So here’s some splendid news — Alex Rigopulos and Eran Egozy, who together founded Harmonix in the mid-90s, are included among the honorees of the second-annual Character Approved Awards, a ceremony that celebrates meaningful contributions to the humanities.
And those software developers are in good company: included among this year’s luminaries are Nora Ephron, for her contributions to writing; the band Green Day; Hurt Locker director Kathryn Bigelow; Jessica Jackley, founder of kiva.org; and for design, Yves Behar, creator of the hundred-dollar laptop. Rigopulos and Egozy will be honored for their contributions to New Media.
The Character Approved Awards ceremony is a USA Network initiative — get it? Because, the motto, “Characters welcome”? — and as such, little narrated profiles of each of the honorees are slated to air on, you guessed it, USA.
I gather those segments will ultimately air piecemeal (the event itself isn’t televised, unfortunately), with each honoree’s profile presented as an autonomous human interest clip between other, longer television shows. So as for when to catch the Harmonix segment, your guess is as good as mine, although I’m told all those “vignettes” will begin airing on the 25th.
Last year’s first-annual Character Approved winners included musician Lupe Fiasco, chef David Chang, Wikipedia’s Jimmy Wales, and pop artist Shepard Fairey.
Original post editors@gamesetwatch.com (Jennifer Frank)
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