Shigeru Miyamoto, Hideo Kojima and Gabe Newell are all well-known amongst 'hardcore' gamers, but the gaming industry doesn't have any real celebrities. At least, nobody the general public knows or cares about. But does that need to change? Criticalgamer.co.uk takes a look...

Well known game studios are rare, well known individual developers rarer still. If you’re reading this then you’ll recognise most if not all of the following names: Shigeru Miyamoto, David Braben, David Jaffe, Ian Livingstone, Peter Molyneux, Hideki Kamiya, David Cage, Gabe Newell, Dan Houser. What does this prove, apart from the fact that developers called David seem to have a disproportionately high chance of getting noticed?

I missed some names off that list of well known individuals but not, in all honesty, that many; especially when you consider how many actors, actresses, singers and musicians you could recognise without even trying. The point is though that gaming does have its own celebrities… but only within the tight knit circle of hardcore gamers. Could this ever change? Would it be possible for the games industry to produce international celebrities, recognised by people regardless of whether or not they’re interested in the relevant products?

If things stay the way they are now, the answer is a big fat ‘no’.

Miss Razz via criticalgamer.co.uk »