"Miyamoto is God," says NYC woman
by Dan Choi 
{ Sep 27th 2005 at 11:25PM }
"The T-shirt in the crowd said it all: 'Miyamoto is God.'"
Reports of Nintendo creative icon Shigeru Miyamoto's first public appearance in America on Sunday have filtered
through the internet, and have finally made it onto MTV. And so the above quote began
MTV's piece on the interview
it was granted with "the godfather of serious[?] gaming."
Interesting tidbits surrounding the origin of Marios name and the
catlike elements worked into Nintendogs were
revealed, but the most interesting quotes came from the fans who were interviewed
on camera (sorry Firefox folks, only IE here). One
young man stated: Hes the father of gaming. He defined my culture. The young lady pictured here said: I think
Miyamoto is God because hes the best person in the entire world. (Sorry about the somewhat gratuitous upper-body shot
here, but the other clip with the girls head properly shown didnt give a clear shot of the particular print of
interest in context on her shirt. Our apologies go out to the young lady pictured!)
So is MTV News right in saying that Miyamoto is the closest thing to a video-game rockstar irrespective of rockin
Tomonobu Itagaki and the consistently-quotable
Ken Kutaragis positions in gamings pantheon of
personalities? Maybe well find out when MTV covers the Team Ninja and SCEI heads New York signings (if they ever
come). Rest assured, well be posting a deeper interview with Mr. Miyamoto from NYC online in due time.
[Thanks, Stephen]
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Ross Miller @ Dec 18th 2005 9:36PM
great picture, really captures her...um...those things ...um...oh nevermind.
Austin @ Dec 18th 2005 9:36PM
If you can't set up a website that isn't compatible with Firefox, your website isn't worth my time. Figures MTV would pull some bullshit like that.
vc @ Dec 18th 2005 9:36PM
#1 ... I believe the term you're looking for is "lovely lady lumps"
Oshi @ Dec 18th 2005 9:36PM
"Touching is good" Where's my stylus?
John Bennet Ramsey @ Dec 18th 2005 9:36PM
BOOOOOOBIES!!!!!!!!!!!!
HAHAHAHA I was in that crowd. TO bad it is crappy resolution video. I am sure the original was alot better. I'd like to pic my self out of that shot in the beginig.
bandersnatch @ Dec 18th 2005 9:36PM
#1, #4
bewbies? they're not too bad but i've always been a leg and ass man.
oh c'mon :P @ Dec 18th 2005 9:36PM
Can some of you big boobie people wear some 360 logo shirts so the pictures will flood the news stations and the system will sell well?, thanks bye.
Ross Miller @ Dec 18th 2005 9:36PM
hehe, sorry to have sabotaged my fellow writers comments with sexual innuendo - yes, yes, boobies, lovely lady lumps, melons, bosoms, hooters, atom smashers, bazongas, bouncing bettys, flesh fujis, hammocks for two, major league mammaries, omigods, pillows, pom poms, rotunda grandes, snow cones, ta ta's, tits, wonkas, yazoos, zoombas....
ok, i have now successfully made a situation worse than i thought possible.
John Bennet Ramsey @ Dec 18th 2005 9:36PM
You forgot Sweater meat and it isn't your fault that MTV zoomed in on this young girls chest. ANd by the way she is probably only 16 LOL!!!!! I think they were trying to point out the Miyamoto Is GOd on her shirt but UH, you know there is probably a 80% male video game population and well you did post some BREASTISIS Yes I said it BREASTISIS!
Glenn @ Dec 18th 2005 9:36PM
#1 - Those are rediculously huge (I'm sorry but I REALLY had to say that)
#2 - Miyamoto is GOD
James @ Dec 18th 2005 9:36PM
#8 Personally I prefer the term funbags.
Christopher7xii @ Dec 18th 2005 9:36PM
Those breasts aren't that huge. That's fairly average around here. See bigger quite often here.
Anyways, really sucks the coverage gaming gets on MTV... Scares me.
jadenguy @ Dec 18th 2005 9:36PM
she really mammorialized that moment forever.
Watcher @ Dec 18th 2005 9:36PM
Good thing the Nintendo Revolution controller can be used with one hand judging by all these comments! lmfao!
mike @ Dec 18th 2005 9:36PM
Those breasts aren't that huge. That's fairly average around here. See bigger quite often here
----
That was the Mayor of Flab City. Thanks for chiming in with the update.
