We laugh at him now but back with Fusion, Populous 1 and 2, Powermonger and Syndicate on the Amiga. Hell, even Flood. Those were brilliant times.
As a young lad, he taught me all I need to know to succeed: lie, grift, and lie again.
I recently read the Ask Iwata book, and it's worth a read. It's a simple collection of interviews. Got it for like $8 and read through it in about 2 hours. But you definitely get a better picture about his background, and his insights into management. Worth a read for sure.If it had to be just one...Satoru Iwata. He passed way too soon and Nintendo just isn't the same without him. He did a great job catering to casuals and hardcores alike, balancing out both types of offerings with the Wii and Wii U libraries, along with the handheld stuff too. RIP Iwata-san and I hope your legacy is better remembered in time
I have it! Still didn't finish it but you reminded me of itI recently read the Ask Iwata book, and it's worth a read. It's a simple collection of interviews. Got it for like $8 and read through it in about 2 hours. But you definitely get a better picture about his background, and his insights into management. Worth a read for sure.
seriously this dude is a legend , more people need to know about him.............his resume is incredibleProbably Tokuro Fujiwara, he was super influential in the early days of Capcom, he was the brains behind Sweet Home and served as a general producer for Resident Evil.
It's no mystery that OG 1996 RE is my GOAT and I think alot of people forget that his role was huge in helping to create what RE was.
There are other industry giants that I appreciate but since RE is my absolute favorite, I gotta bring his name up to help make people aware that it wasn't strictly Mikami who created RE, Mikami had a mentor and it was Tokuro Fujiwara.
Old school!! Love it!Ken and Roberta Williams.
You missed out on an opportunity there; coulda sold Phil that suit for mad cash.Ehh there are too many.
Probably Hidetaki Miyazaki 1st time I saw him was at E3 2014 in a private showing of Bloodborne. 2nd time at E3 2015 for Dark Souls 3. After the showings ended they gave us Bloodborne t shirts and for Dark Souls 3 a portable charger. Best days I'll never forget, got to shake the dudes hand and smiled.
Met Phil Spencer twice or 3 times. 1st time at E3 2015 in private Microsoft showcase party before actual E3 started they did a press party event only. Normally when I go on business trips I try to dress very nice, nothing overly expensive but just clean and elegant, Phill complemented me on my suit at the start of the conversation and then complemented again in a middle of a sentence saying "I can't get over that suit man". 2nd time I met him was at a Bethesda party.
Also got to meet Bonnie Ross from 343 for Halo 5 Guardians, she was pretty chill and down to earth to talk to.
2 years in a row I've spoken to Mike Chapman and Joe Neate from Rare for Sea of Thieves, got to tell my pirate stories and we did an interview and just chatted like good old friends.
I don't really have favorite people in the industry, most of my experiences were pretty great. Saw Kojima once while he was checking out Cyberpunk 2077, but didn't really want to bother him.
I miss E3 :/
Came to post this, our overlord!!