Shigeru Miyamoto has been awarded the Principe de Asturias Prize here in Spain in the Comunication and Humanity cathegory. This was the third time he was nominated Maybe you don't know this but this prizes are globally considered the second most important prizes in the world after the Nobel Prize http://www.fpa.es/en/ http://tecnologia.elpais.com/tecnologia/2012/05/23/actualidad/1337762210_818458.html http://www.elmundo.es/ http://www.elmundo.es/elmundo/2012/05/23/navegante/1337762474.html Front news evrywhere in Spain.
As a Spanish speaker, a geek, and an expert in Communication and Humanities (As in "what I do for a living"), this makes me really happy.