There are times in my life when I really begin to question the minds of some people. One of those times is right now. The first annual Spike TV Video Game Awards (from the MGM Grand in Las Vegas) is currently premiering while I'm writing this. An hour in, I'm beginning to question my sanity. I cannot fathom what the network execs over at Spike think video game players are like, but I'm quite sure at this point that their market research team should be fired, burned at the stake and then be shot simply because.
What type of awards show opens with the biggest award being given away in the first 2 minutes? Yes, Madden 2004 walked away with the award for "Game of the Year," as highly undeserving as it was (Note: it wins Game of the Year, yet not Sports Game of the Year). Granted, it plays a great game of football, but I can think of at least 15 other games more worthy. There are no nominees you see, they simply toss out an award with no apparent buildup (even though they just went through the nominees for "Most Anticipated Game"). The awards are announced by host David Spade and then shown on a massive circular screen surrounded by the LA Raiders cheerleaders. The crowd must be filled with thousands of pre-pubescent teens screaming at the top of their lungs whenever Grand Theft Auto is mentioned. You can't hear anything. The designers get 3 seconds of screen time (with no names mentioned) and can be seen shaking their heads, obviously embarrassed to be part of the proceedings. God forbid the guys who created these games should get any type of credit.
It gets worse. The voting was done online by the public (for those not aware). The general public is the last group of people who should be allowed to vote for video games. Musical performances are constant, annoying, and have absolutely nothing to do with video games. Advertisements claim that this isn't an ordinary awards show, but that's hardly the case. It's a really bad one filled with the cheapest stars they could find, one terribly unfunny host, and bands who can't be heard over the crowd. David Spade opened the show with the same joke that had been part of the advertising campaign for the past 3 weeks.
Article comments
1 - Doc
Did you really think that it would be anything but this adolescent crap? The commercials with Spade making the 'red carpet' joke shown a zillion times should have given you a hint!
They're just trying to "Maxim"-ize up their image but it's still the same crappy endless Bond marathons and a new logo to have to look at in the corner of the screen.
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