[jolux]

Needs a (2004).

[probably_wrong]

And precisely because it's from 2004 there are plenty of developers who may be hearing this story for the first time.

This story, perhaps more known as "EA Spouse", was eventually attributed to Erin Hoffman [1] and made quite a splash. It gained EA a bad reputation for excessive overtime that, AFAIK, they retain to this day. It's not the only reason why EA was named the "worse company in America" in 2012, but it was among them.

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Erin_Hoffman

[AdmiralAsshat]

I thought the decade-plus age would be obvious from the fact that it's a LiveJournal entry. :)

[spiderice]

I wondered why she was referencing games such as Madden 2005

[Beltalowda]

It was released two months before this post was made.