Miyamoto Takes Economist's Innovation Award

Famed Nintendo game designer and Wii mastermind Shigeru Miyamoto received The Innovation Award for Consumer Goods from London-based money magazine The Economist last night. The award recognizes Miyamoto's contributions to the Wii in light of its recent success, along with the innovator's lifetime achievements. "No one is more identified with modern video games than Shigeru Miyamoto," said Economist business editor Tom Standage at last night's event, held at the Science Museum in London. "His pioneering vision and creativity truly created a new category of entertainment." Earlier this year, Miyamoto was awarded the Lifetime Achievement Award at this year's Game Developers Choice Awards. This year marks three decades of employ under Nintendo for the designer, who will be 55 years old next month on November 16.