@FinalDasa: Trackmania 2 is now nominated for EVERYTHING.
Spike Video Game Awards 2011
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The Spike Video Game Awards recognized the best games of 2011.
Jeff part of VGA council
Call of Duty will still win every award*.
The VGAs are a fucking joke. They're everything that's wrong with gaming culture - fuck it, culture in general.
*Awards sponsored by Mountain Dew - Do the Dew this holiday with specially marked cases of Mountain Dew - every label is a winner!
For those who haven't bothered to read Alex's article, it's worth noting that MW3 is not even nominated for Game of the Year. Their 5 nominees are Portal 2, Skyrim, Arkham City, Skyward Sword, and Uncharted 3. I think they're working to fix their image a little bit here, to be honest, though it'd be a boldfaced lie to tell you they've won any confidence from me.
There's a number of reputable journalists on that council list. It's unfortunate that the number of them is at best a third of the council, while the rest are entirely ill-equipped to really seriously weigh these games against each other in terms of anything other than "which was the most fun/awesome?"
@alternate said:
Actually reading down the list it is the usual suspects and then. Who did these two pay/blow to get on the list. :D
Scott Alexander (Freelance Writer, Playboy & Family Circle)
Tina Amini (Assistant Editor / Video Games Channel Manager, Complex Magazine)
I especially love that Scott Alexander there is a freelance writer for Playboy and...Family Circle. What a weird fucking combination.
@DarkGamerOO7: Your right. Remember Neil Patrick Harris being the host and then winning the best Voice Acting award? I wasn't even upset, it was like how they gave him the award. It had that "we're just giving this away" kinda feel. He even made a joke about it if I remember.
@alternate: I was kinda thinking that, it's a shame it has to come to that. There's two guys from Wired, one of those could've been Adam!
@FinalDasa said:
Least there is some voice of reason at the VGAs.
Yeah that voice of reason that never even bothered playing Red Dead Redemption and won't give games like Dark Souls a second look. Super unbiased!
Because his critique would prove inconvenient for MW3, BF3, Gears 3 and other AAA titles released in 2011.Why isn't Jim Sterling on this list? For shame!
@Stingraymond said:
Jeff, along with many people, didn't like how boring RDR was. He's also a pretty busy person but god forbid that he should not like Dark Souls!@FinalDasa said:
Least there is some voice of reason at the VGAs.
Yeah that voice of reason that never even bothered playing Red Dead Redemption and won't give games like Dark Souls a second look. Super unbiased!
@Agent47 said:
@Dany:Exactly I think it would be far more respected if they were actually judged on their content not 'OMGZ DE MW3 IZ ALL IS I PLAYZ!".
i think he meant having a host that rips everyone to shreds
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