# How EA lost its soul - Host: [polygon.com](https://links.thingelstad.xyz/hosts/polygon.com/) - Saved: July 16, 2015 (2015-07-16T15:38:16Z) - Record: https://links.thingelstad.xyz/links/1f981451e122/ - JSON: https://links.thingelstad.xyz/links/1f981451e122.json ## From the page (probably an excerpt, not Jamie's words) In 1982, Trip Hawkins founded Electronic Arts on the principle that the makers of video games ought to be treated like creative superstars. Within a few years, that changed. What happened? ## Facts - Kind: [Page](https://links.thingelstad.xyz/kinds/page/) ## Same host - [Jordan Mechner's Karateka remake looks to modernize a classic story](https://links.thingelstad.xyz/links/b714241e3f9f/) (polygon.com, November 8, 2012) - [Microsoft reveals Xbox Adaptive Controller for players with disabilities - Polygon](https://links.thingelstad.xyz/links/f95ee23c6932/) (polygon.com, May 21, 2018) - [In the last decade board games took off, these were the most important - Polygon](https://links.thingelstad.xyz/links/7e47cda489eb/) (polygon.com, November 20, 2019) - [The 22 best board games, a revised list of Polygon’s favorites](https://links.thingelstad.xyz/links/cc8bb5e69b4b/) (polygon.com, November 7, 2021) - [Chess is booming among teens. Here’s why - Polygon](https://links.thingelstad.xyz/links/958532633da8/) (polygon.com, April 17, 2023) ## Saved the same week - [The Web We Have to Save](https://links.thingelstad.xyz/links/991a19c2bdc5/) (medium.com, July 15, 2015) - [Day One with the Amazon API Gateway](https://links.thingelstad.xyz/links/91a8f5783453/) (blog.hiramsoftware.com, July 15, 2015) - [No One Wants to Admit It, but Reddit Can't Be Saved](https://links.thingelstad.xyz/links/6494805e9a42/) (gawker.com, July 16, 2015) - [Apache Camel - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia](https://links.thingelstad.xyz/links/bfcb286de2e2/) (en.wikipedia.org, July 16, 2015) - [Apache Camel: Index](https://links.thingelstad.xyz/links/c0f8779ff44a/) (camel.apache.org, July 16, 2015) ## Elsewhere - Wayback Machine: https://web.archive.org/web/*/http://www.polygon.com/a/how-ea-lost-its-soul