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On a related note, Shigeru Miyamoto (creator of Mario Bros., The Legend of Zelda and other classics) will be appearing at the Smithsonian on Sunday May 16th in the Games People Play series of afternoon seminars:
Doug Church, chief technology director, Eidos North America, is the game designer of Ultima Underworld (I & II), System Shock, and Thief: The Dark Project, three games in the top 20 of PC Gamers’ recent list.
Richard Garfield, a mathematician by training, is the designer of the alpha version of Magic: The Gathering card game (Wizards).
Shigeru Miyamoto, senior managing director, Entertainment Analysis and Development Division, Nintendo Co., Ltd., Kyoto, Japan, is the inventor of Donkey Kong.
Moderator Bernard Yee has managed product development of computer games in Asia and the United States, most notably at Sony Online Entertainment, developers and publishers of EverQuest and Star Wars Galaxies. He also served as Director of Product Development at Disney Interactive and Director of Creative Development at Disney Online. Bernard has been a journalist, analyst and consultant for the computer games industry, and is currently teaching a class in Game Design and Development at Columbia University.
And just to whet your appetite a bit, here's an interesting quote from Miyamoto on reality, er, gaming, er... you decide...:
"What if, on a crowded street, you look up and see something appear that should not, given what we know, be there. You either shake your head and dismiss it, or you accept that there is much more to the world than we think. Perhaps it really is a doorway to another place. If you choose to go inside you may find many unexpected things."-Shigeru Miyamoto