Thanks to the OP of this message whose name I forget.
Hijacking the top comment to post this. One article isn’t enough guys, we need more mainstream media outlets talking about this to turn up the heat on Disney & EA. Here’s a list of tech journalists with their Twitters, reach out and tell them to run a story on this: (Edit: make sure to emphasize the gambling for kids angle. Soccermoms wont care about a game being difficult to level up in or it taking many hours. They will, however, refuse to buy a game for their children that involves gambling with their real life money. EA clearly doesn’t care about anything but money, but Disney is known to protect their kids-friendly image at all costs and will not appreciate EA ruining this for a quick buck. Keep in mind that holiday season is around the corner, and this demographic refusing to buy the game for their kids will make a significant dent in sales & EA’s quarterly earnings. Also feel free to copy paste this list in any relevant discussion on this and other subs.) CNN: Laurie Segall @LaurieSegallCNN Seth Fiegerman @sfiegerman Heather Kelly @heatherkelly MSNBC: Bob Sullivan @RedTapeChron Alyssa Newcomb @AlyssaNewcomb ABC (owned by Disney, so maybe a long shot): Andrea Smith CBS: Jeff Bakalar @jeffbakalar CNBC: Josh Lipton @CNBCJosh Julia Boorstin @JBoorstin Jon Fortt @jonfortt Los Angeles Times: Paresh Dave @peard33 Tracey Lien @traceylien USA Today: Jon Swartz @jswartz Jefferson Graham @jeffersongraham Scott Martin @scottysmartin Elizabeth Weise @eweise The New York Times: Steve Lohr @SteveLohr Mike Isaac @MikeIsaac Farhad Manjoo @fmanjoo Wall Street Journal: Wilson Rothman @wjrothman Washington Post: Brian Fung @b_fung Hayley Tsukayama @htsuka Elizabeth Dwoskin @lizzadwoskin The Guardian: Jonathan Haynes @JonathanHaynes Julia Carrie Wong @julliacarriew Samuel Gibbs Alex Hern @alexhern Olivia Solon @oliviasolon BBC: Email at [email protected] or Twitter @BBC_HaveYourSay