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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.'"
Who shot who with the what now?
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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
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?
"Tell me doctor, with all of your defenses, are there any provisions for an attack by killer bees?"
Star power like that and you dweebs are still complaining?!?
What I'm listening to now on Pandora...
Yes, in fact the rest of the VGAs show exactly how much worse it can get. Scrawling the names of winners on naked women in bodypaint? Sammy L. Jackson putting in a half-assed effort and cracking insulting, needlessly misogynistic jokes? I'm no feminist, and even I was offended.
That awards show alone erased whatever sliver of mainstream respect good game developers have earned the industry over the years. Thanks a lot, Spike.
For that piece of turd I'm now boycotting Spike as a channel indefinitely.
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.
Spike has a lot of crap, but come on they're the only ones who still air Star Trek in syndication. During the summer when they've got 2 episodes of DS9 after an episode of TNG.. on vacation no way I'm going outside during the afternoon. And Voyager has made about half my TV viewing lately, also on Spike.
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.
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!
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.
The women aren't naked. They are scantily clad. They have panties and pasties on, to be exact.
That's not the point.
I admit they are supposed to 'look' naked
That is.
Now don't get me wrong, I'm no prude and see nothing wrong with nudity in the right context (or pornography, for that matter), but this was not it. In fact, if you ask me it's just as demeaning to the males it was supposed to titillate as it is to the women; do they really think that we games-playing males are that juvenile? (Don't bother answering that, I play online games too...)
It's official. Most of you are morons.