The Videogame Oscars 39
Gamasutra has responses to its weekly question of the week, this time looking at whether there will ever be an Oscars for games. The responses focused on some of the current crop of awards currently handed out, from the GDCA to Spike's debacle. From the article: "No one in the industry has taken the previous attempts at an award show seriously because they shows seem to offer up an award to the highest bidder and not the one most deserving. The only exception that I've seen come close to being a decent awards show is the Interactive Achievement Awards put on by AIAS. So how about we stop having rappers involved with the award shows based on the grounds that they like to play their Xbox? Or if we must have them involved, how about having Will Wright host the BET Awards Show? That makes about as much sense."
Terrible idea. (Score:5, Interesting)
Re:Terrible idea. (Score:2)
I'm not a big fan of the idea but they did say Oscars, not People's Choice.
Ever see the Technical Oscar Awards? (Score:3, Insightful)
The Oscars work because people like seeing sexy, glamorous people cavorting about in expensive clothes.
Until the game community starts being sexy, glamorous people cavorting about in expensive clothes, we may have to put the Game Oscars on hold.
Unless it's EXTREME! All the kids love EXTREME!
Re:Terrible idea. (Score:1)
Let's Hope Not (Score:4, Insightful)
Night of glam and fashion... (Score:3, Funny)
I disagree (Score:1, Funny)
I can see it now, sitting on my couch saying things like:
Award shows are bunk. (Score:5, Interesting)
So why would a video game awards show be any different? And how would a 'serious' awards show for games improve your gaming experience?
It wouldn't.
Like films, you're more likely to find quality entertainment via reccomendations from friends that share your interests. Awards shows are just another promotional oppourtunity, and will always benefit the highest bidders.
Re:Award shows are bunk. (Score:2)
GDCA (Score:2)
Golden statues galore (Score:4, Interesting)
All awards (Score:3, Interesting)
How about Wil Wheaton as host? (Score:1)
Re:How about Wil Wheaton as host? (Score:2)
Sense of humor... grain of salt and all that...
This Year's Interactive Achievement Award Winners (Score:4, Informative)
The Interactive Achievement Awards have been presented annually since 1998.
Interactive Achievement Award recipients are determined by a vote of
qualified Academy members. As such, selection as an Interactive Academy
award finalist or recipient represents the strongest possible peer
recognition.
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9th Annual Interactive Achievement Award Winners
The award winners in each category are as follows:
Game of the Year:
Overall . God of War
Computer . Battlefield
Console . God of War
Outstanding Innovation in Gaming . Guitar Hero
Outstanding Achievement:
Animation . God of War
Art Direction . Shadow of the Colossus
Soundtrack . Guitar Hero
Original Music Composition . God of War
Sound Design . God of War
Story and Character Development . Call of Duty: Big Red One
Game Play Engineering (Tie) . Nintendogs - Guitar Hero
Online Game Play . Battlefield 2
Visual Engineering . Shadow of the Colossus
Game Design . Guitar Hero
Outstanding Character Performance:
Male . God of War
Female . Jade Empire
(Game of the Year In) Genre Awards:
Sports . SSX On Tour
First-Person Action . Battlefield 2
Role-Playing . Jade Empire
Fighting . Soul Calibur 3
Action/ Adventure . God of War
Racing . Need For Speed: Most Wanted
Children's . We Love Katamari
Downloadable . WIK: Fable of Souls
Family . Guitar Hero
Simulation . The Movies
Strategy . Civilization IV
Massively Multiplayer /
Persistent World (Tie) . City Villains - Guild Wars
Handheld . Nintendogs
Cellular . Ancient Empires II
AIAS Hall of Fame Honoree Richard Garriott is the ninth member to be inducted and joins an already impressive fraternity of gaming icons, including Trip Hawkins, Peter Molyneux, Yu Suzuki, Will Wright, John Carmack, Hironobu Sakaguchi, Sid Meier and Shigeru Miyamoto. Garriott is best known for creating and publishing the best-selling Ultima series, including the first commercially successful online game, Ultima Online.
Re:This Year's Interactive Achievement Award Winne (Score:1)
Looking down at that current list of award-winners, I see they've continued their tradition of awarding acclaim to popular big-budget titles from large, mainstream publishers.
Re:This Year's Interactive Achievement Award Winne (Score:1)
Just based on that list, and the fact that I just recieved my latest bonus, I think I know what my next eBay purchases will be...
Re:This Year's Interactive Achievement Award Winne (Score:1)
Re:This Year's Interactive Achievement Award Winne (Score:1)
Garbage of War (Score:1)
Don't need one (Score:2)
Oh, nice! (Score:2)
Come on, it's not that hard to build a good analogy here instead of tossing out a complete non sequitur about BET.
Re:Oh, nice! (Score:2)
The BET Awards aren't all about music. Their music awards cover more genres than just rap. Rappers aren't all black, and neither are all rap listeners. BET, on the other hand, is all about everything black, from the name itself, to the content it provides, to the way it is marketed.
So, the analogy is broken. It's saying that rap stars are not apropos to video game awards, and star game designers are not apropos to black entertainment awards. Each statement
A Word From Carmack (Score:3, Insightful)
Game devs are not performing artists, a glitzy show does not make any sense here.
How is this different? (Score:2)
So... Remind me how this is different from the Academy Awards again?
Award shows are a black whole of intelligence (Score:1)
Does this do what we want done? (Score:2)
"You like me . . . You really LIKE Me!" is funny, because there's truth in it. For actors and actresses, this is an incentive. Why *ELSE* would somebody wait tables for ten years doing commercials waiting for their "Big Break"? There's money to be had lots of places. It'