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Meier lists top three gaming innovations

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Apparently these came from "a lunch designed to emulate the literary conversations once held at the Algonquin Hotel by Dorothy Parker". That's not funny, dude.

Meier's top three gaming innovations are:

  • IBM making the PC.
  • The development of Sim City and other games that encouraged construction, rather than just destruction.
  • Nintendo’s Official Seal of Quality, which raised the bar for console games from the 80s onwards.

Go Sid.

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Patrick Garratt is a games media legend - and not just by reputation. He was named as such in the UK's 'Games Media Awards', the equivalent of a lifetime achievement award. After garnering experience on countless gaming magazines, he joined Eurogamer and later split from that brand to create VG247, putting the site on the map with fast, 24-hour a day coverage, and assembling the site's earliest editorial teams. He retired from VG247, and the games industry, in 2017.
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