Remember When EA Embraced Anarchism?

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Published on September 1, 2021 6:56:14 AM ● Video Link: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9UrKGsVEyg0

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World Cup 98 (1998)

Duration: 10:53

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EA Sports isn’t known for being anti-capitalist, but the choice of band in its World Cup 98 game certainly made some of us think otherwise. Also: remember Chumbawamba? Yeah, you probably know this is going down a Tubthumping route.

EA 2020 income statement: https://s22.q4cdn.com/894350492/files/doc_financials/2020/q4/bc5ffc8d-2570-44b6-bedf-6c7385b39855.pdf

EA 1998 Q2 earnings story: https://money.cnn.com/1998/10/22/companies/game_earns/

FIFA corruption: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2015_FIFA_corruption_case

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Unfoldment, Revealment, Evolution, Exposition, Integration by Chris Zabriskie is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 licence. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/

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0:00 - THE INTRO BIT
0:22 - MONEY MONEY MONEY
2:42 - HOOKING THE RUBES
3:52 - GETTING TO THE POINT
5:52 - IT IS FUNNY THOUGH
8:00 - NOT IN THE GAME
9:50 - THANKING THE PATRONS

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