{"id":5641,"date":"2016-03-25T14:23:41","date_gmt":"2016-03-25T14:23:41","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/adamchandler.me\/blog\/\/?p=5641"},"modified":"2016-03-23T14:33:27","modified_gmt":"2016-03-23T14:33:27","slug":"linked-former-nintendo-president-satoru-iwata-tribute-gdc","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/adamchandler.me\/blog\/2016\/03\/25\/linked-former-nintendo-president-satoru-iwata-tribute-gdc\/","title":{"rendered":"Linked: Former Nintendo President Satoru Iwata Tribute @ GDC"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>via <a href=\"http:\/\/laughingsquid.com\/former-nintendo-president-satoru-iwata-receives-a-touching-animated-tribute-at-the-game-developers-choice-awards\/\">LaughingSquid<\/a>:<\/p>\n<blockquote><p><em>Satoru Iwata, former president and CEO of Nintendo, passed away last July at age 55. Earlier this month during the Game Developers Choice Awards at the Game Developers Conference in San Francisco, Iwata was given a wonderful tribute in the form of a touching animated short created by Raber Umphenour, Shawne Benson, David Hellman, and Chris Kohler.<\/em><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>Really beautiful.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"via LaughingSquid: Satoru Iwata, former president and CEO of Nintendo, passed away last July at age 55. 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This is usually followed by a Steve Jobs quote. But I\u2019m not so sure that\u2019s always the right game plan. And I think Nintendo is making a mistake by not focusing on this. They\u2019ve already proven themselves to be\u2026","rel":"","context":"In &quot;Linked&quot;","block_context":{"text":"Linked","link":"https:\/\/adamchandler.me\/blog\/category\/linked\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"","width":0,"height":0},"classes":[]},{"id":6877,"url":"https:\/\/adamchandler.me\/blog\/2017\/06\/27\/linked-nintendo-discontinues-the-nes-classic-edition\/","url_meta":{"origin":5641,"position":1},"title":"Linked: &#8220;Nintendo Discontinues the NES Classic Edition&#8221;","author":"Adam Chandler","date":"June 27, 2017","format":false,"excerpt":"via IGN: (What happened to this once great website? 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