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...used to be that video games were tested by their creators and perhaps a few colleagues. Today's titles, however, are far too complicated, requiring a new kind of watchful eye. "Testers are a lot like the crash-test dummies of the industry," says Jason Della Roca, director of the International Game Developers Association, a professional society. First-year testers make about $32,000, while bug hunters with six or more years in the field earn about $53,000, according to Game Developer magazine...
Defining moment: Della Valle started Tod's in 1978 after spotting a photo of the Italian industrialist Gianni Agnelli wearing soft driving shoes--leading to the brainstorm that casual shoes could be chic...
Chic Shoemaker Diego Della Valle...
Luxury quotient: In November 2000, Tod's S.p.A.--which also includes Hogan, a lower-priced line of accessories, and the sportswear brand Fay--was entered on the Milan stock exchange. But Della Valle's current triumph is his football team, Fiorentina. Maybe a line of soccer shoes is next...
...edition in 2000, with a weekly share of 34% over three months, and more than 11 million viewers (in a country of 58 million) tuning in for May's final episode. Aldo Grasso, a professor of mass media at Milan's Catholic University and the TV critic for Corriere della Sera, says Italy has been watching this show for centuries: "Italians can talk about nothing for hours. Our theatrical tradition is rather modest because the real theater is in the streets, in the shops, in Parliament." In other countries, faced with declining ratings, the plotline has begun to jump...