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Did He Fall, Or Was He Trip?

News by Jim Rossignol Contributor

Published on Aug. 19, 2007

In case you missed this heavily linked ShackNews article about someone at EA having made a number of dubious changes to Electronic Arts' Wikipedia entry, here's the lowdown:

Someone at EA doesn't want you to know about Trip Hawkins, the publishing giant's original founder. On multiple occasions, a user with an IP address of 159.153.4.50--within a range registered to Electronic Arts' Redwood City headquarters--has tried to remove several references to Hawkins' legacy from the Electronic Arts Wikipedia page.

Poor old Trip. I mean 3DO were rubbish - but don't kick a man when he's... extremely wealthy. Anyway, this all comes via someone actually bothering to use the rather clever Wikipedia Scanner. Good work, ShackNews, you've shone a flashlight in the eyes of shadowy PR, and we at RPS applaud that (although we're less keen on your website colour-scheme).

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