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Walk of Game Winners Announced
Via Joystiq, the news that the 2005 Inductees to the Walk of Game have been announced. From the post: "It came down to John Carmack against Will Wright and Sid Meier against Toru Iwatani in the creators category with Carmack and Meier winning out in the end. Also honored are Sony's own EverQuest, Final Fantasy, StarCraft, and Lara Croft herself. "
If you know anything about Walk of Game you'll know that it's only in it's third year. Plenty of awards are already available for this year's games, Walk of Game celebrates games that have been special in some way, or series that have been very successful/influential. These might not always be brand new, but often they really shine years after release. For example, now that there are so many MMORPGs in the market we see that Everquest was important in being one of the first very addictive (to some people) and popular MMOGs. (UO didn't have the same appeal, sorry to burst anyone's bubble) I should point out that I personally think the thing is rubbish - Halo won an award last year (2 years ago?) just so that all the major consoles were represented and it was nice and fair. Master Chief beside SONIC and MARIO. Hahahahahaha. I don't mean this is as a troll, but Master Chief will have to prove his worth over a longer period of time than two games to show he's as deserving of an award as Sega and Nintendo's mascots.