EA Sports GameShow

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EA Sports GameShow
Developer(s)	EA Tiburon
Publisher(s)	EA Sports
Designer(s)	Jim Preston
Platform(s)	PC,
Release date	October 23, 2007
Genre(s)	Sports, Trivia
Mode(s)	online
Rating(s)	ESRB: NR (Not Rated)
Media	Digital download
System requirements	1.4 GHz processor, 256MB free RAM, 128MB video card
Input methods	Keyboard, Gamepad

EA Sports GameShow is a live-hosted online trivia game show, made available as a free PC download. GameShow was first publicly mentioned by Peter Moore in September 2007, not long after he took over as president of EA Sports^[1]. GameShow debuted as a public beta on October 23rd, 2007, with the first public trivia session being Our Favorite Day - October 23rd.

Operating out of EA Tiburon's Orlando studios, live trivia sessions are hosted for at least six hours each day by a team of radio professionals. Players are encouraged to interact with the game and the hosts in a variety of ways, including live polls, text messages and phone calls.

1 The game
2 On-Air Talent
3 Show times
4 External Links
5 Notes

[edit] The game

Players gather in rooms according to their geographical location or team rooting interests, where they face off, vying for the high score in their rooms, regions and overall. Trivia sessions are 15 minutes long each, and each normal session has 15 questions, divided into three groups of five. Lightning rounds are sprinkled in, which double the questions and half the time allotted for answering. The faster a player answers each question, the higher their score. Tokens are awarded to players for answering questions correctly, and for getting the high score in their room, region and overall. These tokens can be spent on power-ups to assist them in getting high scores, on avatar parts to customize their on-screen personas, or on raffles to try to win prizes. At the end of each session, the host reveals the leaderboard for that round, and identify the top scorers in the West, Cenrtral, and East regions, and the top Overall scorer. Though the majority of the sessions are sports related, there are 20 hours of pop culture trivia each week.

Trivia Session Staples

Our Favorite Day - a This Day in History category encompassing all manner of sport.
Full Circle - The round begins with a question about an athlete, and each successive question builds on the previous answer, eventually coming back around to the initial athlete in the final question.
Spotlight - a team or athlete is the subject of the entire session.
Pop: Week in Review - a review of the previous week's pop culture highlights and lowlights.

[edit] On-Air Talent

The on-air production staff and talent for EA GameShow has been culled from experienced radio professionals from across the country. Hosts include Rob and Jason Thompson, hosts of Fox Sports Radio's Fantasy Football program; Mike Bower, formerly of Maxim Radio, "SweetNasty" Chris Cause, Jana of WXXL Orlando. and Mike Tuck. Others you may find hosting include, producers Paul Ihander, Eric Gray, & Carlos Navarro and Nate Lundy, who is also the game's Program Director. Producers often appear on-air and include the aforementioned Paul Ihander, Eric Gray, and Carlos Navarro.

[edit] Show times

The schedule for live broadcasts is as follows, all times Eastern:

Sunday - 6:00pm - 1:00am
Monday - 12:00pm - 3:00pm; 7:00pm - 1:00am
Tuesday - 12:00pm - 3:00pm; 7:00pm - 1:00am
Wednesday - 12:00pm - 3:00pm; 7:00pm - 1:00am
Thursday - 12:00pm - 3:00pm; 5:00pm - 1:00am
Friday - 12:00pm - 3:00pm; 5:00pm - 1:00am
Saturday - 6:00pm - 1:00am

While the live sessions are the focus of the game, in off hours there are hostless and pre-recorded trivia sessions that are run. In addition to sports trivia, 18 hours of live pop trivia run each week on the following scedule.

Pop culture sessions