Spike TV Videogame Awards
 

We all know how completely awful these awards have been in the past couple years. It's inception was purely to get some chick wrestlers and some crappy bands to perform to a drunk audience of know nothings. Madden took home game of the year in the VGA's first year, so...you know...it's a joke.

Well this year they've attempted to turn it around. They've ditched the crappy b-list stars and most importantly, they've gotten some respectable gamer journalists onto their board, including Mr. Greg Kasavin, who I worship.

You can tell just by the list for GotY this year, which even includes Okami, that they're taking it seriously now. So, what is this thread about? Voting has started for the awards. It's up to us to make sure the really great stuff is what wins.

Go here to vote. Don't let our industry become even more of a joke than it already is. NSMB for action game of the year!

I was kinda torn between Okami and GoW for best graphics. I may be alone on this, but I ended up voting for Okami. It's just so pretty............

Okami is stylized, so there's a difference. In terms of just sheer amazing, Gears of War is a winner hands down.

Gamespot does something very ncie with theoir end of the year awards, they have "Best Graphics: Artistic" and "Best Graphics: Technical". You really can;t compare games that focus on these two things differently.