Video Game Industry Gets TV Award Show (1 Viewer)

[David Glenn]

Some good news for our beloved hobby:
"LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - It's a hit-driven business given to flashy premieres and high-profile talent and now the video games business has gone fully Hollywood: it has its own red-carpet awards show"...
http://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tmp...ames_awards_dc

 

[Morgan Jolley]

If it ended up on G4, I could see this. Otherwise, it'd probably suck.

 

[pitchman]

Morgan, according to the news release this will air on The National Network, or TNN as it's listed on most cable systems.

 

[Jeff Kleist]

Which means it'll be shown in squish-o-vision so that we can be positive what show we're watching

 

[Dan B]

Yeah Jeff, no kidding ...and there'll probably be lots of "did you know?" trivial crap scrolling across the bottom of the screen.
-Dan
...did you know that Dan stopped watching TNN...in 1999?

 

[Jeffrey Forner]

I'm not sure I like some of the categories this show will have:

The network said the two-hour show will honor categories like "Hottest Hero and Heroine," "Most Addictive," "Coolest Villain," "Best Game based on a Movie," "Best Celebrity Actor and Actress in a Game" and "Game of the Year."

"Hottest Hero and Heroine?" "Best Game Based on a Movie?" Oh, brother! Can't we have a show that honors real achievements in games, please? Say, "Best Game Design" or even the standard "Best Graphics" category? This show will be a joke and further enforce the notion that this hobby belongs only to losers, wackos, and social misfits. Plus, the fact that it will be shown on TNN, a network that prides itself on its ability to piss off its audience ensures that I will never watch this disgraceful attempt to capitalize on rising the popularity of video games.

 

[KevinRB]

Unfortunately, I'll probably watch it.

What's worst? The new squish-o-vision TNN that has "pop" and jumps on every bandwagon, or the old TNN that featured shows like "Dallas" non-stop?

 

[Graeme Clark]

All this means is that we'll get yet another "Game of the Year" reissue.

 

[ChrisV]

This is excellent news. The world needs another awards show on TV. That way we can all argue about the nominees and when they pick the winners (i.e. the nominees who ponied up the most dough or had the best advertising campaign) we can all argue about that. What better news could there be for an internet discussion forum? Not to mention the spinoff discussions about how Max Payne was wearing last year's suit and the scandal of Lara Croft showing up with Sly Cooper.

 

[Andres Munoz]

The show is a year away and some people are already trashing it. Unbelievable. :rolleyes
Personally, I'll wait until it airs and then I'll voice my opinion.

 

[CameronS]

The show is a year away and some people are already trashing it.

I think their choices for categories give us plenty of reasons to bash it now.

 

[Andres Munoz]

I think their choices for categories give us plenty of reasons to bash it now

You don't think a lot of things can change in a year? But hey, suit yourself.

 

[Romier S]

and the scandal of Lara Croft showing up with Sly Cooper.

They dont call him Sly for nothing.
Sly Cooper Thievieus Poontangus

 

[CameronS]

You don't think a lot of things can change in a year? But hey, suit yourself.

Well, sure. But they haven't changed anything yet.

I understand what you are saying as far as premature criticism, but there's enough info out on this one that leads me and others to believe that it won't turn out so well.

I think most of us here would like to see this be the Oscars of Video Game Awards, not the MTV Video Game Awards. Jeffrey explains it well above.

Hopefully, they will prove us wrong when it airs (or they change categories). But until then...