Maybe. But most game designers are not very interesting.
There's no reason to put any of them on a pedestal. I wouldn't say most of them aren't interesting, though. Heck, I'm amazingly interesting. Just ask Zeke. I have a funny accent and everything.
And lets say that they are willing to put up with it. How entertaining is it to see someone get beat down and take it like a man?
Lets say they fight back. And we make them look like prancing retards. Funny yes, but not respectable.
The key element in that statement is "entertaining." If your aim is to entertain, rather than inform, then no, it'd be pretty ridiculous to actually talk to game designers and tell them how much their game sucks. On the other hand, if you are genuinely interested in asking them why they write games the way they do, what their influences are, how they think, what their expectations of gameplay are, and so forth, then I think there's a lot of information in there for your audience.
Cheers,
Cam