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I’ll really miss being on the shows. I’ll miss NVC. Thank you Seth Macy for the “Industry Legend” nickname. I’m so flattered. Y’all are the real legends though.
Kat Bailey
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Larian Studios Storytelling Lead. Creator of Axe of the Blood God. Past: IGN News Director, USgamer Editor-in-Chief. #coyi #skol
![Shigeru Miyamoto describing Mario's design process in Nintendo Dream magazine in 2020:
Miyamoto: I was already thinking of drawing an Italian. In Italy, there are many designers named Mr. Mario something-something, so the name Mario sounded natural.
Interviewer: You were drawing while imagining an Italian person.
Miyamoto: Yes, I was. I particularly like the art of Mordillo [an Italian illustrator]. His characters have big noses and mustaches.](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:jjqe7wq5t6iw6znq3cmidg6w/bafkreiapkqgpjv26fuwotudjcx4o2l64jkcfhjmus74tzydrkmoup3zfle)
