Rockstar Declines BAFTA Showing for Red Dead Redemption
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I change my mind. After seeing this http://www.bafta.org/awards/video-games/ it's no wonder they don't want to be associated with BAFTA in any way. I mean look at the nominees in those categories. They don't make any sense.ImprovizoR said:
Yes because VGAs certainly doesn't show games as infantile...Mechsoap said:
It's not really surprising that some of them don't like the "dudebro" award.BrunDeign said:
to be fair, last year's winner was Modern Warfare 2, so I don't think it's that.Ubermetalhed said:
Err...maybe I'm looking at the wrong thing but, what was wrong with the list? Other than FIFA 10 being on the 'Best Game' list, the picks weren't awful, if maybe a little underwhelming. Certainly not any reason not to accept an award.ImprovizoR said:
If that's true, it's kind of ridiculous that the movies that have inspired most of Rockstar's output are proud to show up and celebrate their BAFTA nominations and wins, but Rockstar themselves feel above it.Krakyn said:
Maybe Rockstar isn't it wetting itself about how super-classy and awesome the BAFTAs are. Unlike some people, who clearly think getting one is like making out with God or something.
It's just an award. That you have to pay to be considered for. And it's been traditionally focused on movies and television, and video games are NOT movies and television, so why in the world are they giving out video game awards anyway?
I can't believe how elitist certain people are getting around here. I know, I know, the whole point of this place is to show that gamers are not just hooting morons on Xbox Live. But we're not all tea-sipping Fine Arts majors who only like to discuss indie games civilly at dinner parties, either.
Sure, the VGAs were goofy and a mess. And that's what they've always been. And they've ALSO always been about VIDEO GAMES, not TV and movies. And they don't make you pay a bunch of self-important, self-proclaimed cultural critics to descend from on high to judge you worthy of attention by people who clearly don't care in the first place.
Rockstar makes games about beating hookers with baseball bats, assassinating mobsters for money, and flying bomb-loaded remote-controlled biplanes into cars. These games sell very well. Clearly Rockstar is happy with who and what it is, and we the consumers are happy with who and what it is.
Maybe certain members of the Escapist staff need to lower their pinkies and chill out. Video games are art. Video games are technical marvels. If the opera and ballet crowd won't acknowledge this at this point because they just can't get over the content (something they also do with, oh, comic books, rap, anime, genre fiction, movies that people actually watch, etc.), that's their problem.
And we should ask ourselves why in the world we care in the first place. Because Rockstar doesn't seem to.
Now watch there be a technical reason why they didn't apply for the BAFTA, making me look like an idiot. BUT MOST OF WHAT I SAID STILL STANDS!
It's just an award. That you have to pay to be considered for. And it's been traditionally focused on movies and television, and video games are NOT movies and television, so why in the world are they giving out video game awards anyway?
I can't believe how elitist certain people are getting around here. I know, I know, the whole point of this place is to show that gamers are not just hooting morons on Xbox Live. But we're not all tea-sipping Fine Arts majors who only like to discuss indie games civilly at dinner parties, either.
Sure, the VGAs were goofy and a mess. And that's what they've always been. And they've ALSO always been about VIDEO GAMES, not TV and movies. And they don't make you pay a bunch of self-important, self-proclaimed cultural critics to descend from on high to judge you worthy of attention by people who clearly don't care in the first place.
Rockstar makes games about beating hookers with baseball bats, assassinating mobsters for money, and flying bomb-loaded remote-controlled biplanes into cars. These games sell very well. Clearly Rockstar is happy with who and what it is, and we the consumers are happy with who and what it is.
Maybe certain members of the Escapist staff need to lower their pinkies and chill out. Video games are art. Video games are technical marvels. If the opera and ballet crowd won't acknowledge this at this point because they just can't get over the content (something they also do with, oh, comic books, rap, anime, genre fiction, movies that people actually watch, etc.), that's their problem.
And we should ask ourselves why in the world we care in the first place. Because Rockstar doesn't seem to.
Now watch there be a technical reason why they didn't apply for the BAFTA, making me look like an idiot. BUT MOST OF WHAT I SAID STILL STANDS!
HOW DARE YOU BLAST THE BEST HORSE-RIDING SIMULATOR OF THE YEAR?!?HellspawnCandy said:
I mean, any game chock full of repetitive fetch quests and constant horse-riding must be great, right? Especially since any game with that gameplay summary sounds like the latest Barbie pony adventure.
OT: I've got no idea why Rockstar would do that. I mean, it's not like they exactly avoid attention.
But the VGA's are kind of sleazy. I don't know if anyone takes it seriously. It's like the MTV movie awards where Twilight wins everything.BrunDeign said:
OT: Why would they not want RDR to be more larger recognized? I'm saddened by this news.
The sooner we stop acknowledging the Spike VGA awards, the sooner they go die in a fire. I am never going to mention them again, and I encourage everyone else to do the same in hopes that they still stop having the event when they realize nobody cares anymore.
Escapist: If you give Red Dead Redemption GoTY over Mass Effect 2, I will lose a great deal of respect for you.
That's the best explanation, I think.NeedAUserName said:
Of course, still doesn't explain why they threw themselves into the VGAs.
That sounds like a good idea to me. Stuffy awards ceremonies always have overpriced stuff. And Uwe Boll would probably want to sit next to them and ask to make a film about it.Slycne said:
But Activision was the publisher, i.e money hungry and controlling so the more advertising their mediocre game gets the better.Jack Cheal said:
I doubt Rockstar care about figures and advertising the shit out of their games as much. So point still stands.