Gaming Icons Get Star On 'Walk Of Game' 28
Thanks to Businesswire.com for hosting the press release announcing a 'Walk Of Game' within the Metreon Center in San Francisco, honoring "groundbreaking videogame titles and franchises" in the form of Hollywood Walk Of Fame-style stars. No inductees have yet been announced for the walk, set to "...commemorate some of pop culture's most indelible icons of the digital screen", but it'll be interesting to see if Mario gets a star inside the Sony-owned Metreon, and whether creators will be honored in addition to game characters.
Of course it'll have Mario! (Score:4, Insightful)
If they don't put down Mario, everybody will know that it's nothing but a farce, and Sony will lose face. Of course it'll have Mario!
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heh (Score:3, Interesting)
If they don't honor Mario, they automatically lose all credibility. Mario played an undeniable role in shaping modern video games and was at one time the most popular and most recognizable mascot (either in the world or in the USA, can't remember which...)
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Star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame (Score:4, Informative)
But, hey, let's start collecting. If we raise the $15.000 maybe they'll grant the star anyway.
Re:Star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame (Score:1)
Must-Have Characters? (Score:3, Interesting)
-Mario. There's no arguing this one.
-Pac-Man. One of the most popular arcade games of our time.
-Donkey Kong. Like Pac-Man, his arcade game was enormously popular.
-Lara Croft. She's made a huge cultural impact, so she's in.
There's also the characters that would be nice, but probably wouldn't be accepted...
-Q-Bert. Seems appropriate to me - he works well with square tiles...
-Pitfall Harry. Pitfall was one of the Atari's better games, and he would be a great choice.
-Link. The Legend of Zelda series has been proven to be a hit time and time again, but the character isn't very well known outside of the gaming community.
-Guybrush Threepwood, just because he's so damn cool.
Anyone have any more suggestions? I'd love to see what others are thinking...
Re:Must-Have Characters? (Score:2)
Ms. Pac-Man
Mega Man
Ryu and Ken
Snake(MG)
And put a ban on Square characters because I dislike how they ousted Mario and Link on GameFaqs after being in a single game.
Re:Must-Have Characters? (Score:3, Interesting)
Ken and Roberta Williams
Howard Lincoln
John Carmack
John Romero
Shigeru Miyamoto
Warren Robinett
Dani Bunten
Noel Bushnell
Steve Wozniak
Richard Garriott
And the list goes on. I'm thinking more of the people behind the games. Kinda like giving Mickey Mouse a star on the Walk of Fame, but not Walt Disney.
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My personal bias would go with Samus, however.
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Already been done. (Score:2)
Seriously, my local movie theater created their own "Walk of Fame" and my alma mater sold bricks that you could put your name in to make a walk of fame.
Oh wait, I just realized! It's a press release! Hype hype hype hype! It's just a gimmick to get you to go to the movies and pay $10 for a ticket and $23.50 for popcorn and a large drink.
The Problem With Honoring Characters (Score:3, Interesting)
Video game characters are property. The Hollywood Walk of Fame doesn't have to get permission from Lucille Ball's owner in order to give her an award and honor her, but Mario belongs to Nintendo, Sonic belongs to Sega, etc. There would have to be some serious hoop-jumping in order to get names, images, videos, statues and the like on display in a museum of this kind.
Mario would be first on my list too, but knowing the tightness with which Nintendo grips its IP and given its current competitive stance with Sony, I find it hard to believe that they would allow Mario's likeness to be used to put money into Sony's pockets.
However, I'm all in favor of honoring actual people in this way. Creating a place where gamers could wander through the history of video games and read about the careers of legendary innovators like Ralph Baer, Nolan Bushnell, Shigeru Miyamoto, and John Carmack sounds like an awesome idea.
Re:The Problem With Honoring Characters (Score:2)
I agree, and I was going to make this point if you hadn't already. Why are the characters getting honored and not the people who made them? I don't think Video Game Designers and Programmers get enough publicity. The video game industry should really promote itself and it's
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If you read a good book, you might go out and look for more books by that same author, you don't really care about who published it. The same (should) go for video games, if you like a game by a certain design team/programmer you should be able to easly figure out who they are so you can seek out more of the same.
The primary push for advertising a
Re:The Problem With Honoring Characters (Score:2)
Yeah... but that's not to say that it can't be done. Some animated characters (like Mickey Mouse, Bugs Bunny, and, I believe, The Simpsons) ha
Re:The Problem With Honoring Characters (Score:1)
In fairness though, the Madden series of games isn't actually a member of the HoF in the strictest sense. It's merely honored and on display there. Also, EA probably wouldn't have agreed to do it if say 989 Sports were the owners of the hall and stood to make money off the Madden franchise name.
I can see it now (Score:2, Funny)
This Friday, popular game character Mario was honored with a spot on the Sony Metreon's Walk of Game. The plumber graciously recieved his Star and subsequently killed the 4 Sony presenters when they shook his wildly flashing invincible hand.
A good location (Score:2, Informative)
However, I often go to the Metreon and don't spend a thing, because they often put up gimmicky things like this and I'll go regularly to check for a new exhibit. When Minority Report was in theaters they had the cool car des