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Spike TV Announces 2005 VGA Nominees

Posted by Zonk on from the someone-likes-us-i-guess dept.

nb caffeine writes "Spike TV has announced the nominees for this year's VG awards. Oddly enough, there are several nominations for games that are not even out yet." From the article: "The Red Hot Chili Peppers, Vin Diesel, The Rock, Missy Elliot, Snoop Dogg, Carmen Electra, Xzibit and Ozzy Osbourne are also set to appear at the third annual awards event. Casey Patterson, Executive Producer of the awards, commented: 'Video games have taken over the world as the most creative, cutting edge platform for major names in entertainment to showcase their talent and reach a massive audience. Sam Jackson is one of the coolest guys on the planet; we're thrilled to have him hosting this year's show which promises more stars, more rock and more games than ever before.'" Sounds like it's just as much about the games as it was last year. Interestingly, Games.slashdot.org was tapped, along with Joystiq and Kotaku, to be nominated for Best Blog. Guess they don't hold grudges.

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  1. Not really surprising by AuMatar · · Score: 3, Insightful

    Spike's VGAs are basicly the "Who bought the most ads on Spike" awards. Its not an actual award show, its a giant advertising medium.

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    1. Re:Not really surprising by pappy97 · · Score: 2, Insightful

      "its a giant advertising medium."

      Just like the G4 network.

    2. Re:Not really surprising by lorelorn · · Score: 3, Insightful

      Just like television

  2. Sweet!!!! more rock and rap Bullshit!!! by darkmayo · · Score: 2, Insightful

    News for Nerds... no .. no nerds could give a shit what some music industry twat has to say about video games.

    Stuff that Matters... hmm no again and dont think there is much original programming that spike has that actually matters, let alone some glorified celebrity song and dance show that has clips from madden and halo.

    mod away.

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  3. Infomercials are fun. by -kertrats- · · Score: 3, Insightful

    Of course the awards are going to games that aren't out yet. The awards are paid for anyways, they may as well build up hype for a launch instead of advertising for an old game.

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  4. Ouch... by Wraithfighter · · Score: 3, Insightful
    Between games that won't be released by the time the show takes place (King Kong, for one, with the most nominations too!), mostly big-name stars getting voice acting noms (as opposed to people who actually do this stuff for a living...), and two of the "best tech" nominees being consoles that won't be released yet (including the PS3 who's design is still not finalized), this is just pure insanity and stinks of money getting too much involved.

    For the best piece of evidence, lets look at the "BEST GAME BASED ON A MOVIE" category:

    Star Wars Battlefront II (LucasArts) Release Date: October 31

    Peter Jackson's King Kong: The Official Game of the Movie (Ubisoft) Release Date: November 21 (on Xbox, next gen consoles have no expected date).

    The Warriors (Rockstar Games): Already released.

    James Bond 007: From Russia With Love (Electronic Arts): Release Date: November 1

    The Matrix: Path of Neo (Atari, Inc.): Release Date: November 7

    ...

    Anyone wanna bet that at least two of the four to-be-released games will, at best, be good "movie companions" as opposed to actually good games?

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