Regarding Heroes
Growing up, I’ve had a few heroes. Be it Batman, later Richard Feynman (yes, I’m one of those), Shigero Miyamoto, or Will Wright, I get excited when stuff dealing with them comes up.
The British Academy of Film and Television announced that Will Wright will become one of the BAFTA Fellowship this year at their British Academy Video Game Awards, making him the first member of video game industry to be one of the fellowship. BAFTA is starting to recognize the “massive impact” that video games have made on pop culture, and how they’ve changed motion pictures.
“Will’s immense, creative body of work and his continued contribution to the industry make him a most worthy recipient of the Fellowship,” said Hilary Bevan Jones, chairman of the Academy, “and being such a pioneer, we are thrilled that he will be the first person to receive this honor.”
The award ceremony will be held on October 23rd in London.