Theres an interesting article on Wired that examines how Mark Burnett, the creator of Survivor, is in fact a game designer. He has another project in the works, and it may be interesting. So.. here is the wired article, you can decide for yourself if hes worthy of considering a game designer.

Quick: Who are the defining game designers of our generation?

A serious gamer might think of Will Wright of The Sims, Shigeru Miyamoto of Nintendo and maybe John Carmack of Doom. But let me throw another one at you:Mark Burnett.Who dat? He’s the guy who created Survivor, the TV show.

Depending on who you ask, Burnett is responsible for a) crafting one of the most successful series in history, b) injecting yet more gratuitous T&A into broadcasting and c) single-handedly revitalizing a moribund CBS.But I think he’s done something even more interesting: He has brought game design to the mainstream. And he did it not on an Xbox or PlayStation, but in that most Jurassic of media, prime time TV.

Wired News: Who Gets Games? Mark Burnett

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