Weekly People You Should Know, September 4
September 3, 2009
In the industry, it can be a challenge to stretch your boundaries, learn your history and expand your horizons. Give us 15 minutes, and we’ll do it a week at a time.
- Game designer of the week – Nasir Gebelli. Incredibly influential and an inspiration to some of today’s most prominent designers.
- Traditional Artist of the week – Kurt Schwitters. An artist who worked somewhere between design and art.
- Game artist of the week – George Opperman. You know him. You totally know him.
A public service of @bbrathwaite, @jofsharp and @ChrisA9.
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I’d never heard of Gebelli before, thanks for that! Nice to see another Iranian-American game developer, particularly one who worked on so many influential Japanese (!) games!
Yes, I was surprised to see an Iranian-American game designer, too. I’m not surprised, though. There’s a large Iranian-American community in my city, many of them working for big tech companies.
This is a very nice feature, Brenda. Not enough people get credit like this. Maybe there should be an ivgdb (international video game database)?
I heart Nasir.
Cyberstrike FTW.