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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: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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  2. 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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    If at first you don't succeed, call it version 1.0.
  3. 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.