The 10 Most Interesting People in Gaming for 2005

jkdove writes "GamerGod rolls out their list of "The 10 Most Interesting People in Gaming for 2005". From the article: "Our list draws from a wide slice of the gaming community. A respected game designer is on the list, but so is a political figure, a game player, a man with an agenda, and even a modder. Each person was selected for their ability to grab and hold the headlines with their design, deeds, or words; and for their contribution to twelve months of gaming headlines, news, scandals, sensations, and entertainment.""

Re:Leroy Jenkins

[heavy snowfall]

Leeroy! [warcraftmovies.com]

Re:I Am Exploring The Outer Limits Of Slacking

[Yvanhoe]

Here you go : The Pointlessness of Current Videogame Journalism [slashdot.org]

Re:Darn, site /.ed already

[shadowcode]

Mirrordot does:
http://www.mirrordot.com/stories/1670335f166dd15f0 3bdb23b35ee9949/index.html [mirrordot.com]

What is "interesting"?

[PIPBoy3000]

Ah, but you know their names. To me, that's part of the phrase "interesting". If you never heard of the girl licking the PSP photo, it's likely that's not really interesting. Gabe and Carmack, even if you disagree with their points of view, might be considered quite interesting. Gabe's certainly made a bunch of people upset when he lied about HL2's release, and made even more mad when he linked Steam to HL2, but it's hard to argue that his actions haven't affected a large number of gamers, publishers, and hardware makers over the last few years. Carmack's in a similar boat, upsetting some people and evoking worship from others. Plus he makes serious rockets in his spare time.

To me, those things are interesting.

Re:Leroy Jenkins

[HansF]

Those links are 'registration only' or dead, another (compressed version) is here [putfile.com].