by psykhophear
Here is a list of all my favorite gaming gurus, from top to bottom:
Last update: December 14th, 2018
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The Godfather of Video Games. The Don Corleone of digital entertainment. The Master of Innovation. Shigeru Miyamoto is synonymous in the gaming world, a legendary game designer who inspired everybody and anybody- from gamers to game creators alike. Without him, video games wouldn't exist as we know it.
What the world would be like without Ralph Baer, the man who introduced us the very first home game console ever created: the Magnavox Oddysey. He may not know it but what he built was something that changed human culture forever. From the simplicity of the Pong game, it created a chain reaction and made the video game industry an onslaught of business, entertainment and social networking. Ralph Baer, we salute you!
What would the world be like if Atari wasn't around? There'd be no video game arcades and the use of game cartridges would be just a theory and not executed. Thankfully, Nolan Bushnell did just that. He founded Atari, made arcade machines popular and revolutionized the gaming community with the Atari 2600. Even though he is no longer in Atari (He was forced out of Atari after being there for only seven years), but we will always remember him as one of the founding fathers of video games.
The creator of the First-Person Shooter genre, John Carmack is a true genius. He may be a high school dropout and was sent to a juvenile home for stealing an Apple II but he has a tremendous programming skills that cannot be matched. He developed many innovative game engines which other companies still use to this day. Without John Carmack there'd be no Half-Life, Counter-Strike, System Shock, Call of Duty, BioShock, etc. He should be in everybody's favorite list. Outside of the gaming world he is a rocketry enthusiast, founder and lead engineer of Armadillo Aerospace. Carmack is passionate with his work and can talk for hours upon hours about game technology and rocket ships. He is as geeky and nerdy as you can possibly imagine and we love him for that.
The George A. Romero of video games, Shinji Mikami is the creator of the Resident Evil series and also co-created Devil May Cry, Dino Crisis, P.N. 03, Viewtiful Joe, Killer7 and the cult classic God Hand. He is also one of games' most mysterious figures as he rarely does interviews or makes an appearance in gaming conventions. He revolutionized modern gaming with the Survival Horror genre and the over-the-shoulder perspective. Shinji Mikami may be remembered as the man who brought Survival Horror to the map, but I will always remember him as the game designer of two Super NES classics- Aladdin and Goof Troop. I love those two games XD.
Gregory A. Kasavin is well known as the editor at GameSpot.com. He reviewed countless video games since 1996 and was very good with what he did. I'm a huge fan of Greg and I love watching all his video reviews. I even have some of his video reviews in my iPod Classic (Nerd alert!). He's the only GameSpot editor who would dressed up as a ninja, a soldier, Godzilla, a secret agent, a samurai and more. He left GameSpot in 2007 to pursue other interests in the video game world. He is now the Creative Director of his own company, Supergiant Games. GameSpot has never been the same without him.
An ambitious filmmaker destined to be a game designer, Hideo Kojima created the infamous Metal Gear franchise and its famous for having memorable characters, convoluted but well-written storylines, extremely long cutscenes, fictional political issues and terrific soundtrack and voice acting. There was a rumor of a Metal Gear movie that will be directed by Uwe Boll. Kojima responded to the rumor saying it's untrue. He said, "Absolutely not! I don't know why Uwe Boll is even talking about this kind of thing. We've never talked to him. It's impossible that we'd ever do a movie with him." You tell him, Kojima-san.
The man with flawless creativity and vision, Tim Schafer designed most of my favourite video games of all time. He began his career in LucasFilm Games (Now known as LucasArts) and specialized on adventure games. He developed Secret of Monkey Island, Le Chuck's Revenge, Day of The Tentacle, Full Throttle and Grim Fandango. He left LucasArts in 1998 and formed his own company Double Fine two years later.
Spector's unique vision of blending stealth, action and RPG elements are really outstanding and many developers have copied his style for many many years. As violent as most of his games are, Spector has a soft spot when it comes to Walt Disney cartoons. It's no surprise how his Junction Point company is now part of the Walt Disney family and Disney Epic Mickey is the result of that.
The biological father of Samus Arun, Gunpei Yokoi shocked the world with his invention of the Game and Watch handheld and of course, the Game Boy. He will always remain in our hearts as the innovator of handheld games. Rest in peace Yokoi-san.