Slashdot Mirror

← Back to Stories (view on slashdot.org)

Grammy Awards Finally Giving Games Some Respect

Posted by Soulskill on from the retroactive-award-for-morrowind-please dept.

donniebaseball23 writes "Video game composers have been fighting for equal recognition at the Grammy Awards, and they've just taken another step in the right direction, as The Recording Academy has added video games to the descriptors of four awards, giving them equal billing with film and television. 'I think this could be viewed as a first step in the direction of video games getting their own category,' said the Recording Academy's Bill Freimuth."

1 of 70 comments (clear)

  1. Civ 4 by artor3 · · Score: 3, Interesting

    The title song from Civilization 4 won a Grammy this year, becoming the first song from a video game to do so. I wonder if that had anything to do with their decision? As is often the case, you need really top-notch, undeniable talent to break down the barrier. Once it's broken, things get easier.