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Spike VGAs Confuse, Gamecock Apologizes
Another year, another horrifying SpikeTV Video Game Awards show done and over with. BioShock grabbed the 'Game of the Year' nod, but both the title and designer Ken Levine were denied their moment in the sun. When the winner was announced some folks from Gamecock rushed the stage and basically said 'it sucks'. They're now apologizing: "Gamecock co-founder Mike Wilson apologized for the disruption on behalf of his team. 'I'd personally like to sincerely apologize to the BioShock team and Ken Levine in particular for GameCock infringing on their spotlight at this weekend's VGA Awards show ... The award acceptance they interrupted was the LAST one we would've wanted to interrupt , ('most addictive game fueled by mountain dew' would have been a wonderful choice) as we have the utmost respect and love for Bioshock.'"
Mycock, that is.
Who shot who with the what now?
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My hopes that the video game industry was finally maturing into a respectable field was dashed by a bunch of game cocks. Could it get any worst than is?
Headline No Sense, Editor Sleeps.
Karma cannot be described by words alone.
I thought it was referring to 256 color displays.
What is Gamecock? What did they say? What sucked, the game or the award show? Who cares about anything that happens at the VGAs anyway?
Rob
I'm sure they're planning to apologize to the viewers of the Spike VGAs as well... all two of them.
You know, it sure sounds like they were thinking "It's better to beg forgiveness than to ask permission". I'm not impressed by their apology. It was a douchebag thing to do and a simple apology is insufficient.
FTFA:
it totally sucks that Ken Levine didn't get to speak after making such a fantastic game
Yes. It does totally suck, so don't you think some act of contrition, other than empty words, would be appropriate?
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Star power like that and you dweebs are still complaining?!?
What I'm listening to now on Pandora...
Seriously.. these people don't have anything to do with videogames.
They did get their name out to those of us that had not heard of them before.
However, they did also make sure that most of us over the age of 15 won't ever be buying games from them, fake apology or not.
Not like the name "gamecock" is going to be hard to remember. For better, or in this case, worse.
This makes me never want to buy a game from Gamecock, apology or no.
I would never have known they even happened. Somehow I think I would have been better off.
If nobody watches the Spike Video Game Awards, did they even happen?
Not the game itself, but the massive copy protection it's wrapped in for PCs.
You not only have a limited number of 'activations', that is, machines you can install it on and times you can install on the same machine, you ALSO need the origional disc, which has flakey software.
Last night, it failed on me again, even though I do in fact have the origional disc. So I had to download the cracked version to play.
Makes the retail version less and less desirable, who to I trust more not to screw up my machine, Sony brand DRM, or a random download? Why does a single player only game need online activation? I got it as an alternative to Steam games when the cable is out...
It's like getting a new puppy, encased in Lucite.
Not like the name "gamecock" is going to be hard to remember.
That's what she said.
I never heard of this, so I searched around, and found this: http://youtube.com/watch?v=wIDDAtVLRZw
WTF #1: Game awards are announced by writing the game's name in body paint on a naked woman
WTF #2: The gamecock people
I suddenly remembered why I don't watch TV anymore, sheesh.
Show that one thing Spike do not know is games, one of the nominations for Wii game of the year was Zelda, a 2006 title, while BioShock getting GOTY they gave best shooter to COD.
Make SELinux enforcing again!
This is what people are getting worked up over, up to the point where the summary blatantly lies about what they said? Seriously?
Rob
If they didn't intend to interupt the game of the year award, why did they? What was it they were trying to do? (Besides be attention whores) When they heard "And the game of the year is Bioshock" what did they think was going to happen when they got on stage and talked before the guys who made the game could talk?
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I really wish next year game developers simply didn't show up. These awards aren't doing anything to further the industry. It's embarrassing, really. Unfortunately, the odds of that happening are slim to none.
And regarding GameCock's behavior? Well, with any luck, cosmic karma will pay them back for that little stunt of theirs. I'll be sure to boycott any of their products from now on.
Irony: Agile development has too much intertia to be abandoned now.
The award acceptance they interrupted was the LAST one we would've wanted to interrupt
Then why did you? Assholes.
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http://www.gamecockmedia.com/press.html
If they really gave a shit about offering a sincere apology, they could at least mention it on their own website.
Gee, I hope nobody edits their wiki page in a similar manner....
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gamecock_Media_Group
Here's a video of it, if anybody's curious. The guy with the accent actually got some time to talk (beyond the end of the video); it wasn't as bad as 1UP made it out to be, and everybody except Levine seemed to act like it was a planned thing, so I don't really know what to say about it.
Unpleasantries.
Wow, Gamecocks portfolio includes games like 'Pirates Vs. Ninjas Dodgeball', 'Hail to the Chimp', and 'Dementium: The Ward', need I say more? @_@
As the guy who handles the gaming stuff and someone who actually reads f13 you should know who Gamecock is and that they would never say Bioshock "sucks". They were doing some of their typical anti establishment speal and they screwed up by interrupting Bioshock's acceptance speech time. They screwed up and admitted it.
For those asking by the way Gamecock is G.O.D. games (or the people who ran it anyways).
Sounds like a well thought out marketing strategy that slashdot helped make even more profitable.
Q. What is the purpose of an awards show for a gaming company?
A. Publicity.
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I consider myself a pretty big gamer, and that awards show has absolutely zero appeal to me. In fact, I would say it's an insult. The show basically groups us all into some kind of category where they think the only gamers are, I'm assuming, MTV watching, Pot smoking, ADD afflicted, crack heads judging by the content of the show I've seen in a few youtube videos... Well, maybe that's true, but that show looks terrible!
n/t
I hate to say bad things about fellow developers but, maybe nobody knows who Gamecock is because the sort of amateur bad-boy marking stunts they do don't work.
If they are doing this for fun, more power to them. But, as a PR stunt, it doesn't work. They need to hire whoever Paris Hilton used.
Spell cheek you've failed me four the last thyme!
Spike is useful in one regard. They show video game content I wouldn't otherwise see. Talking about a game is one thing. Seeing videos was another. Playing is best.
Am I the only one who got confused because VGA means "Video Graphics Array"? Never mind "gamecock", somehow I'm not inclined to learn what that is.
Not like the name "gamecock" is going to be hard to remember.
Fixed it for you.
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...sorry couldn't resist.
That's just my POV... no more, no less.