Shigeru Miyamoto is sitting exactly five seats away from me. Hideo Kojima is sitting four. I'm sure, because I counted.

A producer from the Japanese TV network NHK is talking. "I'm not a specialist in computers or video games," he says for the umpteenth time.

It's fairly interesting, but the crowd is fading. This guy's just killing time until the big guns get on stage. Out of the corner of my eye and on the other side of Kojima, I see that Shiggy's got out two pens: one red and one black. He's scribbling something on his program. Is he the only one taking notes?

I lean across the reporter sitting next to me with a polite "I'm sorry." Miyamoto isn't writing, he's doodling what looks to be a penguin, but I can't tell for sure. He puts the cap back on the pen and turns over the program, giving his full attention to the speaker.

Likewise, I do the same. I can't help but wonder: What the heck was he drawing?

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