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Walk of Game Winners Announced

Posted by Zonk on from the deserving-sots dept.

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. "

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  1. wtf? more SONY?! by sdnoob · · Score: 2, Informative

    this is the *2006* awards.. eq's been out since 1999, wtf?

    the two people who won are "lifetime awards" it says nothing about the game titles being "lifetime awards" as well.. shouldn't this year's awards be for, i dunno, NEW games?

    oh, wait... run by / sponsored by / enshrined at a division of sony.. that explains everhack's "win".

    http://www.metreon.com/

    1. Re:wtf? more SONY?! by Kazzahdrane · · Score: 3, Insightful

      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.

  2. Congratulations John by th1ckasabr1ck · · Score: 3, Interesting
    I'd like to take a second to extend my sincerest congratulations to John Carmack - If it weren't for him then I honestly wouldn't be sitting here still at work right now (FAR after working 8 hours today) trying to get the first person shooter I'm working on to look as cool as the last one he worked on.

    In all seriousness, John was a gigantic inspiration to me as I was growing up and as I set my sights on getting into the gaming industry. I know he's not into awards and stuff, but he deserves this more than anybody. Thanks again John!

  3. Did anyone else notice... by Short+Circuit · · Score: 4, Interesting

    ...that they inducted two opposites? Meier, whose emphasis is on gameplay, and Carmack, whose emphasis is on pushing the limits of hardware?

    Variety is the spice of life. Even if my computer won't run any code Carmack's published in the past five years.

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  4. Re:StarCraft by May+Kasahara · · Score: 3, Funny
    Forget the minerals-- the kicker is the amount of Vespene gas you'll need.

    *been playing waaaay too much StarCraft lately*

  5. Re:Congrads John! by BrynM · · Score: 2, Funny
    Where exactly do you see the letter 'd' in the word congratulations? I used to think Slashdot might someday cater to the intellectual programmer. Sadly, I've realized that day will never come. Only morons like yourself dwell here. I am officially done with Slashdot.
    Over a common misspelling in a quickly jotted post for a story that didn't even make the front page? Everyone say it with me: "No more Anonymous Coward! He left forever over something minor! Yay!" Oh wait...

    (bet you came back to see if I replied, didn't you? Who's the moron now? Oh yeah, both of us are: I replied. Oh well.)

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