Back to you, Ken.
sparxy @ Dec 18th 2005 9:36PM
I want one of those Tshirts for my missurs' !
Jason Reich @ Dec 18th 2005 9:36PM
Miyamoto is God.
Clapton is God.
Does that mean that Shigeru Miyamoto is Eric Clapton?
Captain James Skull @ Dec 18th 2005 9:36PM
any more pics of the girl?
Christopher7xii @ Dec 18th 2005 9:36PM
"That was the Mayor of Flab City. Thanks for chiming in with the update.
Back to you, Ken."
huh?
jc @ Dec 18th 2005 9:36PM
Congrats Dan and Ross... way to go alienating half the population, objectifying the female body, and promoting such sexism.
I can understand your wanting to have fun, this is a gaming site afterall, but you really need to stop promoting sexism. I am not saying that you have to cover the social/economic impact of videogames in developing nations, but stop the blatent sexist crap. please...
Dan Choi @ Dec 18th 2005 9:36PM
I actually didn't crop any of the image from that picture, jc; if you watch the video, that's really the best view MTV gave of what was on the shirt. Looking back in hindsight, however, I guess I should've chosen another image (based purely on the majority of the responses we've got here). Sorry about that. My bad.
Grudge @ Dec 18th 2005 9:36PM
After reading these comments, is it any wonder the rest of the world thinks that gamers are immature, sexist, isolated and lonely pigs?
edd @ Dec 18th 2005 9:36PM
Poor Luigi. Not even his own creator acknowledges his existence.
kuroshi @ Dec 18th 2005 9:36PM
That shot actually shows the logo in question. Any other shot were the logo isn't that readable would have been a moot point. You can't stop up from acting like immature 13 yr olds, and you can't stop jc from being over senseative (oops mispelled). Most of the comments were funny. I don't think that everyone in the world reads your blog and probably most of them are male. Sorry jc, but we actually do see women in a sexual way even when we lie and say we don't. oh, by the way it's not actually sexism. He would have had to deny her or somehow mistreat her based on her gender. Maybe if he took out her picture and they edited her out of the MTV show because she was female and some men might make sexual comments. That would be sexism.
djSyndrome @ Dec 18th 2005 9:36PM
You know, that's someone's daughter. Lighten up.
1337Thespian @ Dec 18th 2005 9:36PM
What happens when you have a thread about a woman's t-shirt in a video game blog?
BOOBIES!!1! OMGLOLZZZZZ T3h r0xx0rzzzzz!!1!one!
jc @ Dec 18th 2005 9:36PM
kuroshi, if you can't see that as being sexism... you have bigger problems than just not being able to spell.
Jesse Hattabaugh @ Dec 18th 2005 9:36PM
No, Yuji Naka is a god.
bandersnatch @ Dec 18th 2005 9:36PM
#20, #22,
God, you're a bunch of sad fucks. Being attracted or turned on a woman's body is not sexism.
Oh wait, lemme guess -- if a guy checks out a woman long enough, its visual rape, right?
djSyndrome @ Dec 18th 2005 9:36PM
Being attracted by a woman's body is *natural*.
Making disparaging comments is *sexism*.
jc @ Dec 18th 2005 9:36PM
While not very indepth, http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sexism does offer a very basic understanding. I suggest some books, and actual conversations with strong women who know what the issues are.
Sexism is a difficult issue to understand, and once you do start 'getting it' you realize that by not standing out against it, you are infact promoting it.
I was 'required' to learn about it for one of my jobs, but now that I have a basic understanding I feel I can treat people with more respect. If you honestly love women, or want to in the future... you owe it to everyone (including yourself) to learn at least a basic understanding. What do you have to lose?
Chris K @ Dec 18th 2005 9:36PM
What a bunch of whiny little snots we have here! Get a dictionary, djSyndrome:
Sexism:
1. Discrimination based on gender, especially discrimination against women.
2. Attitudes, conditions, or behaviors that promote stereotyping of social roles based on gender.
Saying "nice rack" is not sexism. Giving her a free DS instead of the pudgy guy next to her because she has a nice rack IS sexism.
But I'm sure she's ecstatic that she has a bunch of nerdy little white knights to save her from lecherous Internet dwellers. Keep up the good fight guys, you're not only saving her innocence, you're also making the world a better place by deriding people for saying they like a set of breasts.
bandersnatch @ Dec 18th 2005 9:36PM
#32,
Well said.
jc @ Dec 18th 2005 9:36PM
Chris, what if that was a logo on a close up of a man wearing underwear... or a logo on an ethnic head piece... or (insert sex/race/religion)
One of the issues is that you are insecure, and to overcome that loss (feeling powerless)... you overcompensate by putting others down.
