theRepublic said:
thetonestarr said:
theRepublic said:
thetonestarr said:
So far, I think Kaz Hirai, Bill Gates, and Peter Moore all should be significantly higher. Gabe Newell deserves slightly higher. As much as I like his work, I don't think Goichi Suda belongs on the list at all. Nobuo Uematsu deserves higher as well, and lastly, Warren Spector shouldn't come anywhere NEAR Peter Moore or Kaz Hirai, much less ABOVE them. Essentially, I think it's all bullocks so far, haha.
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I agree with you on Kaz Hirai, but Bill Gates?
Just because video games can be played on a computer doesn't make him important. I also doubt he was influencial in the decision for Microsoft to move into the console business.
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Right, but
(1) Gabe Newell directly reported to Gates when he worked for Microsoft and became a millionaire, allowing him to begin Valve.
(2) It was still Gates' decision for Microsoft to go INTO gaming. Regardless if he's the one that came up with the idea, it still had to gain his approval. And Microsoft also has a huge impact in the PC gaming scene.
(3)...did you read the writeup?
Anyways, I'm working on today's writeup now.
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Yes I did read the write up.
The diference between Bill Gates and pretty much everyone else on this list is that Bill Gates is not directly involved with the video game industry. I would say whatever manager came up with the idea for Microsoft to move into gaming is more important to the video game industry than Bill Gates just giving the go ahead.
By the way, in the Gary Gygax write up, one of the years has five digits. You might want to fix that.
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But Gygax returned from the dim future of 19687 to give us the awesome gameplay that they pioneered.
