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Sir Peter Molyneux?
KBV writes "It seems that for the first time in history a games developer has been granted an OBE (Order Of the British Empire) by the Queen of England. When Peter Molyneux - the creator of Black & White, Fable, Populous and many other games - was asked by BBC News about the honor he simply said "It's come completely out of the blue, I never would have guessed that I'd have that kind of honour." For the games industry as a whole, this is very much a good thing. It's great that developers are being recognized for their hard work and cultural impact on the world."
I don't get it. Why? What did these games do that someone would deserve to be knighted for creating them? Ohhh... I get it... one of the princes must love playing the game and he's hoping to get the cheat codes so he convinced the queen to intervene on his behalf. ;P
-"...bad old ideas look confusingly fresh when they are packaged as technology" - Jaron Lanier (Digital Maoism on Edge.o
...Her Majesty is Queen of an awful lot of other places as well as England.
Yeah, well America ain't one of those places, you tea-totaling, disgusting food eating, comprehensive vocabluary having son-of-a-bitch.
All Americans should be thankful for the second amendment. Think the second amendment is just a remanant from revolutionary periods, it has no real meaning today? You couldn't be more wrong. If I didn't have this gun the King of England could just come in here and start pushing you around. Do you want that, well do ya?