The Big Picture: If the Oscars Were the VGAs

digital warrior

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common if we don't care hard enough maby our combined apathy will remove the VGA's from reality.
If oscares were the VGA's Transformers would win picture of the year and Michel Bay would get a lifetime achievement award.
 

Berithil

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Eh, I'm not so sure about RotK losing the Oscar in this hypothetical situation. I actually didn't hear about biker boys (or maybe I did and just forgot). These types of award show are mostly popularity contests, and RotK was definitely the most popular movie that year. Heck, it won a couple awards at the mtv movie awards, if that's saying anything.

Oh, and pinkie pie, yay!
 

Draconalis

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Wait... wait... wait wait... one moment please... wait...

There is going to be a Starship Troopers reboot?


Awesome!
 

Dastardly

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MovieBob said:
If the Oscars Were the VGAs

An illustration of how VGAs are ruining our image.

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The problem is that "gaming" has become too big to just be a single category: "Gaming." It's an activity that engages several different audiences, but neither wants to give up the rights to the name.

It's like how gymnastics and football are both Sports, but they are extremely different and reach very different audiences. (And the bigger, angrier side continually claims the other side "isn't really a Sport.")

The Spike VGAs aren't about honoring games. They're about reveling in the culture and in-jokes of the "Chet"-side of Gaming. It's not meant for the folks that take Gaming-as-an-artistic-medium seriously. The sad part is that we have no real alternative for those folks.

But the fact remains we can no longer afford to keep "Gaming" as a single heading meant to encompass all participants in the activity. It's like Sports or Music, or even Movies -- it's a broad category that defines the medium, but there are many facets within that can't be grouped together.
 

C2Ultima

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DVS BSTrD said:
If the Oscars were the VGAs...
Avatar would have won best picture
Avatar really was better than The Hurt Locker, but neither were better than Up In The Air.
 

sir.rutthed

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It's all just a big marketing stunt. I think everyone realizes that, and therefore those who watch it just watch for the spectacle.

Anyhow, if the Oscars were the VGA's I'd watch even fewer movies than I already do.
 

teh_v

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I remember back in 03 I think it was when they did this show for the first time and Virgin Mobile was one of the sponsors so they ran a campaign where one lucky Virgin Mobile fan who was a virgin would get his virginity taken by two porn stars. That was my done moment. I was like "way to play the stereotypes jerkoffs"
 

NinjaDC

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HEY!
Don't make fun of the VGA's for making room for more trailers.
Its the only thing the VGA's are good for.

Like the super bowl
 

The Grim Ace

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I nearly punched my screen just at the mention of a Fast and Furious 6. Scariest episode ever *shudders at the idea of Vin Diesel*.
 

jackanderson

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When the people who are attending your awards ceremony are complaining about the ceremony and how you've treated them whilst it's still going on, it is most definitely time to re-evaluate your priorities.

I feel really sorry for Mark Hamill and Tara Strong. Their treatments were unacceptable. And I feel extremely sorry for host Zachary Levi. You could tell he wanted to host a good video game awards show and it killed me to slowly see part of him die as the night went on. With crappy pun after crappy pun and awful skit after awful skit. Internet: The man genuinely loves his games! Honest. He was just dealing with an awful script!

Jeff Gerstmann and Alex Navarro both wrote excellent pieces on the VGAs over at Giant Bomb if anyone's interested.

Great vid, Bob!
 

teh_v

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brazuca said:
The end was hilarious, but didn't other show on the Escapist adressed this issue. That show who got canceled about two guys and a chick who was on thursday for a year or something. Uh...

There is still DICE awards anyway.
Hey I think your talking about extra credits and they moved over to PATV on the penny arcade website. I don't know why they moved but that's where they are.
 

Ashley Blalock

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Damn Bob why are you so mean to us around the holidays filling our minds with such horrible things?

Bad enough you had to show us the Three Stooges trailer now you want us to think of a world where Micheal Bay has a shelf full of Best Director Oscars.
 

Undead Dragon King

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I noticed that they only showed a grand total of five or so awards on air, and dedicated the rest to a minute-long montage. It's not so much the VGA's, it's the VGT's (Video Game Trailers).
 

Bealzibob

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Miyamoto is more like MC Escher than Leonardo btw.

But I can't really care that much as they are a pretty good represenation of a lot of the gaming community just not the one that we think of. Basically if we wanted a decent gaming award we'd look to the escapist but we know how our awards often turn out (March Mayhem). I can't really bring myself to care that much but maybe it's just cause I really don't like Felicia Day.
 

Rad Party God

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I liked MiB 3 trailer... (please, don't hit me in the face)

You're right Bob, being Shig Miyamoto in this travesty of an "event" would be quite disgraceful.

I mean, seriously, just look at the poor guy listening to that crap:
 

Rect Pola

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What would really help is if nobody from the game industry shows up, or better, outright refuses to be a part of it or it's nominations. Spike can't sell an awards show for "manly things" in general.