Electronic Arts

Here are some of the friends I made in my five years at Electronic Arts. You'll notice few of the pictures were taken at work!

Era 1: The Sims 2 PC

My first major project at EA was The Sims 2 base game for the PC. At this time, Maxis was in their own location in downtown Walnut Creek, which had the happy result that I could take BART to work.

	Pao Jitmakusol was famous for his HangBoy figures (right) that he drew on whiteboards in the middle of the night.
	You can see lots more hangboys at www.hangboy.com.

Sorry about the terrible picture, Emmy!

Other character modelers included Emmy Toyonaga (left) and Eric Chin (foreground right). Eric's sitting with Kiyoshi Okuma.

Quite a few of us lived in the city and took the BART over, so we tried to get out in the urban environment post-work. At left, MJ (Mary Jean) Chun, along with my non-Maxis friend Ruby; Seth Olshfski in the middle; and Lauren Wheeler at right.

	Destry Davison, on Margaret Ng's birthday	Thomas Vu, Dickson Cho, @ East in LA
Dickson Cho, Ken Tan	Rodney Pao Golden Gopher	Jason Kim at the Golden Gopher
MJ Chun and Robi Kauker	Mike Long	Mike Long ( but closer this time)
Cory Tsang	Jason Be Rockin'	Letting Off Steam
Ken Tan	The Elegant MJ Chun	Jason Kim tries to eat while his wife Tiffany looks on

Era 2: EA Partners

After The Sims 2 PC base game and the first expansion pack, I was looking to try out something different. Inspired by Tom Frisina, the very charismatic head of EA Partners, I transferred into the EA Partners group where I helped evaluate and coach our potential collaborators.

Scott Evans	Scott Evans relaxing
Scott Testing	The Man Himself - Tom Frisina	Dave Yee
Dan Foy (with Leo trying to horn in on Dan's camera action)	Mike Doran	Tana Billingsley
Kathy Frazier

Era 3: The Sims Studio

Over time there just wasn't enough work at EA Partners, so I began working for the Sims Studio, which was now located in EA's large Redwood City headquarters. At first it was part-time but eventually I was back in the studio full-time.

Ben Thompson, Robin Hunicke, and Tim LeTourneau @ E3	Chetan Ullal	Sally's a-singin (Sally Huang, that is)
Nick Hunter	Yoshi Hatano