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Posted: Dec 07 2007 11:36 am

What a fucking load of bullshit.

The nominees for game of the year are:

The Orange Box
Gaylo 3
Mass Effect
BioShock

The nominees for best shooter are:

The Orange Box
Gaylo 3
BioShock
Call of Duty 4

Notice how the only different is that Mass Effect is replace with BioShock. The people at SpikeTV are a bunch of queers who are only clearly only concerned with OMG TEH GRAPHICS. The awards show isn't so much about awarding excellence in video games as it is to catering to the stupidass fratboys who watch UFC, world's bloodiest car crashes, and whatever other testosterone-laced idiocy they show on that channel.

Oh, and here's the best part. There's a category called MOST ADDICTIVE GAME FUELED BY DEW. The nominees are:

Orange Box
GH3
Wii Sports
Gaylo 3

Gee, I wonder which game will win. Could it be THE ONE THAT FUCKING HAD ITS OWN MOUNTAIN DEW FLAVOR?

There's not anywhere near enough nods for Metroid Prime 3 or Mario Galaxy. Fucking Charlatans.

See all the categories here:
http://www.ifilm.com/collection/24067/show/23733

Joined: Feb 24 2006 Posts: 2578

While I certainly agree with you, keep in mind one thing:

This is WHO'S Video Game Awards?

Exactly.

Posted: Dec 07 2007 11:55 am

Syd Lexia wrote:

The awards show isn't so much about awarding excellence in video games as it is to catering to the stupidass fratboys who watch UFC, world's bloodiest car crashes, and whatever other testosterone-laced idiocy they show on that channel.

Dude, have you ever watched Spike TV? You just described its entire demographic in a nutshell. What did you expect?

Posted: Dec 07 2007 12:09 pm

I have. Only things I really like on it are MXC, which I don't know if they even show anymore, TNA Impact, and some of the movies they show. I watched WWE Monday Night RAW when that was on Spike as well.

Posted: Dec 07 2007 12:09 pm

Well, I actually like the UFC a lot, but aside from that, they show nothing but BS on that channel. I do like when they have old school rocky marathons though.

I agree on the VG awards though, they are complete and utter BS. I remember their first awards show, game of the year was True Crime: Streets of LA (or whatever its called.) So, ever since then I just stopped caring about that awards ceremony.

Posted: Dec 07 2007 01:26 pm

Yeah, what the hell, who even watches Spike?

Posted: Dec 07 2007 04:09 pm

Know what I love about Spike TV? Blade: The Series ... Oh wait... Fuck!

Posted: Dec 07 2007 04:25 pm

Fucking dumbshits, you can't even consider the orange box as one game, it's a fucking collection of multiple games. Not to mention those other games are generic shooters that have no appeal whatsoever.

Posted: Dec 07 2007 04:41 pm

I'll defend Mass Effect. That game deserves to be nominated.

Posted: Dec 07 2007 05:05 pm

Mass Effect is pretty cool.

BioShock had a lot of hype at its release, but the buzz is dead. Everyone I've talked to said it was too short.

And Wii Sports and Zelda were nominated, despite being 2006 releases.

I think it's telling that Heavenly Sword was nominated for best PS3 game despite being critically lambasted on several sites.

Title: Armed to the teeth Joined: Mar 06 2007 Posts: 139

Bioshock is one of the best games you'll ever rent. Don't ever buy it, though, 'cause it's neither long nor hard.

I haven't played Orange Box yet, though I heard it's pretty awesome. Portal looks especially fun.

As far as I'm concerned, though, Spike TV is only good for Star Trek reruns. Unless they start running something cool like Battlebots, screw them.

Posted: Dec 07 2007 05:39 pm

Portal is fun if you can get past the bland atmosphere. But if I could get Team Fortress 2 pumped into my bloodstream via IV 24/7, I would. It's that awesome. I feel like I'm having withdrawls since my rental went back and I don't have enough money to buy the game.

Also, they still have new episodes of MXC. It's shown before Game Head on Saturdays at around 11:00pm, if they aren't running a shitty kung-fu movie.

Joined: Aug 26 2007 Posts: 2752

Speaking of Team Fortress 2, something funny happend at the gaming office at my college a while back i forgot to mention:

So I walk into the gaming office and someone is playing TF2 on their computer, sound blasting. So I watch as he bats people to death as a Scout and then the victory music plays, a little ditty called:

“N***** hating man.” 0_o A southern piece that’s old school texas folk. It’s catchy as hell too.

So this song plays for a bit then the Kramer yelling and then I realized that this guy is on a racist server. I’ve played plenty of online games but I’ve never see such a racist server before. Not only that, it was the kind of racism that was so retarded that you couldn’t help but laugh at it. All this shit is going on and you could barely even hear the explosions of rocket launchers, basically it was white noise.

Now this would be much of a problem, if the black student club office was not two doors down from us. So everyone is telling this guy to turn the sound down but he basically says he doesn’t give a shit.

Here’s another tidbit of info, this guy playing TF2 is nicknamed ‘Whity’. So if any of the black student came in and asked us who was playing the music and we answered ‘Whity’, shit might have when down.

I didn’t stick around long and Whity is still in one piece so, I don’t think anything went down.

I have see Portal and TF2 and since they are HL mods, I approve of the nomination. The orange set being in first is a little much though.

Posted: Dec 07 2007 06:45 pm

Sounds like it's gonna be a crappy show, other than a segment from Video Games Live.

Posted: Dec 07 2007 10:04 pm

'White Noise' sounds like an appropriate name for a white supremacist server.

