Shigeru Miyamoto, 92 of "100 Most Influential People of the Year" |
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Nintendo's pride and glory, Shigeru Miyamoto, was nominated more than a week ago by the people behind TIME Magazine to be one of the Most Influential People of the Year in The TIME 100. After an introductory write up by Quake's own Johnathan Wendel, a.k.a. Fatal1ty, the man behind the phenomenal Mario and Donkey Kong is now pegged at the 92nd spot of the Top 100 list.Now we do know that the spot isn't as impressive as PC World's placing of Blizzard's Mike Morhaime in the recent Top 50 Most Influential People on the Web, but seeing as he went up against the likes of Paris Hilton and titans from other industries other than the video game, we say 92 is definitely a big slice of the pie. In fact, bagging the 100th spot at the Top 100 list of TIME is already way too good to pass up.
In other news (or just FYI), top spot was filled by philanthropist and Hollywood hottie Angelina Jolie, honored for her major influence on the needy. But top on the readers' lists is Korean pop sensation Rain, with (surprise!) American Idol's Sanjaya Malakar on third place. According to all you gaming readers out there, Shigeru Miyamoto is number nine in your book.
Photo courtesy of Makoto Ishida for TIME Magazine.
Via The TIME 100
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to report on this thing. I mean it's a bit tenuous to think of Shiggy as influential on the world scale, but there is an argument for it. But that Sangaya guy? It really just proves how absolutely useless online polls are.
...but they DID at least have the common sense to not put Paris Hilton on the list. Of all the choices people had to vote for, she received the fewest votes. (and deservedly so!)
First of all, I would like to congratulate Shigeru Miyamoto on this amazing accomplishment. I think he is very deserving of this honor. He represents the gaming community very well and his influence on gaming is huge. Video games are a big part of society today, and Shigeru makes games that anyone can play. His games aren't focused on violence and blood, but their charm and wit. He is very deserving of this honor.