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E3 Game Critics Awards Announced
Thanks to several readers for pointing out the E3 Game Critics Award winners have been announced, speculating on the most promising titles from the nominations announced a couple of weeks back. The big winner was Half-Life 2, with a total of 4 awards, including Best Of Show, and Sony's Eye Toy and THQ's Full Spectrum Warrior also picked up a couple of awards each. You can also check out previous winners to see how well the critics' crystal ball has functioned in the past.
From the subject I assumed that there were awards for good game journalism. Singling out the reporters that cut through the marketing hype to reveal what was really good and what was tripe.
It seems there are millions of game reviews, but hardly any reviews of game reviewers. Everyone knows who's side "Nintendo Power" magazine is on, but certain supposedly impartial mags are actually in the corporate pockets.
I can't believe Starcraft Ghost didn't win anything, it looks damn awsome...
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Half-Life 2 already cleaning up on awards? I feel bad for the games being released around the same time... If anyone's foolish to do so, anyway.
It's sad when choosing an installation directory on your own qualifies you as an "advanced user."
Sonofamonkey, the Eye Toy post was me. Dang Opera. Hmm, get on topic... How about some specific examples of the stellar (*cough*) games they had for the Eye Toy.
There was one where little ninjas jumped out from the sides of the screen. If they got to "you" (an outline of a person) in the middle of the screen, you lost a life. So, beyond the hand waving trick, people were mostly making the field goal sign, and waving back and forth a little. Good times.
Another was a plate spinning game. You had to keep some plate spinning by waving your hand over a spot in the air. Not much to say about this one, except that it worked especially well with the hand waving trick.
Oh yeah, and there was one that was actually sort of funny. It was a window washing game. You'd be presented with a mostly grey screen, and your have to wave your arms around to make it clear. There were some parts that didnt clean so easy - apparently they were supposed to be bird poo. You had to "scrub" extra hard to get those spots clean. Or, again, you could just wave your hand in front of the camera.
I suppose theres always a market for bird poo cleaning simulators.
Nine out of the sixteen awards are for games i couldn't care less about. Realistic racing, skateboarding, and a ton of FPSs. I'm glad the show itself wasn't as boring as the awards.
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I'd take it over Half-Life 2 any day of the week!
I cant imagine that many people would willingly play games that force you to flail your arms around like an upset chimp. At least, not while anyone is watching.
Hell, DDR seems to be popular enough while making people look like jackasses.
I don't understand the interest in this device. It just looks like a gimmicky device that you can't really make any real games around. I mean, is anyone really going to pay $60 to swat ninjas away with their hands? I sure wouldn't. It'll probably go over about as well as the Power Glove did...
-"One machine can do the work of fifty ordinary men. No machine can do the work of one extraordinary man." -EH
Go to http://www.ict.usc.edu/disp.php?bd=proj_games_fsw for some screenshots and video.
I could honestly give a f#%& if the trees move realistically or not. I swear to god, a couple of years ago if they would have shown a trailer for the Final Fantasy movie and told everyone it was a game, it would have swept the awar
Going over old games, the picks seem to be a combination of great successes (Metal Gear Solid 2, Half-Life, Soul Calibur, Halo, Tony Hawk, Gran Turismo, Splinter Cell...) and spectacular failures (Sims Online, Majestic, Black & White, Dreamcast...) and a LOT of games that get awards for 3 years in a row (Star Wars Galaxies, Neverwinter Nights)
It seems as if this is really about the hype machine, and how the games/products were PRESENTED, and not how good they actually are or could be.
It's too bad that no one actually tries to go behind the crazy hype machines to give an impression of what GAME is the best.