A friend and I were discussing on who were the 10 mostimportant(or influential)people in(or were used to be in)the video game industry,that are ONLY associated with video games in the general public. Here's a list we made. Im sure we forgot someone moreimportant, or influential. But remember, theres only 10 spots. So please dont bash it too bad. We'd like to see ur lists too. These can be anyone from creaters,developers, artists, marketing people(haha, couldnt think of what to call them), writers, or anyone else you guys could think of. Enjoy!
1. Shigeru Miyamoto(called by many to be the father of video games. Created or helped create Mario, Zelda, Donkey Kong, Star Fox, etc.)
2,3. Nolan Bushnell and TedDabney(created the first commercially sold, coin operated video game. Founded Atari.)
4. Alexey Pajitnov(a Russian scientist, who created Tetris. A game available on nearly every platform, and one that nearly all of us has played.)
5. Ken Kutaragi(the father of the Playstation brand. Argueably the most successful video game brand in the industry)
6. Hideo Kojima(creater, writer, or director in games series such as Metal Gear, Policnauts, Snatcher, ect. Named by many to be one of the most creative people in the business).
7. Gabe Newell(Managing director and co-founderof Valve. Which developed industry classics such as Half-Life, Counter Strike, Team Fortress, Portal, Left 4 Dead.)
8,9. Houser Brothers(writers, directors, co-producers, and co-founders of Rockstar Games. Had a large part in the GTA series. Which is considering to be one of the most successful and controversial games in recent memory.
10. Will Wright(creator of very innovative pc titles such as Spore, SimCity, and the best selling PC game to date, The Sims. Also co-founder of the game studio Maxis.)
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