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Top 10 Most Influential People in Gaming History
Shane Robinett posted this item on Jun 20, 2007

Who are the Top 10 Most Influential People in Gaming History? Who gets to pick? (I do)

Jack Thompson - For protecting us video gamers from ourselves all over the world!

John Romero - For the largest ego in the world and developing an over-hyped crap-ass waste of money!

OK - So perhaps not ( reference: Jack Thompson - American Hero article - developed by one of our well meaning, albeit soft-in-the-head-and-mistaken editors). Who ARE the most influential people in the PC gaming evolution?

1 - Nolan Bushnell
- Notables: Pong+Atari+Chuck E. Cheese

2 - Shigeru Miyamoto
- Notables: Nintendo+ Mario+ Zelda

3 - Dani Bunten Berry
- M.U.L.E.+ Command HQ+ Global Conquest

4 - Sid Meier
- Notables: Fireaxis+ Civilization+ Pirates+ Railroad Tycoon

5 - John Carmack
- Notables:ID+ Wolfenstein+ Quake+ every FPS you’ve played since thanks to him.


6 - Will Wright - Notables: Maxis+SimCity+The Sims+ Spore+ SimEarth+ SimFarm+ SimAnts

7 - Minh Le and Jesse Cliffe
- Notables: Counter-Strike 100K+ playing all day, all the time, every day - including Christmas and Easte

8 - Warren Robinett
- Notables: Atari+ Adventure+ Easter egg

9 - Peter Molyneux
- Populous+ Black&White

10 - Gabe Newell
- Notables: Half life** Notable!

* Worthy: Garry Gygax - Notables: Dungeons and Dragons

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