Beckett Massive Online Gamer has an article in their most recent issue that lists their picks for the top 20 most influential people in the MMO industry. I took a quick peek to see whether I was in agreement with them. No surprise; Rob Pardo tops the list and is joined by John Smedley, Raph Koster, Richard Garriott, Mark Jacobs, and Sulka Haro. I was a bit surprised at some of the people left off the list. I was pleasantly surprised to see Daniel James and David Perry included. I was especially surprised to see that Perry’s Project Top Secret was listed as his “most prominent work in the MMO space”.
You can see the complete list online, but if you want to read their reasonings behind each selection, you’ll have to subscribe or find a hard copy somewhere.
