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Video Game Award Show Announced

Posted by CowboyNeal on from the hedgehogs-and-plumbers dept.

HorrorIsland writes "According to the Boston Globe, Video game industry gets TV award show. Of course, it sounds like the on-screen awards will focus on celebrities both real (Dennis Hopper), artifical (Laura Croft, perhaps), and in-between (Jenna Jameson)... so you can quit trying to hold in your gut, programmers!"

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  1. Region encoded prizes by KrunZ · · Score: 4, Funny

    ...and all the prize-categories will be replicated for each region.

  2. Blatant Discrimination by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Funny

    I suppose Donkey Kong and Ms. Pac Man were not invited, simply because they're out of favor with the "in" crowd. What a convenient way to overlook their innumerable contributions to video gaming over the years. I, frankly, am disgusted.

  3. Categories by MosesJones · · Score: 5, Funny


    Most expanded Female chest in an Action Game

    Largest amount of gore created from a shotgun blast

    Largest gun

    Largest impact on work productivity

    Smallest number of patches before it would work properly

    Smallest slip from proposed date to actual date

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    1. Re:Categories by ender81b · · Score: 2, Funny

      Smallest slip from proposed date to actual date

      Or, the converse:

      Greatest change from proposed date to actual date. We can just go ahead and call this the 'Blizzard' award in honor of Warcraft II, III, Diablo II, Starcraft, etc, etc.

    2. Re:Categories by G-funk · · Score: 3, Funny

      Er, I believe we can safely call a pre-emptive strike in favour of duke nukem forever.

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    3. Re:Categories by ender81b · · Score: 4, Funny

      Heh, they get the 'lifetime achievement award.' =).

    4. Re:Categories by Dark+Lord+Seth · · Score: 5, Funny
      Er, I believe we can safely call a pre-emptive strike in favour of duke nukem forever.

      Clearly, the "Forever" bit is related to the development time...

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  4. Re:CowboyNeil out of touch? by Jugalator · · Score: 4, Funny

    It's CowboyNeal, not CowboyNeil...

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  5. My acceptance speech by Scorchio · · Score: 4, Funny

    As winner of the "longest amount of overtime worked on wacky feature, removed two days after completion when the designer decided he doesn't want it after all" award, I'd like to say hello to my wife, family and dog who are all but a faint memory, and would like to know if I can use the MTV showers.

  6. Don't forget the long-standing tradition... by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 2, Funny

    ...as with all awards ceremonies, there'll have to be a Lifetime Achievement Award, which will probably go to Mario...

  7. What... by Wtcher · · Score: 2, Funny

    No "Best Story" award?

    *glitters*

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  8. Re:I suppose this could work... by ender81b · · Score: 2, Funny

    Great Minds think alike!.

    Of course the possibility of Duke Nukem Forever ever actually being released is pretty much nil. Indeed in a few years the possibility of it actually being released will go *Below* zero and soon we will have the memory of Duke Nukem Forever actually be erased from our minds and the collective consciousness of the geek community. Or something. I'm delirious time for bed.

  9. please stop these hurtful stereotypes! by bilbobuggins · · Score: 5, Funny
    so you can quit trying to hold in your gut, programmers!

    why is this such a stereotype with programmers?
    it's just because of this i've been trying to _get_ a gut for years, beer, cheetos the works - but nothing doing yet

    and to top it all off, i have to have /. in the morning reminding me how much of a lesser coder i am with comments like these!
    please stop this horrible stereotype, so us skinny geeks can finally stand up proud!!

    1. Re:please stop these hurtful stereotypes! by Quixadhal · · Score: 2, Funny

      You need a beard too.... regardless of gender, all true programming gurus have beards. :)