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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."

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  1. not even close.... by metalmaster · · Score: 2

    Cinematics, story and voice acting in your average videogame cannot come close to the equivalent in feature films. Games are event-driven, so they're choppy by nature. There are games like Metal Gear Solid that have great cut scenes, but many gamers have complained that it seems more like a movie than a game. That seems like it's always going to be an argument, because if people wanted to watch a movie they would do so. They wouldnt be playing games

    1. Re:not even close.... by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Insightful

      You are aware that the grammy awards are about music?

    2. Re:not even close.... by sortius_nod · · Score: 2

      Wow, you are deluded. Considering most major games these days use techniques that are used in film for cinematic sequences, stories that have much more depth than the hollywood reeltrash, and actors that are also big names in hollywood, well, maybe they are more deserving than films these days.

      Aside from this, it's not the Grammys that need to respect games... it would be gamers needing to respect the grammys - which I doubt will happen.

      I'm not sure what games you play that make them "choppy by nature", but they aren't the games that I am playing.

    3. Re:not even close.... by metalmaster · · Score: 2
      grammys == music....ok, cultural fail there

      Wow, you are deluded. Considering most major games these days use techniques that are used in film for cinematic sequences, stories that have much more depth than the hollywood reeltrash, and actors that are also big names in hollywood, well, maybe they are more deserving than films these days. Aside from this, it's not the Grammys that need to respect games... it would be gamers needing to respect the grammys - which I doubt will happen. I'm not sure what games you play that make them "choppy by nature", but they aren't the games that I am playing.

      Movies follow a linear progression of near constant dialogue. Game cinematics are broken up by uh....gameplay? I have seen a few games that move between cutscene and gameplay fluidly, but in many games this is a fault. One example being a boss battle. You kill your enemy with weapon A and the cutscene shows you doing so with weapon B OR you "kill" your enemy but in a cutscene they merely appear exhausted. This is choppy cinematics.

      LOL and BLAH... Duuuude!... Games haven been 3D and Digital since at least 20 years now... Cinema has only recently catched up to video games in that regard... get your facts updated man... and Metal Gear Solid is from 1998... so much fail...

      and finally, i know I shouldnt feed the cowards, but Im sure you're aware that the 4th installment of Metal Gear was released 3 orso years ago is among the most highly regarded games as far as its cinematics and story are concerned. However, many gamers have expressed their dislike for the game because of its long(7-10mins?) cutscenes. At that point you lose the focus of a game and it has become a series of movie clips

  2. 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.

  3. Who cares? by hairyfish · · Score: 5, Insightful

    Why do gamers care about the Grammys? As a gamer, I couldn't care less about *any* award show. The whole concept is some outdated idea from the 20th century when media companies had a monopoly on distribution, and used these shows to peddle their wares. The rise of the Internet has made them obsolete.

  4. Lifetime Achievement Award by gravis777 · · Score: 3

    Now if only they will go back and give Nobuo Uematsu a lifetime achievement award! http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Final_Fantasy#Music

  5. Let me just say that... by Dr.+Stavros · · Score: 2

    This is a triumph.

    1. Re:Let me just say that... by CronoCloud · · Score: 2

      I'm making a note here, huge success.
      It's hard to overstate my satisfaction.

  6. Are you aware the Grammy's are a joke? by elrous0 · · Score: 3, Insightful

    The Grammy's are the most notoriously meaningless awards in any field. They're owned by the studios, who use them as little more than PR tools. Every year they're won by the same predictable chart-toppers (indies need not apply), they reward popularity over talent (two words: "Milli Vanilli"), and no one takes them seriously. In fact, the Best New Artist Grammy has been jokingly called the "Kiss of Death" award, considering how most "artists" who win it end up becoming one hit wonders. The only reason anyone even watches that joke of an awards show is for the performances. And even those are pretty forgettable.

    The Simpsons said it best. In an episode where Homer wins a Grammy, he takes one look at it, sees it's a Grammy and throws it out the window. Then, out the window, we hear a voice yelling "Hey, don't throw your trash out here!"

    --
    SJW: Someone who has run out of real oppression, and has to fake it.