Will the VGA's ever be good?
 

I thought this year things would be a little different. The nominations have come a long way from Madden winning GotY in their first year, but the show is still the most embarrassing and completely off-base awards show ever. It has absolutely no interest to anyone who actually gives a sh*t about games. And the shameless advertising is disgusting.

Also, who the f*ck cares about All-American Rejects, 50 Cent, some stupid model b*tch and the guy who played Human Torch in FF? NO ONE WATCHING THESE F*CKING AWARDS!

When is someone going to do this properly?

VGA awards? I was watching a re-run of Family Guy.

There should be no such thing as a "video games award show". The industry model just doesn't suit such an enterprise, and the people who would attempt such a thing take a far too professional, or far too immature approach. Awards shows ALL suck balls anyway. Hell, I'm of the belief that they won't even bother to televise the Oscars and Grammys within ten years because no one gives a fu*k anymore. It's all payoffs and backslapping bullsh*t.

I think a lot of people deserve to be praised for the work they do on games. And I'd like to watch them get that praise, to be honest. I'd also just like to get more of an insight into the industry. Movies and TV are overblown on that kind of stuff, and games get nothing.

The problem is that so many movie and TV show celebrities get thrown into our sh*t, where they don't belong. I don't know, or care, who Kim Kardsihinsihsins is, and she has no right to be on the stage longer than the guys from Epic, or Will Wright.

Too me, it's less about the awards and more about the industry coming together. I know there are other shows similar, like GDC, but that's pretty much closed off to the outside, and only recently has that kind of exposure gone on to pretty much destroy what it was, and turn it into a smaller games convention, instead of a haven for developers.

I don't know, I just think it's time someone gives the industry the respect it deserves.

I hated how they only gave out like, 5 awards and just flew through the others in the end in a montage. The rest was all just world premieres that we're gonna see online tomorrow anyway and filler celebrity crap.

(Blows dust off of his box of stock TMNT fan responses)

(Reads the card)

"But you have to care! He was Casey Jones in the 2007 movie!"

(Furrows his brow and rips up the card)

"That's it... I'm writing my own material from now on."

Yeah, you're totally right. But I don't see it happening until our generation grows up and takes over the media empires and shows our hobby some respect. Until then, they'll just keep treating us like the trendy, MTV watching step-children of Hollywood.

It ain't ever gonna happen. Not even when our generation takes things over. Remember high school? All those idiots are still playing their Maddens and their mindless cookie-cutter shooters.

I actually had to explain to someone why and how Mario 64 and Ocarina of Time impacted 3D game design.

I still have people tell me Portal is a total waste of time, just because you can't shoot people in the head with an MK-47.

As far as people not involved with the medium presenting awards just look at the Oscars and such. You have recording artists giving out film awards, and actors giving out Grammys. We'll know we're totally mainstream when someone like Shiggy or Kojima can walk on stage and give a cheap statue to some pop-star bimbo.