4Stack #14 — answers & breakdown

Monday, July 27, 2026

The sixteen cards in this puzzle were: Shigeru Miyamoto, Hideo Kojima, Sid Meier, John Carmack, Gabe Newell, Markus Persson, Palmer Luckey, Tim Sweeney, Troy Baker, Nolan North, Laura Bailey, Charles Martinet, Koji Kondo, Nobuo Uematsu, Mick Gordon, C418.

The four stacks

Created iconic franchises

Shigeru Miyamoto, Hideo Kojima, Sid Meier, John Carmack

Founded gaming companies

Gabe Newell, Markus Persson, Palmer Luckey, Tim Sweeney

Prolific voice actors

Troy Baker, Nolan North, Laura Bailey, Charles Martinet

Game composers

Koji Kondo, Nobuo Uematsu, Mick Gordon, C418

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