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Top 10 Most Influential People in Gaming History

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