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Sam Player was actually an Executive Producer for EA - in charge under EA Sports who wanted to do a Sims 2 ep and so he did. He did not leave EA until 2013. He was a person I had known at EA through PGA Golf Tour, and Later the Tiger Woods Golf games long before he worked on BV. During Sims 2 production it was not unusual for Producers from other departments to work on EPs when they had a good idea. Back then Maxis was a much smaller studio than it is now - so they need all the best talent EA had to make the by then quite popular Sims game.
Sam was one of my most helpful people at EA when BV's Securom turned my high end pc to an over priced paper weight, and actually spent hours of his own time (after JR reprimanded him for wasting company time on trying to help me and dozens of others with the same issues) personally over the telephone and via email into all hours of the night at his own expense.
But Sam technically did not work for Maxis - he worked for EA and continued to work for EA up until June of 2013. As Cinebar said he also worked on some kind of racing for My Sims for console as well as his expertise was in sports - so it seemed a natural thing for him to do. As an EA Executive Producer he could more or less go anywhere his specialties were needed or when he had a good idea for any of EA's games. He was very talented and a very nice person to boot.
But really - what does any of this have to do with now - and Sims 4?
Sam was one of my most helpful people at EA when BV's Securom turned my high end pc to an over priced paper weight, and actually spent hours of his own time (after JR reprimanded him for wasting company time on trying to help me and dozens of others with the same issues) personally over the telephone and via email into all hours of the night at his own expense.
But Sam technically did not work for Maxis - he worked for EA and continued to work for EA up until June of 2013. As Cinebar said he also worked on some kind of racing for My Sims for console as well as his expertise was in sports - so it seemed a natural thing for him to do. As an EA Executive Producer he could more or less go anywhere his specialties were needed or when he had a good idea for any of EA's games. He was very talented and a very nice person to boot.
But really - what does any of this have to do with now - and Sims 4?
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