Other Bafta fellows from the video games industry include Peter Molyneux, Shigeru Miyamoto and Will Wright.

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Peter Molyneux is one of the most perplexing characters in the games world.

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Peter Molyneux, like so many of you, pines for the glory days of the studio he co-founded over 15 years ago, Bullfrog Productions.

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In Fable I, II and III, Peter Molyneux and his team at Lionhead Studios created three action role-playing games that were charming, smart and unique.

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From Brian Fargo to Chris Avellone in the US, and Peter Molyneux to David Braben in the UK, giants of classic gaming have turned to Kickstarter to seed their sequels, passion projects and too-cool-for-AAA art games.

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