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You can't make good games

This meme is formatted as a fake mobile chat conversation between an anonymous user and video game publisher Electronic Arts (EA). At the top of the chat, EA's official red circular logo and full name are displayed with the category label 'Games/Toys' and a timestamp of 11:03am. First, the user sends a blue chat bubble praising the Dark Souls series, a critically acclaimed action role-playing game franchise developed by FromSoftware, not EA. EA replies in a white chat bubble stating that they did not make the Dark Souls games, accompanied by a standard smiley face emoji. The user then delivers the sarcastic punchline in a second blue chat bubble: 'I know. You can't make good games', mocking EA's widespread negative reputation among gaming communities for often releasing games criticized for excessive microtransactions, lack of quality, and mismanagement of popular intellectual properties.
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Hey EA. I just want to say the Dark Souls series is amazing!
We didn't make those games 🙂
I know. You can't make good games

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EA - Electronic Arts
Games/Toys
11:03am

Overview

This meme is formatted as a fake mobile chat conversation between an anonymous user and video game publisher Electronic Arts (EA). At the top of the chat, EA's official red circular logo and full name are displayed with the category label 'Games/Toys' and a timestamp of 11:03am. First, the user sends a blue chat bubble praising the Dark Souls series, a critically acclaimed action role-playing game franchise developed by FromSoftware, not EA. EA replies in a white chat bubble stating that they did not make the Dark Souls games, accompanied by a standard smiley face emoji. The user then delivers the sarcastic punchline in a second blue chat bubble: 'I know. You can't make good games', mocking EA's widespread negative reputation among gaming communities for often releasing games criticized for excessive microtransactions, lack of quality, and mismanagement of popular intellectual properties.

Origin notes

This meme is sourced from the Reddit:Meme RSS feed. It is a popular satirical gaming meme that plays on longstanding public criticism of Electronic Arts, one of the largest global video game publishers, by framing the joke as a casual, spontaneous chat interaction for relatable humorous effect among gaming audiences.

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