Gunpei Yokoi was once just an assembly line worker at a Nintendo factory. But armed with inventiveness and his education, Yokoi started tinkering around in his free time. His invention gained the notice of his boss. And within twenty years, he was a star of his company, responsible for some of the biggest names in the videogame industry. Game Boy. Metroid. Donkey Kong. All of these seminal moments were guided by the genius of Yokoi, a brilliant creator with a storybook arc shattered by a tragic ending.
It's important in life to maintain a broad palette when it comes to culture and the arts. Hideo Kojima agrees, as he continues to use video games like Death Stranding to introduce people to music and other elements they might not otherwise discover.
Mojang has partnered with Merlin Entertainments to build the world's first Minecraft theme park in the UK.
A three-episode live-action adaptation of the first two Yakuza video games will debut Tuesday, March 17 exclusively IGN. Each episode is about an hour long and will stream on IGN.com and IGN’s YouTube channel.
