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* 1999 — [[Sid Meier]] of [[Firaxis Games]] and [[MicroProse]] |
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* 1998 — [[Shigeru Miyamoto]] of [[Nintendo]] |
* 1998 — [[Shigeru Miyamoto]] of [[Nintendo]] |
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== Controversy == |
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The AIAS has drawn criticism<ref>{{cite web|title="Call of Duty 4, Orange Box dominate AIAS Awards"|url=http://kotaku.com/354210/orange-box-cod4-bioshock-dominate-aias-awards|publisher=[[Kotaku]]}}</ref> for being [[United States|America]] and [[Western world|Western]]-centric. Out of 11 inductees, eight are American and [[United Kingdom|British]] citizens. |
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== References == |
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== External links == |
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Revision as of 11:02, 10 February 2008
Since 1998, the Academy of Interactive Arts & Sciences (AIAS) has annually inducted into its Hall of Fame video game developers that have made revolutionary and innovative achievements in the computer and video game industry.
Inductees
- 2008 — Mike Morhaime of Blizzard Entertainment
- 2007 — Dani Bunten, founder of Ozark Softscape
- 2006 — Richard Garriott, founder of Origin Systems, currently at NCsoft
- 2005 — Trip Hawkins, founder of Electronic Arts, 3DO, and currently at Digital Chocolate
- 2004 — Peter Molyneux of Lionhead Studios and Bullfrog Productions
- 2003 — Yu Suzuki of SEGA
- 2002 — Will Wright of Maxis
- 2001 — John D. Carmack of id Software
- 2000 — Hironobu Sakaguchi formerly of Square (Square Enix as of 2003), and currently at Mistwalker
- 1999 — Sid Meier of Firaxis Games and MicroProse
- 1998 — Shigeru Miyamoto of Nintendo
Controversy
The AIAS has drawn criticism[1] for being America and Western-centric. Out of 11 inductees, eight are American and British citizens.
References
External links
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