Trip

I was reading through the uploaded content of this old UK, mostly ZX Spectrum- centered mag called CRASH, which ran from 84 to 92 and had about 100k circulation at its height. Pretty big, moreso in those times. And, among much else which some might not find as interesting, I found this interview with legendary EA founder, Trip Hawkins, from issue 46, from November 1987, during the Personal Computer World Show, an annual (from '79 to '89) trade fair held in London, organized by Personal Computer World, another magazine (which only closed 2009, though).

http://www.crashonline.org.uk/46/pcw_ea.htm
Anyway... Even though the interview is made in the old school style of article form, and not in direct speech, it's a very interesting read, and one can see how right Trip was in how he saw the industry would evolve from then.

The advent of the standard Windows-run IBM computer for game development, developing games for an older generation and women... even how he compares games to other art forms and sees the need to make them about real life and people.

And of course how in '87 you can already see a hint of what's going on his head which will ultimately lead to the unfairly ill-fated 3DO.

Overall, a very interesting piece on this somewhat forgotten genius.