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...turned to gold. His games have sold in excess of 100 million copies. Practically all the under-35's in the games industry today--which is most of them--grew up influenced by his work. "Every Miyamoto title pushes game technology and creativity a little further," says Souris Hong-Poretta, co-president of New York City--based Invasiv Studios, a game developer. "Not one or the other. Always both...
...debate raged among fans. "I refuse to participate in something I believe is nothing more than making money off people's lust for the past," said graduate student Tony Novosel, 41, in a message sent over the Internet. But commercialism wasn't a problem for Woodstock '94 attendee Suzanne Poretta, 24: "For three days of music, camping and parking space, $135 is not bad. But this no-alcohol thing I can't handle...
...portrayed by Norwegian Actor Toralv Maurstad, Grieg comes across as a cross between Horatio Alger and Jackie Coogan. He confides to his close friend, Rikard Nordraak (Frank Poretta), "I was beginning to lose any hope, Nordraak, of ever being important." The plot follows Grieg's agonized crawl to fame, illustrated principally by a lot of fancy name-dropping. "I've written 15 songs for the poems of Hans Christian Andersen," he shyly admits. Cries Nordraak, eagerly: "Has Hans heard these?" Later, Grieg's wife Nina (Florence Henderson) sighs: "How do you suppose the others managed?" Replies...
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