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Are These People Reshaping the Gaming Industry?

Posted by Zonk on from the hard-to-carry-around-their-massive-brains dept.

Mark Graham writes "An EU game development site has put up a list of the 25 people they think are 'reshaping the games business'. Although they admit the list is highly subjective, it's a debate-provoking piece, and some of the entries (Portal designer Kim Swift and Kongregate.com's founder) are spot on, going for the people that have introduced innovations rather than those that dominate column inches. Miyamoto is absent from the list, for example — although his boss Satoru Iwata is in there. Including Japansese designers like Hironobo Sakaguchi (ranked for his successful prolific outsourced development process) instead of Hideo Kojima is sure to anger a few fanboys. Or at least raise a few eyebrows." Anyone they left off that should obviously be on there?

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  1. Re:Can we fix the icon by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 1, Funny

    damned right handers always thinking of themselves!

  2. Re:Kim Swift is Cute! by tedgyz · · Score: 4, Funny
    Well, most /.ers would "finish" if they actually cuddled a cute woman.

    You see a cute woman and all you want to do is cuddle?
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  3. The Gaming Industry is Shaping Me by sjaguar · · Score: 5, Funny

    Unfortunately, it isn't for the better. Maybe if I stop playing games, get out of the house, exercise, eat properly.... Just one more quest. I swear, this one's the last one.

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    1. Re:The Gaming Industry is Shaping Me by Freeside1 · · Score: 2, Funny

      The Gaming Industry is Shaping Me... Unfortunately, it isn't for the better. Maybe if I stop playing games, get out of the house, exercise, eat properly.... Same here, but I think 'round' is a pretty good shape.
  4. Re:Can we fix the icon by howdoesth · · Score: 4, Funny

    Umm, the Atari predates 3-D. It wouldn't be possible to view the joystick from that angle.

  5. Re:Need More Information by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 1, Funny

    But in any case, I've had a girlfriend for over a year, ...
    And now you are bragging about it here.

    You, sir, are a true Slashdotter :)
  6. Your mom ... by ThirdPrize · · Score: 1, Funny

    I hear she is in the "game" business ...

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  7. Re:Kim Swift is Cute! by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 3, Funny

    Yea, they probably wouln't even get the opportunity to investigate her portal. The game, I mean. Yea. The game.

  8. Re:Can we fix the icon by Hatta · · Score: 3, Funny

    Yes, most people don't remember this, but before the mid 90s, everything in the world was represented by sprites.

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