Whats the right metaphor for Gordon leaving after a quarter-century with EA?
In recognition, perhaps, of the EA Sports brand that Gordon launched, he compares himself to an aging football player in discussing his departure. “There’s a bunch of different ways to take it: Joe Montana going to play for the Kansas City Chiefs, or Jerry Rice going to play for the Oakland Raiders,” he says. “As my kids have gotten older and I’ve gotten older, I’ve stopped playing console games.