Posted: Dec 08 2007 12:17 am

Dammit, I really have to get The Orange Box. I need it, man.

On a side note:

The end is especially funny.

Posted: Dec 08 2007 12:53 am

I will defend Orange Box to the death.

Now as far as nominating it for "Best Shooter", "Best Multiplayer Game", etc. I disagree since you have 3 Single Player Shooters, 1 Multiplayer Shooter, and 1 Puzzle Game. They should be divided up.

For best shooter, just nominate "Orange Box: Team Fortress 2", or "Orange Box: Half Life 2 - Episode 2"

Char's comment perfectly re-inforces Syd's comments about the people who care about Spike's VGAs.

"Portal is fun if you can get past the bland atmosphere."

That's Spike's audience in a nutshell. If it's not Madden, then they only play games that are super shiny with over the top violence and destruction. "The Frat Gamers" as I like to call them.

Personally, I think Portal should win game of the year in every goddamn award contest of 2007, just because someone took a FPS, took away all the guns, and still made an amazing game. It requires your brain way more then your twitch shooting reflexes that every other First Person requires. Each level of Portal, makes you stop, look around, think about your enviroment, and then decide on the best way to navigate it. Have you ever had to do that playing Halo? Fuck no.

As a side note, I completely disagree with Char. The eviroment was perfect for the game. You felt like you were a test subject in a sterile lab. Which, strangely enough, you were.

Now, everyone go earn your cake! (It's delicious and moist!)

Posted: Dec 08 2007 01:07 am

Hey, I didn't say I didn't like it. I just have friends who think it's fucking boring because of the bland atmosphere. These guys are also Halo addicts, so that might have something to do with it. Also, a lab IS a bland atmosphere. That's what the atmosphere is supposed to be, bland and sterile. Why do I feel like I've said this before somewhere last year?

Damn, I just realized how awesome having the portal gun in a doctor's office would be.

Posted: Dec 08 2007 03:34 am

Portal was fucking awesome, but way too short. How long did it take them to make it? I beat it within 4 hours.

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ReeperTheSeeker wrote:

Speaking of Team Fortress 2, something funny happend at the gaming office at my college a while back i forgot to mention:

So I walk into the gaming office and someone is playing TF2 on their computer, sound blasting. So I watch as he bats people to death as a Scout and then the victory music plays, a little ditty called:

“N***** hating man.” 0_o A southern piece that’s old school texas folk. It’s catchy as hell too.

So this song plays for a bit then the Kramer yelling and then I realized that this guy is on a racist server. I’ve played plenty of online games but I’ve never see such a racist server before. Not only that, it was the kind of racism that was so retarded that you couldn’t help but laugh at it. All this shit is going on and you could barely even hear the explosions of rocket launchers, basically it was white noise.

Now this would be much of a problem, if the black student club office was not two doors down from us. So everyone is telling this guy to turn the sound down but he basically says he doesn’t give a shit.

Here’s another tidbit of info, this guy playing TF2 is nicknamed ‘Whity’. So if any of the black student came in and asked us who was playing the music and we answered ‘Whity’, shit might have when down.

This is the greatest story ever! Laughing

By the way, I finally played Super Mario Galaxy for the first time (and the Wii for that matter) . What's up with that stupid function where you shoot stars at the screen? I kept pressing the B button hoping Mario would punch something, and all I got where these stupid stars shooting at the screen! Nintendo took out Mario's manly left hook for that stupid shit? What a shitload of fuck!

Joined: Aug 26 2007 Posts: 2752

JRA wrote:

ReeperTheSeeker wrote:

Speaking of Team Fortress 2, something funny happend at the gaming office at my college a while back i forgot to mention:

So I walk into the gaming office and someone is playing TF2 on their computer, sound blasting. So I watch as he bats people to death as a Scout and then the victory music plays, a little ditty called:

“N***** hating man.” 0_o A southern piece that’s old school texas folk. It’s catchy as hell too.

So this song plays for a bit then the Kramer yelling and then I realized that this guy is on a racist server. I’ve played plenty of online games but I’ve never see such a racist server before. Not only that, it was the kind of racism that was so retarded that you couldn’t help but laugh at it. All this shit is going on and you could barely even hear the explosions of rocket launchers, basically it was white noise.

Now this would be much of a problem, if the black student club office was not two doors down from us. So everyone is telling this guy to turn the sound down but he basically says he doesn’t give a shit.

Here’s another tidbit of info, this guy playing TF2 is nicknamed ‘Whity’. So if any of the black student came in and asked us who was playing the music and we answered ‘Whity’, shit might have when down.

This is the greatest story ever! Laughing

By the way, I finally played Super Mario Galaxy for the first time (and the Wii for that matter) . What's up with that stupid function where you shoot stars at the screen? I kept pressing the B button hoping Mario would punch something, and all I got where these stupid stars shooting at the screen! Nintendo took out Mario's manly left hook for that stupid shit? What a shitload of fuck!

ASSSSSSSSSSSSSSSS!!!!!!

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ReeperTheSeeker wrote:

ASSSSSSSSSSSSSSSS!!!!!!

Damn straight. Very Happy

Posted: Dec 08 2007 08:43 pm

I watched my sister play it, and she was punching shit. Then again, I wasn't paying close attention, so I might be mistaken.

Posted: Dec 17 2007 12:59 am

Do you know what I'm disappointed with? They didn't nominate Metroid Prime 3: Corruption for best shooter.

Posted: Dec 17 2007 07:26 am

Char Aznable wrote:

I watched my sister play it, and she was punching shit. Then again, I wasn't paying close attention, so I might be mistaken.

Yeah, Mario has a spinning punch.