The Top 10 Video Game Designers on the Web

Of the vast many video game designers/developers indexed on PeekYou, which includes pretty much all of the industry’s best known and most legendary names, these 10 below are the folks with the highest PeekScores; our metric which gauges online prominence, impact, and influence.

We know that gaming enthusiasts can be a feisty bunch, so we do stress that we’re not suggesting that these are the best designers, or the most successful, simply that they are the most prominent here in cyberspace.

Rank	Picture	Name	Notable Games	PeekScore
1		Shigeru Miyamoto	Mario, Zelda	8.29 / 10
2		Sid Meier	Sid Meier’s Civilization	8.28 / 10
3		Tim Schafer	Full Throttle, Psychonauts, Brütal Legend	8.23 / 10
4		Hideo Kojima	Metal Gear, Snatcher, Policenauts	8.12 / 10
5		John Carmack	Wolfenstein 3D, Doom	8.09 / 10
6		Dave Jones	Lemmings, Grand Theft Auto	8.07 / 10
7		Gabe Newel	Half-Life, Steam	8.05 / 10
8		Will Wright	The Sims, SimCity, SimAnt	8.04 / 10
9		Peter Molyneux	Dungeon Keeper, Black & White, Fable	8.03 / 10
10		Cliff Bleszinski	Gears of War	8.00 / 10