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Jonathan Blow
Jonathan Blow, American indie game designer behind Braid (2008) and The Witness (2016), studio Thekla; known for time-manipulation and line-drawing puzzle games, anti-conventional design philosophy, and the Jai programming language.
Josef Fares
Josef Fares, Lebanese-born Swedish film director (Jalla! Jalla!, Zozo) and game director, founded Hazelight Studios in Stockholm, creator of Brothers: A Tale of Two Sons, A Way Out, Game of the Year winner It Takes Two, and Split Fiction.
Josh Sawyer
Joshua Eric "Josh" Sawyer, American RPG designer and studio design director at Obsidian Entertainment; directed Fallout: New Vegas, Pillars of Eternity 1 and 2, and Pentiment; began at Black Isle Studios in 1999 on Van Buren.
Junichi Masuda
Junichi Masuda (増田順一) is a Japanese video game composer, director, and producer, a Game Freak founding member who composed Pokémon Red and Green and directed Ruby, Sapphire, X, and Y.
Katherine Anna Kang
Katherine Anna Kang, American game designer and producer, id Software business development director, founder of Fountainhead Entertainment, producer of Doom RPG, Orcs & Elves, Wolfenstein RPG, Doom II RPG; former wife of John Carmack.
Keiji Inafune (稲船敬二)
Keiji Inafune (稲船敬二), Japanese game designer and producer, core artist and producer of Capcom's Mega Man series and head of Capcom R&D until 2010; founded Comcept, whose Mighty No. 9 Kickstarter raised $4 million but released to poor reviews; Comcept dissolved January 2026.
Ken Levine (game developer)
Ken Levine, American game designer, co-founded Irrational Games (1997) and directed System Shock 2, BioShock, and BioShock Infinite; founded Ghost Story Games in 2014, developer of the unreleased shooter Judas.
Ken Sugimori (杉森 建)
Ken Sugimori (杉森建, born 1966) is a Japanese artist, Game Freak co-founder, and Pokémon art director who designed the original 151 Pokémon and defined the franchise's visual style.
Kevin Pereira
Kevin Pereira is an American television host and producer, born in 1982, best known as the longtime host of G4's Attack of the Show! from 2005 to 2013.
Kim Hyung-tae (김형태) (entrepreneur)
Kim Hyung-tae (김형태), South Korean game developer, founder and CEO of SHIFT UP; former SOFTMAX team lead and NCSOFT art director on Blade & Soul; creator of Destiny Child, NIKKE, and Stellar Blade.
Leslie Benzies
Leslie Benzies, Scottish game producer, former president of Rockstar North and lead on GTA III, IV, and V; left in 2016, sued Take-Two for $150 million in royalties, founded Build A Rocket Boy (Everywhere, MindsEye).
Lucas Pope
Lucas Pope, American indie developer in Saitama, Japan, creator of Papers, Please (2013) and Return of the Obra Dinn (2018); ex-Naughty Dog tools programmer; two IGF grand prizes; later Mars After Midnight.
Marisha Ray
Marisha Ray, American voice actress, producer, and creative director of Critical Role Productions; founding cast member playing Keyleth, Beau, and Murray; married to Matthew Mercer; voices Margaret in Persona 4 spin-offs.
Mark Cerny
Mark Cerny, American game designer and lead system architect of PlayStation 4, PS5, and PS5 Pro; designer of Marble Madness (1984), Sega Technical Institute founder, Cerny Games consultant, AIAS Hall of Fame member.
Mark Kern
Mark Kern is a video game producer, team lead on vanilla World of Warcraft and producer on Diablo II at Blizzard, later founder of Red 5 Studios (Firefall) and commentator on game industry economics.
Markus Persson
Markus "Notch" Persson, Swedish programmer, created Minecraft in 2009, founded Mojang in 2010, left lead development December 2011, and sold Mojang to Microsoft for $2.5 billion in 2014.
Masahiro Sakurai (桜井 政博)
Masahiro Sakurai (桜井 政博), Japanese game director and designer, creator of Kirby and director of Super Smash Bros.; founded Sora Ltd., ran the YouTube channel Masahiro Sakurai on Creating Games (2022–2024), and directs Kirby Air Riders on Switch 2.
Masayoshi Yokoyama (横山 昌義)
Masayoshi Yokoyama (横山昌義), SEGA executive and head of RGG Studio since 2021, writer and producer of the Yakuza/Like a Dragon series; overseas sales 70% of total.
Matt Booty
Matt Booty, American video game executive, EVP and Chief Content Officer at Xbox (Microsoft Gaming); former head of Xbox Game Studios from 2018; oversees nearly 40 studios including Bethesda, Activision Blizzard, and King.
Michael Jones (actor)
Michael Vincent Jones (born 1987) is an American actor and internet personality, fourth main host of Rooster Teeth's Achievement Hunter, creator of Rage Quit, voice of Sun Wukong in RWBY, Max in Camp Camp, and Zach in Lazer Team.
Michael Morhaime
Michael Morhaime, also Mike Morhaime, co-founded Blizzard Entertainment in 1991 as Silicon & Synapse, led it as CEO through Warcraft, StarCraft, Diablo, and World of Warcraft until 2018, and founded Dreamhaven in 2020.
Mike Pondsmith
Mike Pondsmith, nicknamed Maximum Mike, is the American game designer who created the Cyberpunk tabletop RPG (1988) and founded R. Talsorian Games; he also designed Mekton and Castle Falkenstein and consulted on CD Projekt Red's Cyberpunk 2077.
Min-Liang Tan
Min-Liang Tan (Tan Min-Liang), Singaporean co-founder and CEO of Razer since 2006, built the gaming hardware firm with Robert Krakoff, listed it in Hong Kong in 2017, and now leads its AI gaming push.
Morgan Webb
Morgan Webb, American TV personality and game journalist, co-hosted G4's X-Play with Adam Sessler after starting behind the scenes at TechTV; later ran WebbAlert and worked at Bonfire Studios.
Motomu Toriyama
Motomu Toriyama (鳥山求), Japanese game director and scenario writer at Square Enix since 1994; directed FFX-2, the Final Fantasy XIII trilogy, and co-directed the Final Fantasy VII Remake and Rebirth games.
Nadji Jeter
Nadji Anthony Jeter, American actor from Atlanta, Georgia; voice and motion capture performer for Miles Morales in Insomniac's Spider-Man games and the 2017 animated series, and Sam in The Last of Us.
Naoki Yoshida
Naoki Yoshida (吉田直樹), known as Yoshi-P, is a Japanese game producer and director at Square Enix who rebuilt Final Fantasy XIV after its failed 2010 launch and produced Final Fantasy XVI.
Neal Agarwal
Neal Agarwal is a New York-based independent designer behind neal.fun, home of viral web experiences The Deep Sea, The Password Game, Absurd Trolley Problems, and the AI-driven Infinite Craft (2024).
Ned Luke
Ned Luke (born 1958, Danville, Illinois) is an American actor and voice actor, the voice, motion-capture performer, and character model of Michael De Santa in Grand Theft Auto V and GTA Online.
Neil Druckmann (ניל דרוקמן)
Neil Druckmann (ניל דרוקמן), born 1978 in Israel, is the Israeli-American game designer, writer, and studio head of Naughty Dog, creator of The Last of Us and The Last of Us Part II, co-creator of HBO's adaptation, and director of Intergalactic: The Heretic Prophet.