While making my journey from the United Kingdom to the United States, I happened to pick up a copy of Edge magazine for the flight. Contained within was a very fascinating interview with game design legend Shigeru Miyamoto, creator of such classics as The Legend of Zelda and, of course, Wii Music.
The interview was deeply personal, perhaps one of the most confessional I have seen from the iconic designer. In fact, he opened up at one point with a shocking revelation that astounded myself. I am quite surprised that the story has not yet been picked up elsewhere, but Miyamoto admitted how his own shortcomings have influenced his game design, including one particular frustration that he very bravely confessed to:
"The one problem I've never been able to resolve is that while I wish I was good enough to perform for people, no matter how much I practiced I still feel that my instrument performance is not very good."
I understand that it must have taken some real nerve to be so honest, but Miyamoto's willingness to admit to such deeply personal problems in a public forum has granted me a newfound respect for the man. I would like you all to join in my offering support for Miyamoto-San and his wife. It is obviously a relationship that has remained strong in the face of real adversity.
I think I caught the right context.
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1:26 PM on 11.29.2008
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Maybe you need a better sense of humor?
Jim, you da man. I think. Or something.
fixed.
Your MOM's a b$ post!
Dare I say, his Master Sword is broken. D:
If you hate Destructoid's way of things, why are you here?
"slow news day is slow eh?"
No, this is Jim's journalism at its finest.
...and it's the fucking the weekend... after a major holiday...
...and Dtoid is a game-related news aggregator with editorials, not the Washington Post or New York Times.
fixed.
No, you aren't.
coincidence? i think not.
I've been reading Dtoid since it's inception, and while I'm neither offended or insulted by this article, I think it's sad that anyone would think this was worth posting.
Questioning Miyamoto's, or anyone's, ability to perform sexually, even while obviously joking, is just unnecessary and in poor taste.
I still love Jim and Destructoid, but sometimes you can go too far.
Posts like this make me laugh. I got you to post a comment. I have your hit, I have your discussion, I have your clothes, your boots and your motorcycle. Job done, babe.
In short: I love you, you avatar-less little troll, you. <3
Also this isn't worse than that weekend with the post about the video of that idiot playing the Mario theme on a goddamned banana.
and i love it.
i lub you jimmles