{"assets":[{"original":"http:\/\/ludumdare.com\/compo\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/07\/mariosad-550x367.jpg","local":"\/data\/posts\/2015\/07\/c4259978eae99ef8604119ddd7a1a0ba.jpg"},{"original":"http:\/\/ludumdare.com\/compo\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/07\/mariosad.jpg","local":"\/data\/posts\/2015\/07\/e506041ec3c607775ea7b72fb392cb39.jpg"}],"author_link":"author\/atomicvikings\/","author_name":"AtomicVikings","cat":"Uncategorized","categories":["Uncategorized"],"comments":[],"epoch":1436778540,"event":"","likes":36,"metadata":{"p_key":"82873","p_author":"AtomicVikings","p_authorkey":"0","p_urlkey":"293605","p_title":"Nintendo President Satoru Iwata Dies at 55","p_cat":"Uncategorized","p_event":"LD32","p_time":"1436778540","p_likes":"36","p_comments":"0","p_status":"WAYBACK","us_key":null,"us_name":null,"us_username":null,"event_start":"1429228800","event_key":"27","event_name":"LD32"},"source_url":"2015\/07\/13\/nintendo-president-satoru-iwata-dies-at-55\/","text":"<p style=\"padding-left: 30px\">Rest in Peace, Satoru Iwata.<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px\"><b>Satoru Iwata<\/b> (December 6, 1959\u00a0\u2013 July 11, 2015) was a Japanese businessman and programmer who served as the fourth President\u00a0and chief executing officer\u00a0(CEO) of Nintendo. He worked as a programmer at HAL Laboritory\u00a0early in his career before joining Nintendo in 2000, succeeding Hiroshi Yamauchi\u00a0as the company\u2019s president in May 2002. Iwata directed the company to pursue development of the Nintendo DS and Wii\u00a0consoles in 2006, helping the company to become financially successful among other game console manufacturers. He served as company president until his death in July 2015.<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px\"><a href=\"\/data\/posts\/2015\/07\/e506041ec3c607775ea7b72fb392cb39.jpg\"><img alt=\"mariosad\" class=\"alignleft wp-image-469818 size-large\" height=\"367\" sizes=\"(max-width: 550px) 100vw, 550px\" src=\"\/data\/posts\/2015\/07\/c4259978eae99ef8604119ddd7a1a0ba.jpg\" srcset=\"http:\/\/ludumdare.com\/compo\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/07\/mariosad-300x200.jpg 300w, http:\/\/ludumdare.com\/compo\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/07\/mariosad-550x367.jpg 550w, http:\/\/ludumdare.com\/compo\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/07\/mariosad.jpg 900w\" width=\"550\"\/><\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px\">\n<\/p>","time":"July 13th, 2015 9:09 am","title":"Nintendo President Satoru Iwata Dies at 55","title_was_empty":false}