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Neil Newbon
Neil Newbon, British actor and performance capture artist; Astarion in Baldur's Gate 3, Karl Heisenberg in Resident Evil Village, Kamski and Gavin Reed in Detroit: Become Human; Game Awards 2023 Best Performer winner.
Nolan Bushnell
Nolan Bushnell (born 1943, Ogden, Utah) is an American entrepreneur who co-founded Atari in 1972, launched Pong, founded Chuck E. Cheese in 1977, hired Steve Jobs, and founded over 20 companies.
Nolan North
Nolan North (born 1970, New Haven, Connecticut) is an American voice actor, the voice of Nathan Drake in Uncharted, Desmond Miles in Assassin's Creed, Ghost in Destiny, and Deadpool; he received BAFTA's first Special Award for games performance in 2018.
OpenCritic
OpenCritic is a video game review aggregator launched in 2015, also called Open Critic, that averages critic scores on a 100-point scale with no publication weighting, distinguishing it from Metacritic's undisclosed weighting system.
Peter Molyneux
Peter Molyneux, English game designer, creator of the god game genre with Populous (1989); led Bullfrog, Lionhead (Fable), and 22Cans; known for overpromising, the Godus Kickstarter controversy, and Masters of Albion (2026).
Phil Fish
Phil Fish (Philippe Poisson), Canadian indie designer, founded Polytron and made Fez (2012), an IGF Grand Prize winner featured in Indie Game: The Movie; he cancelled Fez 2 in 2013 and left the industry after harassment.
Ralph H. Baer
Ralph H. Baer (1922–2014), German-American engineer, father of video games; invented the Brown Box prototype at Sanders Associates, basis of the 1972 Magnavox Odyssey, the first home console; also created Simon; over 150 patents.
Randy Pitchford
Randy Pitchford, American game designer and executive; co-founder and CEO of Gearbox Software (Borderlands, Brothers in Arms, Duke Nukem Forever); ex-3D Realms Duke Nukem 3D developer; sold Gearbox to Take-Two in 2024 for $460 million.
Rhianna Pratchett
Rhianna Pratchett, British video game writer and narrative designer, daughter of Terry Pratchett; lead writer of Tomb Raider (2013) and Rise of the Tomb Raider, also Heavenly Sword, Overlord, Mirror's Edge; WGA award winner.
Richard Garriott
Richard Garriott, aka Lord British (born 1961), American game designer, creator of Ultima, Ultima Online, Akalabeth, Origin Systems, Tabula Rasa, and Shroud of the Avatar; 2008 space tourist now reclaiming Ultima rights from EA.
Rick May
Rick May (1940–2020) was a Canadian-American voice actor best known for voicing the Soldier in Team Fortress 2 and Peppy Hare and Andross in Star Fox 64.
Rob Wiethoff
Rob Wiethoff, American actor and Indiana University alumnus, provides the voice and motion capture of John Marston in Red Dead Redemption (2010), Undead Nightmare, and Red Dead Redemption 2 (2018); otherwise works in construction.
Robert A. Altman
Robert A. Altman (1947–2021), American lawyer and co-founder, chairman, and CEO of ZeniMax Media, parent of Bethesda Softworks; led the $7.5 billion sale to Microsoft; acquitted in the BCCI case; husband of Lynda Carter.
Robert Kurvitz
Robert Kurvitz (born 1984) is an Estonian novelist, musician, and game developer, lead writer of Disco Elysium (2019) and author of the 2013 novel Sacred and Terrible Air.
Roberta Williams
Roberta Williams, born Roberta Lynn Heuer in 1953, is an American game designer who created the first graphical adventure game, Mystery House (1980), and King's Quest.
Ronnie Singh
Ronnie Singh, aka Ronnie2K, is the American marketing executive and social media face of 2K's NBA 2K series; distinct from a mental health consultant and a Punjab police officer of the same name.
Sam Houser
Sam Houser, London-born British producer, co-founded Rockstar Games in 1998 with Terry Donovan, Dan Houser, Jamie King, and Gary Foreman; president and executive producer of Grand Theft Auto and Red Dead Redemption.
Sam Lake
Sam Lake (Sami Antero Järvi, b. 1970), Finnish writer and creative director of Remedy Entertainment; created Max Payne, wrote Alan Wake, Quantum Break, Control, and Alan Wake 2.
Satoru Iwata (岩田聡)
Satoru Iwata (岩田聡), 1959–2015, Japanese programmer and Nintendo's fourth president (2002–2015), first outside the founding family; led DS and Wii, cut his own pay rather than lay off staff, and worked on the Switch.
Scott Cawthon
Scott Cawthon, American developer and creator of Five Nights at Freddy's (FNAF); formerly made Christian games, built a games-books-film franchise, retired from public development in 2021 over political donations.
Shigeru Miyamoto (宮本茂)
Shigeru Miyamoto (宮本茂), born 1952, Japanese Nintendo designer who created Donkey Kong, Mario, Zelda, Star Fox, Pikmin, and Nintendogs; now Executive Fellow and Representative Director, co-producing Nintendo films and theme parks.
Shinji Mikami
Shinji Mikami (三上 真司), Japanese game designer, creator of Resident Evil (1996), the original survival horror game, and Resident Evil 4; later founded Tango Gameworks, made The Evil Within, and now leads Unbound.
Sid Meier
Sid Meier (born 1954) is an American game designer who co-founded MicroProse (1982) and Firaxis (1996), created Pirates! and the Civilization series, and is known for the maxim that a game is a series of interesting decisions.
Simon Collins-Laflamme
Simon Collins-Laflamme, co-founder of the Hypixel Minecraft server (2013) and Hypixel Studios, creator of Hytale; reacquired Hytale from Riot Games in November 2025 and launched early access January 13, 2026.
Steve Downes
Steve Downes, American voice actor and Chicago radio DJ (WDRV The Drive), voice of Master Chief John-117 in Halo from Combat Evolved (2001) through Halo: Campaign Evolved; outspoken against AI voice cloning in 2026.
Tatsumi Kimishima (君島 達己)
Tatsumi Kimishima (君島 達己, born 1950) is a Japanese ex-banker and former Pokémon Company and Nintendo of America chief who was Nintendo's fifth president, 2015-2018, launching the Switch.
Terrence C. Carson
Terrence C. (T.C.) Carson, born 1958 in Chicago, is an American stage, TV, and voice actor and jazz vocalist: Kyle Barker on Living Single, Mace Windu in Star Wars animation, and the original voice of Kratos in God of War (2005–2013), returning for the announced Greek trilogy remake.
Tim Cain
Tim Cain (Timothy Cain), American game designer and programmer, lead creator of Fallout (1997), co-founder of Troika Games (Arcanum, Temple of Elemental Evil, Bloodlines), co-director of The Outer Worlds, now back at Obsidian.
Tim Schafer
Tim Schafer (born 1967) is an American game designer, founder of Double Fine Productions, creator of Grim Fandango, Psychonauts, and Brütal Legend; he took Double Fine independent from Xbox in July 2026.
Todd Howard
Todd Howard, American game director and executive producer at Bethesda Game Studios, joined in 1994; directed Morrowind, Oblivion, Skyrim, Fallout 3, Fallout 4, and Starfield, and led the studio into the Microsoft era.