The Producers' Guild of America has recognized the achievements of Will Wright (The Sims), Hideo Kojima (Metal Gear Solid), and Tetsuya Mizuguchi (Rez & Lumines), naming the three luminaries to the Guild's current list of 50 most innovative producers in the field of Digital Entertainment. Wright even landed in the number 5 position, besting big-name contributors like Google's Larry Page and Sergei Brin (#9), and YouTube's Chad Hurley and Chris Chen (#23). Kojima and Mizuguchi made the list at numbers 38 and 50 respectively.Brain Age's Dr. Ryuta Kawashima also made the list, popping up -- surprisingly -- at number 16. Anyways, a round of applause for the 'three gaming gods' and the talking head. Congrats, gentlemen.
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the term "Super Genius" applies.
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Well, wasn't Miyamoto involved with Nintendogs? And didn't he help produce Brain Age?
Ah well. He'll be on the list come next year or so.
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That wouldn't explain Hideo Kojima. Who, while being a great game designer, should not be above Miyamoto on the list, to be very honest.
Neither should any of the others btw, but that's just me.
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But what about Kojima? He doesn't really make "anyone can play 'em" games.
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Not a great pic of it, but it's the only one I could find: http://www.smartkidssoftware.com/cdeat50.jpg
As for Miyamoto not being on there, it is pretty odd. He deserves it.
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Rez especially (and Lumines to a lesser extent) are achievements in simulated synaethesia(sp?). They are one of the few gaming experiences trully unavailable on any other medium. It like if Oskar Fischinger had made a video game.
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I'm glad Kojima made it, he is fucking awesome.
And I
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Shigeru Miyamoto saved the market and expanded it several times.
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