I can't stop you Chris from treating people with a lack of respect, but I will be damed if I stand by and not do anything. I am not here to 'save innocence', I am speaking out because I have women friends/family/partner that I love and respect. I enjoy nice breasts/body parts on women, but I also see them as a whole being... not somthing to objectify.
Chris, do you not see that onjectifying women is sexism?
djSyndrome @ Dec 18th 2005 9:36PM
Gee Chris, must be great living in a world of absolutes. The color gray is a wonderful thing, and comes in many shades. You should check it out sometime.
When I said 'disparaging comments', it can be easily inferred that a comment leaves a lot to interpretation and the context it is used in. Depending on the target audience, your example of 'Nice Rack' can be taken as a compliment, harassment, or something in between.
For example, if I commented on my wife's 'rack', well, in our relationship I can do that sort of thing, and she'll be more than okay with it.
But if the guy behind the counter at the corner store does it, she's going to flatten him into the floor posthaste.
To disprove your example, it can be argued that making a comment about someone's rack *can* promote a social example that women are little more than objects. Which fits pretty nicely with your second definition of 'sexism'.
A dictionary isn't the end-all and be-all of the English language. But thanks for playing!
PickyPants @ Dec 18th 2005 9:36PM
Whoa.
Ummm..
I <3 Nintendo
That was pretty funny 1337Thespian
holy cow @ Dec 18th 2005 9:36PM
How about instead of high-browing down guys who remark on a woman's anatomy (whether or not it's done directly to the woman's face and meant lasciviously or humorously doesn't seem to matter to some people, mind you), we invest in educating women on how to make remarks about a guy's anatomy?
Anybody?
*sigh* oh well then, while a few of you continue Taking Things Too Seriously in your quest to become Popes of the Holy Moaning Empire, I'll slip this in:
Miyamoto, Murakami, Miyazaki - three four-syllable Japanese names beginning with 'M' that have altered my little universe forever. Almost as much as boobies did.
Chris K @ Dec 18th 2005 9:36PM
JC, are you asking if I would talk differently if it were a man? Yes, I wouldn't say the same things. But my fiance might say "nice ass" if it were a good looking guy.
As for feeling insecure, well, she obviously doesn't feel insecure, wearing a tight T-shirt with a logo on the chest. And someone's insecurities really aren't my concern anyway.
While I can't say I don't stare at attractive women (I live in a college town; they're everywhere), I do it discreetly and passively. I don't whistle at women or say things to them like you might expect. I'm not going to avert my eyes from a low-cut shirt, but I'm not going to stare at a waitresses' chest while she asks for my order, either.
I don't see commenting on a woman's appearance as objectification. It's an observation. I wouldn't feel objectified if a woman complimented me on my looks.
Now, a strip club or porn can certainly be objectifying, but objectification is done by the guy looking regardless of the medium. The same guy who goes to a strip club to "look at all the tits" is going to look at the college girls walking down the street the same way, while someone like you or I might just look and think "hey, she's got a nice rack", and move on.
And DJ, there is no gray area in the misuse of terminology. I'm no more sexist for commenting on a woman's body than I am racist for calling Michael Jordan the greatest basketball player ever. Don't just throw pejorative terms around.
djSyndrome @ Dec 18th 2005 9:36PM
Chris, the point I was trying to make is that there can be a gray area in the application of adjectives like 'sexist'. It's all up to the interpretation. You spend three paragraphs espousing your flexible standards when it comes to how you view women, yet you state that the term 'sexism' is a yes or no question? That hardly seems realistic.
And before you think otherwise, it would be unfair of you assume that just because I look to personally define sexism in slightly feminist terms that I also do not enjoy looking at women in a sexual way ;)
jc @ Dec 18th 2005 9:36PM
"I don't see commenting on a woman's appearance as objectification. It's an observation."
Chris, the difference between observation and objectification is usually what comes out of your mouth.
Do you see the difference between: 'that girl has nice breasts' and 'yes, yes, boobies, lovely lady lumps, melons, bosoms, hooters, atom smashers, bazongas, bouncing bettys, flesh fujis, hammocks for two, major league mammaries, omigods, pillows, pom poms, rotunda grandes, snow cones, ta ta's, tits, wonkas, yazoos, zoombas....' ???
