N'Gai Croal
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May 15, 2007 11:46 AM
Sometimes, modesty is so
transparently false that it's best to dispense with it altogether.
We've been sitting on an absolutely terrific interview with Microsoft
entertainment and devices corporate vice president Peter Moore since
January. Though, in fairness to our staff, we've been so busy with
other things that it's been difficult to set aside the time to
transcribe this 62-minute whopper of a Q&A. So difficult, in fact,
that reliable sources informed us that Moore had begun to despair of
ever seeing his words in print. Well, despair no more, Peter. Despair no more.
Beginning
today, we're kicking off with the first installment of our four-part
interview. Moore, who prior to joining Microsoft in January of 2003 was
a veteran of both Reebok and Sega of America, sat down with us for
lunch during the 2007
Consumer Electronics Show at the Brazilian restaurant Rumjungle. Upon
arriving at the eatery, we found Moore deeply ensconced in the final
ticks of
the Philadelphia Eagles win over the New York Giants for the NFC
wild card playoff spot, discoursing with his handler all the while
about
various nuances of the game. Thus began our wide-ranging conversation.
From hearing you talk just now, it sounds as if you're a pretty big football fan.
Oh yeah.
American football, I should specify.
When
I first came to this country, it was very clear to me, as much as
soccer still rules my life--I lived in L.A. and became an L.A. Rams
fan, of all things--and I determined that unlike most Brits who come
here and go to the British pub and for whatever, I was going to learn
baseball, which I did, and watch the L.A. Dodgers. Steve Garvey, Ron
Cey, Mike Scioscia, Tommy Lasorda, Bill Russell--all of those guys. I
was a salesman, a shoe salesman, I lived in Long Beach, and I would
drive north in the day and then come back and learn baseball with one
of the great teams. Then I learned American football. And then worked
for Reebok for eight years in Boston, which made me a Patriots fan. So
yes. Sorry.
No,
that's okay. Do you miss sports in your current incarnation? Obviously
you guys got out of the sports business. You were big on sports games at
Sega; first as a platform manufacturer and then again as a third-party
publisher. Do you miss it?
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