The latest Escapist is out. There's a nice Peter Molyneux interview, but the highlight of the issue is an investigative piece on the late Gunpei Yokoi, Nintendo's very own Carmen Sandiego. Quick - without hitting Google, what's Yokoi responsible for?

Game & Watch, R.O.B., the D-pad, Kid Icarus, Fire Emblem and Metroid. The Game Boy. Oh, and the Virtual Boy. That's a lot of credentials for a man few know anything about. The Escapist's Lara Crigger does a good job cutting through the mists of time, and while she can't quite get to the man behind the legacy, it's still an informative read, especially for Nintendo fans. As she writes:

Every gamer, every child, every person who has ever loved a Nintendo product owes their smiles to Gunpei Yokoi, the quiet engineer with the faint, cheerful smile, the crisp, dark suit and nothing much else to distinguish him, who remains a god without a name, a burnt impression upon the rock, a ghost, a myth, a memory, a legend.

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