Last year, Shigeru Miyamoto – creator of the Super Mario Bros. and the father and modern video games – made his debut appearance on the Time Magazine Online voting poll for “most influential person of the year” and eventually came in at #9. Well, this year’s results are in and for the 2008 Online Poll “Shiggy” took the NUMBER ONE SPOT! Beating out both Stephen Colbert and his arch-rival Korean pop star Rain. Kickass.
Let’s review…This guy:>>– Gets to basically be an eternal kid.>– Gets to make art he loves.>– Essentially brings his imaginary friends and their worlds to life.>– Is either rich or not worried about his bills.>– I beloved by million inside Japan and abroad, and has been for decades.>>I’d say he’s a lucky bastard, if he wasn’t so deserving.
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