To me the later is infantile and derogitory... whilst the first is not.
"What a bunch of whiny little snots we have here!" Dude, repsect starts at home. I am guessing taht you can't respect what I am saying... or anyone else for that matter. Enjoy your life...
Omega @ Dec 18th 2005 9:36PM
Hey, come on guys, there's room in the gaming world for gay gamers too.
Christopher7xii @ Dec 18th 2005 9:36PM
"After reading these comments, is it any wonder the rest of the world thinks that gamers are immature, sexist, isolated and lonely pigs?"
This would happen in any other hobbyist blog/forum. I mean, how many car mags(commonly thought of as a "man's hobby") are dedicated solely to staring at boobs. Same thing with musicians, same thing anything. Guy sees breasts, guys drools and makes catcalls. Guys are and will always be thought of as immature sexist isolated and lonely pigs, regardless of their profession or hobby. The funny part about that is that the role of hunter and prey have switched with the younger generation, as most guys I know are pegged down for sex by the girls ages 18-23.
I don't quite get why you folks are so serious about it. This is a gaming forum. Through the anonymity of the internet, everyone has backbone and refuses to back down/change their views on subjects. You might as well be preaching to a brick wall.
That or just deal with the fact that man sees boobs, man drool. Unless the woman is being harassed("boy i'd love to leave a pearl necklace around that rack!" when she could read it)... There's really no harm aside from people trying to defend people who don't even care to be defended. Some people just like to take offensive to everything.
Besides, I'm sure the girl would be flattered as long as she stayed anonymouse. Humans like to be appreciated for their body, that's a well documented fact.
reddy @ Dec 18th 2005 9:36PM
How about you geeks stop arguing over womens breasts until you've actually become familiar with them in every conceivable manner of which a boyfriend is with his girlfriends body, sorry, i just had to say it, i mean, it figures the only people in the world who'd have a huge debate over a regular rack behind a normal, fairly witty t-shirt, are guys (and maybe gals O_o) who've never got to see them beyond porno.
Take it from someone who knows, yes their soft and warm and nice to hug up to and they make sex all the more fun, but, their not the kinda thing that requires a massive debate over, when the original article concerns women gamers admiring a game developer god.
Grudge @ Dec 18th 2005 9:36PM
Reddy, I think your comments prove beyond any doubt that you might just fall into the exact category of people you describe.
There should really be an age and/or intelligence limit on who can post comments.
Clash @ Dec 18th 2005 9:36PM
Uh. You guys are perverts, I actually know this girl and she just IMed me all freaked out about you guys talkin about her boobs.
Sheesh.
Tokyoma @ Dec 18th 2005 9:36PM
Reddy... if you are so against pointless arguments over a girls breasts then why the hell did you comment? why did you make a post to make yourself feel good like you told off all the people commenting when you know its just going to cause more comments, so you can eventually get into another argument? jesus christ kid. think about what you do. i mean come on... boobs, woot! nothing wrong with that. this is the way the world is, there is nothing you can do to change it. just drop it and think what you will of the people. no matter what anyone posts there is someone who wants to argue with it. my own post not excluded, i'm sure there will be someone who wants to "out-wit" me or try to say i'm stupid, but the difference is Reddy, i don't care. they are entitled to think what they want. it's the order of the world. just flow with it man.
.shy @ Dec 18th 2005 9:36PM
i was actually beside this girl when the video was taken, and I knew just from the angle and the way he zoomed out that this was going to happen.
Beastiephile @ Dec 18th 2005 9:36PM
When this picture was taken of me, I didn't realize it would start all of this. Imagine how disturbed I am to read some of these comments. I guess it's my own fault for allowing the shot to be taken in the first place, although I didn't think it would show up anywhere like this. No harm done, I suppose. It's just a little bit creepy.
OneTopJob @ Dec 18th 2005 9:36PM
Well, maybe you should've signed for a waiver or something, or at least insist on a face-to-face interview. That way, people might view you more as a legit Nintendo fangirl than, say, that pair of sweater muffins you got up there.
Rob @ Dec 18th 2005 9:36PM
We waited in line over six hours and did *not* get to meet Miyamoto. Maybe next time...
Anyway, I posted a bunch of photos and video clips on my web site. Have a look:
http://www.robdicaterino.com/miyamoto.html
There are even photos of the sidewalk everyone signed while waiting in line.