When Steve Rechtschaffner (executive producer, SSX) spoke at the IGDA chapter meeting last winter, he told us about his time heading the US Freestyle ski team. He said that most skiers always attempted to perfect the same set of basic moves, but there was this French guy who always did things completely differently, always had a completely new and original take on the same moves. Then he said that EA, in establishing itself in Montreal, was aware that the city had some of that same untapped creative potential, that same original thinking not found anywhere else in America.

And now, EA wants to spend millions training Montreal developers.

Nothing wrong wit dat, if you ask me.