BioShock Receives Record-Breaking 12 AIAS Nominations

dampeal writes "The Academy of Interactive Arts and Sciences today announced the nominees for the 11th annual Interactive Achievement Awards. The nominations for the peer-based awards have been dominated by two blockbuster first-person shooter games, BioShock (2K Games) and Call of Duty 4: Modern Warfare (Activision) by receiving an astounding 10+ nominations from industry leaders and members of the interactive entertainment software business. In addition, finalists in close lead with top nominations include: The Orange Box (Electronic Arts and Valve Software), Rock Band (MTV Games) and Super Mario Galaxy (Nintendo of America), all up for the Overall Game of the Year Award."

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Re:am I the only one

[Pojut]

I am one of those "twits" that loves Half-Life 2 but despises Halo. With a couple of rare exceptions, most of the people I have talked to that claim to not like Half-Life 2 have never played it...Just because a game is a shooter doesn't mean it can't be really engaging and pull you into the atmosphere. Also, playing Episode 1 and 2 make Half-Life 2 a much more complete experience (since by playing only HL2, you are only getting a portion of the story)

I don't know about you, but the first 15 minutes of Bioshock was EASILY one of the best openings to a video game ever.