I was going to say I miss the age in video games where there were well known players like Sid Meier or Will Wright, but then I noticed the article was written by Geoff Keighley who I still know of today for running the game awards. Kinda funny.
There are lots of famous names around, probably more so than before. Kojima and Myamoto come to mind, Tim Schafer is 20 years into a 'comeback', Minecraft - one of the most popular games of the last decade - has a well-known designer who'd still be part of the conversation if he hadn't taken it upon himself to torch his public reputation. And that's just scratching the surface.
