Writers Guild Announces Best Game Writing Nominations

[The_root_of_all_evil]

Well, not like there were that many games this year. Guess most video game writers aren't in the guild. My vote is for Screed 2.

Actually, to slap these awards in the face, there were 1099 games released between those dates. [http://kotaku.com/5433371/more-games-released-in-2009-than-in-2008]

 

[Zing]

Uncharted 2 and Assassin's Creed II hand's down. The others don't have anything on the scripts for those games.

It's extremely hard to pick between those two though.

 

[Rhade]

So after AC2 they're all jokes, right? Writers make liberal use of irony and satire in award nominations still, don't they?

 

[Leaper]

Lol @ list.

I could agree with Assassin's Creed II and Uncharted 2 (though haven't played it), but others? Wtf?

 

[Deleted]

Writing is the easiest thing before poetry. If you're good at it then you'll always be good. That's why games like MW2 are praised for its "story".

 

[ClockWork]

MW2? Seriously? Nobody could follow that story, and Wet... please. Wheres Brutal Legend? That had amazing writing.

 

[Onyx Oblivion]

X-Men Origins was pretty good. Then again, I paid about 5 USD for it.

And I liked Wet, but it was more like a fucking Tarentino movie then a game.

 

[sephiroth1991]

Wet, X-men, COD seriesly?

 

[Brotherofwill]

If Assassin's Creed 2 doesn't win I will drive my fist through the planet.

With great lines like "It's-a me, Mario!"?

Kidding, it's still the best on that list, but that doesn't say a lot. The list sucks.

 

[Disaster Button]

If Assassin's Creed 2 doesn't win I will drive my fist through the planet.

With great lines like "It's-a me, Mario!"?

Kidding, it's still the best on that list, but that doesn't say a lot. The list sucks.

I actually loved that line. I didn't think I would when I read about it but when he said it I laughed hard.

And that list does suck but Ass2 still had a really good story so should win.

 

[JourneyThroughHell]

Modern Warfare 2? Omgwtf? That did not have a great story.
Great cinematography, sure. Excellent directing, sure. But story?
They took their main twist from The Rock, anyways.

 

[Jaebird]

As much as I like Marc Guggenheim for the few stories he wrote for The Amazing Spider-Man after the Brand New Day thing ("Flashbacks" is my favorite), I don't think X-Men Origins: Wolverine had a good enough story to warrant a nomination, even if it was in some ways better the movie's plot.

 

[KarmicToast]

Modern Warfare 2?!?!?!?! LMAO. Maybe if they are giving an award for worst written game of all time...

 

[Podunk]

So these were the only games this year with WGA writers in?

 

[Treblaine]

"Bethesda's Wet and Activision's X-Men Origins: Wolverine were nominated"

 

[reg42]

I have to disagree with Modern Warfare 2, the story was all over the fucking place

 

[obisean]

I don't get why people are shitting on the Force Unleashed story, it was a good story. Far better than anything Lucas has done in the last couple decades (I know that isn't saying much).

AC2 better win. It had the best story of any game I played last year. Dragon Age was good, but the story was too Lord of the Rings for it to win the award, but they may base it all on the writing and not the actual story itself.