posted on June 29, 2010 at 03:18 AM.
Originally posted on the In the Crease blog

Thanks to all the 10K+ NHL fans who are following us on twitter @EASPORTSNHL as well as on our official Facebook fan page at http://facebook.com/easportsnhl. Since I promised I would show you guys a quick clip from NHL 11 once we hit 10,000 tweeps, I caught this quick clip that shows how the game uses the real-time physics engine to illustrate what we’re so excited about on this end.

Check this video out…

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Thursday, June 17, 2010
Quick Pics from E3
Posted on June 17, 2010 at 09:20 PM.
E3 is just about in the books and these past three days have been nothing short of a video gamers dream come true! I know we've got more videos on the way but in the meantime I thought I'd throw up some pics from my walk through the EA SPORTS floor today. Great job by all the EA SPORTS demo staff on hand as it's no doubt there are plenty of tired feet and lost voices among them.

But enough from me...click on the thumbs to see larger versions and thanks to all the fans ... Read More
Wednesday, June 16, 2010
EA SPORTS Dominates Best of E3 Sports Category
Posted on June 16, 2010 at 03:15 AM.
Originally posted on http://insideblog.easports.com

The critics have spoken and the hard work put in by the number of development teams at Tiburon and EA Canada have been recognized on Day Two of E3. IGN released their list of nominees, less Best Overall game, and within the Sports Video Games category EA SPORTS had the only five ... Read More
Monday, June 14, 2010
EA's E3 Press Conference Impresses
Posted on June 14, 2010 at 10:00 PM.
Originally posted on http://insideblog.easports.com

Though the doors to the LA Convention Center don't open until tomorrow, today was filled with early E3 goodness as press conferences from first-party manufacturers and leading publishers, including Electronic Arts, were attended by gamers that have descended into the city. EA proudly introduced ten titles that will be featured this week and among them, EA SPORTS grabbed the attention of sports gamers as President Peter ... Read More
Friday, June 4, 2010
Community Gets Early Looks and Look for Us at E3
Posted on June 4, 2010 at 08:26 PM.
Things at EA Canada got kicked up a notch the last couple of weeks and I really don't see things slowing down with E3 now just a couple of weeks away. Dev teams have been working into the evenings to not only meet tight milestones, but they've also been finding time to show off the game to press and community as we near a very busy time in our industry.

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Saturday, January 31, 2009
Ryan Kesler of the Vancouver Canucks Visits EA Canada
Posted on January 31, 2009 at 04:54 AM.
I was asked by Senior Publicist Steve Frost if I'd be interested in tagging along during a motion capture session with Vancouver Canucks' Assistant Captain Ryan Kesler. The studio was to host Inside the NHL's Dan Moriarty who created the idea for a segment on his show to feature Kesler to speak on his passion for video games. Being a 'nucks' fan, I was totally stoked to jump at the opportunity to hang out and take a few pictures to share for our community. I even brought my 'nucks hat which I ... Read More
Friday, January 30, 2009
Tonight's Dinner Conversation with My Brother Dex
Posted on January 30, 2009 at 05:11 AM.
For some life after Christmas can seem a little slow with a New Year's hangover and the rut of having to pay off the Christmas Visa after splurging a little more than you should have. I've just passed my first three months as Community Manager at EA Canada and the one thing my life is not, is slow.

I was having dinner with my brother Dex who came in from Toronto to do a photo shoot and we were catching up on each others' careers. He had moved out there to be closer to the fashion ... Read More
Thursday, January 29, 2009
3-On-3 NHL Arcade
Posted on January 29, 2009 at 07:24 PM.
Wednesday, January 28, 2009
NHL All Star Game Recap
Posted on January 28, 2009 at 08:15 PM.
Originally posted on EA SPORTS World

Check out my Saturday Events Recap!

The All-Star Game was nothing short of a shooter's paradise as skaters were allowed to freely roam the ice and players found lanes not usually opening up for them as they did in this contest. It was a fun display of skill that is rarely seen during the season games, and in my opinion, that's fine because for the entertainment value alone it's something to see when players hook up on some of the nice ... Read More
Monday, January 26, 2009
NHL All Star Saturday Recap
Posted on January 26, 2009 at 08:53 PM.
Originally posted on EA SPORTS World

NHL All-Star Saturday Recap

On a weekend where many of the league’s best players had the opportunity to showcase their skills, fans were treated to some great hockey, many trips down memory lane, and some glimpses of what the future of the NHL has to come.

The Saturday events had the fans on their feet and cheering even while the teams were practicing. There’s something about hockey being played in Montreal and with ... Read More
Tuesday, January 20, 2009
Communicate with the EA SPORTS Dev Team
Posted on January 20, 2009 at 03:07 AM.
I wanted to take a moment to share some of the different ways that we're getting our development staff to get out of their normal day-to-day routines and to communicate with the sports gaming community and what better place to share than right here in one of the top sports communities on the net.

I've always had a lot of respect for the team here because these guys know how to run a site and I really hope that our team at EA can take a few pointers from the guys here have done with ... Read More
Saturday, January 17, 2009
EA sk88z, I'm in the Game! - Jan 17/09
Posted on January 17, 2009 at 08:19 PM.
Originally posted on personal blog on Blogspot:

Another busy week for me as I had the opportunity to travel to Orlando to our Tiburon office where I had the chance to meet up with other Community Managers and our LIVE Production team who does a lot of our Top 10's along with other content that you see on EA SPORTS World. I had a chance to share some of the things I've done with the NBA LIVE team so far and discuss with them some of our upcoming plans with the NBA All-Star Game, Super ... Read More
Friday, January 9, 2009
Busy first week back at EAC
Posted on January 9, 2009 at 12:45 AM.
Talk about a crazy first week back at work here at EA Canada. As a first blog post here in OS, I wanted to share a little of what I do in my day-to-day as a Community Manager. I really do think I have one of the sweetest gigs around and I consider myself pretty lucky to work with the talented people that I do.

Fight Night Round 4 - I'm in the midst of putting together our Community Day event near the end of February and putting out invites to EA Fight Night fans. I'm a huge fan of ... Read More

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