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Is associating games with their designers a quirk of simulation games? I associate Sid Meier and Will Wright heavily with their games, but I don't really have t

Is associating games with their designers a quirk of simulation games? I associate Sid Meier and Will Wright heavily with their games, but I don't really have this same association for other genres.

wodenokoto 11y ago
You don't associate Doom with John Carmack? Or Monkey Island and Full Throttle with Tim Schafer? Or Leisure Suit Larry with Al Lowe?
- toyg 11y ago
  In fact, i associate Monkey Island to Ron Gilbert.
- TazeTSchnitzel 11y ago
  No, I do. Maybe it's just one genre I can think of more than one name in.
- smacktoward 11y ago
  Sure, but it's one thing for people to associate Carmack with Doom and another thing for Id to market the game as John Carmack's Doom.
  - mrec 11y ago
    How soon they forget: http://kotaku.com/5541406/john-romero-is-so-sorry-about-trying-to-make-you-his-bitch http://kotaku.com/5541406/john-romero-is-so-sorry-about-tryi...
aaronbrethorst 11y ago
I don't think so: Metal Gear and Hideo Kojima Final Fantasy and Hironobu Sakaguchi Mega Man and Keiji Inafune The Unreal and Gears of War series and Cliff Bleszinski John Carmack and Doom Mario, Zelda, Donkey Kong, etc. and Shigeru Miyamoto Assassin's Creed and Jade Raymond
- Retra 11y ago
  What is this list and what does it prove?
- anexprogrammer 11y ago
  But I can't recall any of those being released as Hideo Kojima's Metal Gear etc in the same way it's been Sid Meier's Civilization. Same with reviews, it does seem this genre that that was first, and most consistent, mentioning the designer behind the game.
  - aaronbrethorst 11y ago
    https://vgboxart.com/boxes/PS2/15821-metal-gear-solid-2-sons-of-liberty.png https://vgboxart.com/boxes/PS2/15821-metal-gear-solid-2-sons... https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/b/b3/Mgs3box.jpg/250px-Mgs3box.jpg https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/b/b3/Mgs3box... http://img.gamefaqs.net/box/9/0/5/65905_front.jpg http://img.gamefaqs.net/box/9/0/5/65905_front.jpg And, notably, regarding the latest iteration: "Latest Metal Gear Solid 5 box art drops Hideo Kojima's name" - http://www.videogamer.com/ps4/metal_gear_solid_5_the_phantom_pain/news/latest_metal_gear_solid_5_box_art_drops_hideo_kojimas_name.html http://www.videogamer.com/ps4/metal_gear_solid_5_the_phantom...
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  - vacri 11y ago
    I remember American McGee from the release of "American McGee's Alice"... fitting, really, that someone with such a surreal name should leave their stamp on Alice in Wonderland.
- sporro 11y ago
  https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Romero https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Romero for Doom
echelon 11y ago
Smash Bros and Masahiro Sakurai.
qu4z-2 11y ago
On a somewhat related note: http://chrishecker.com/images/f/fc/Wspector2-small.png http://chrishecker.com/images/f/fc/Wspector2-small.png
- agumonkey 11y ago
  Pretty efficient one.

Is associating games with their designers a quirk of simulation games? I associate Sid Meier and Will Wright heavily with their games, but I don't really have this same association for other genres.

wodenokoto 11y ago

You don't associate Doom with John Carmack? Or Monkey Island and Full Throttle with Tim Schafer? Or Leisure Suit Larry with Al Lowe?

toyg 11y ago
In fact, i associate Monkey Island to Ron Gilbert.
TazeTSchnitzel 11y ago
No, I do. Maybe it's just one genre I can think of more than one name in.
smacktoward 11y ago
Sure, but it's one thing for people to associate Carmack with Doom and another thing for Id to market the game as John Carmack's Doom.
- mrec 11y ago
  How soon they forget: http://kotaku.com/5541406/john-romero-is-so-sorry-about-trying-to-make-you-his-bitch http://kotaku.com/5541406/john-romero-is-so-sorry-about-tryi...

aaronbrethorst 11y ago

I don't think so: Metal Gear and Hideo Kojima Final Fantasy and Hironobu Sakaguchi Mega Man and Keiji Inafune The Unreal and Gears of War series and Cliff Bleszinski John Carmack and Doom Mario, Zelda, Donkey Kong, etc. and Shigeru Miyamoto Assassin's Creed and Jade Raymond

Retra 11y ago
What is this list and what does it prove?
anexprogrammer 11y ago
But I can't recall any of those being released as Hideo Kojima's Metal Gear etc in the same way it's been Sid Meier's Civilization. Same with reviews, it does seem this genre that that was first, and most consistent, mentioning the designer behind the game.
- aaronbrethorst 11y ago
  https://vgboxart.com/boxes/PS2/15821-metal-gear-solid-2-sons-of-liberty.png https://vgboxart.com/boxes/PS2/15821-metal-gear-solid-2-sons... https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/b/b3/Mgs3box.jpg/250px-Mgs3box.jpg https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/b/b3/Mgs3box... http://img.gamefaqs.net/box/9/0/5/65905_front.jpg http://img.gamefaqs.net/box/9/0/5/65905_front.jpg And, notably, regarding the latest iteration: "Latest Metal Gear Solid 5 box art drops Hideo Kojima's name" - http://www.videogamer.com/ps4/metal_gear_solid_5_the_phantom_pain/news/latest_metal_gear_solid_5_box_art_drops_hideo_kojimas_name.html http://www.videogamer.com/ps4/metal_gear_solid_5_the_phantom...
- deleted 11y ago
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- vacri 11y ago
  I remember American McGee from the release of "American McGee's Alice"... fitting, really, that someone with such a surreal name should leave their stamp on Alice in Wonderland.
sporro 11y ago
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Romero https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Romero for Doom

echelon 11y ago

Smash Bros and Masahiro Sakurai.

qu4z-2 11y ago

On a somewhat related note: http://chrishecker.com/images/f/fc/Wspector2-small.png http://chrishecker.com/images/f/fc/Wspector2-small.png

agumonkey 11y ago
Pretty efficient one.