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EA Uses ASCII Billboard To Woo Rivals

Posted by simoniker on from the cheeky-so-and-so dept.

Lard writes "According to Canada.com, videogame maker Electronic Arts has posted a billboard using ASCII character codes in order to poach programmers away from rival Radical Entertainment's Vancouver offices - 'the billboard is only about 100 metres from [Radical's] head office' and reads 'now hiring' using ASCII, alongside an EA Canada logo. You can check out a better image of the billboard here ."

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  1. Re:Should have made it const. by BMonger · · Score: 2, Insightful

    I'm cofused... Now Jiring? Or did you mean 72 to a 70? Or am I totally out of whack?