He's probably one of the most overrated game developers in history. Dave Perry was the founder of Shiny, and he gets a lot of credit for some fairly good games (Earthworm Jim, Cool Spot, Aladdin, MDK) that he had a hand in. But to call him the "Spielberg of games" indicates that he consistently creates hits. He doesn't. In fact, some of his latest efforts, like Messiah, Sacrifice, and Enter the Matrix, have been downright duds. And what's more, he's not even with Shiny anymore. Incidentally, three of Dave Perry's best guys from Shiny went on to form Planet Moon, which put out one incredible game (Giants: Citizen Kabuto), one cult classic (Armed & Dangerous) and one goofy PSP game (Infected), as well as some others. And the also-brilliant game MDK 2 was developed by a completely different team over at Bioware. There are some really talented game developers out there who can crank out consistently amazing games. Sid Meier, Will Wright, Shigeru Miyamoto, Tomonobu Itagaki, Fumito Ueda, and Tetsuya Mizaguchi are all much more deserving of recognition than Dave Perry. Even lesser-known developers like Eric Chahi (Another World, Heart of Darkness) are a step above, as far as I'm concerned.