So the gamers of the world are at least a more concentrated bunch than Korean pop fanboys. And thank your Mario stars for that, because it was neck and neck, really.
Image courtesy Businessweek.
See, Time just release their most influential person of the year poll results, and from when I voted, Shigeru Miyamoto was at 58, trailing behind Koren pop sensation, Rain. According to the poll:
Shigeru Miyamoto! The video game designer had almost 2 million votes, over 300,000 more than runner-up, Rain. After a tight race at the top, Stephen Colbert came in third place with close to 900,000 votes.
Well, phew and all that Rain didn’t finish first. First he is pop star who sings in Korean, and wears sexually questionable clothes. Second, he is called Rain. Man. Colbert has always been meh to me; I rather prefer the Stewart brand of humor more than his loud style.
Vikram
5/4/2008 at 6:00 am
And the world is a better place for it. Miyamoto for world president!
serioussam
5/6/2008 at 12:14 am
I concur. And Warren Spector for deputy.
sunshin3girl
5/6/2008 at 1:12 am
You were right! Miyamoto is the man behind Zelda too. What a success this man’s life is.
serioussam
5/8/2008 at 4:44 am
Indeed.
Vikram
5/12/2008 at 1:42 pm
Buy Boom Blox. Top five Wii game.
http://www.eurogamer.net/article.php?article_id=139278 – Everything this says is true and more.
serioussam
5/22/2008 at 12:22 am
I’m still not sold – I really really need to play his first hand before I put down the money for it.