This was an interesting article, but it neglected to address the idea that life on earth may have been seeded from outside the planet. It is possible that life on our planet is the result of panspermia. This throws into doubt any conclusions about a Great Filter, and may also invalidate the idea that life appearing on Mars is bad news for us (humans), since if life here may have been the result of panspermia, then so too would life on Mars likely have occurred for the same reasons.
An even more far-out hypothesis is that life on our planet is itself the result of alien efforts to seed life on other worlds (a sort of biological von Neumann probe).
An award show for video games is most certainly a valid and interesting idea. It should be noted however, that film and TV award shows are as succesful as they are because they appeal to the widest demographic. Everyone watches TV. Everyone watches movies.
Video Games inhabit a cultural 'space' much closer to books, comic-books and so forth. NOT everyone is a fan, not everyone is a consumer. Therefore, it is a dream to imagine that the audience for these award shows can be compared. Have you ever tuned in to the Booker Award show? Me neither. A large audience is the key to a higher quality award show (afterall, it's money not fandom that pushes award shows). So, until video games reach a much much wider audience, the award shows will remain the half-assed shambles they are today.
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This was an interesting article, but it neglected to address the idea that life on earth may have been seeded from outside the planet. It is possible that life on our planet is the result of panspermia. This throws into doubt any conclusions about a Great Filter, and may also invalidate the idea that life appearing on Mars is bad news for us (humans), since if life here may have been the result of panspermia, then so too would life on Mars likely have occurred for the same reasons. An even more far-out hypothesis is that life on our planet is itself the result of alien efforts to seed life on other worlds (a sort of biological von Neumann probe).
An award show for video games is most certainly a valid and interesting idea. It should be noted however, that film and TV award shows are as succesful as they are because they appeal to the widest demographic. Everyone watches TV. Everyone watches movies. Video Games inhabit a cultural 'space' much closer to books, comic-books and so forth. NOT everyone is a fan, not everyone is a consumer. Therefore, it is a dream to imagine that the audience for these award shows can be compared. Have you ever tuned in to the Booker Award show? Me neither. A large audience is the key to a higher quality award show (afterall, it's money not fandom that pushes award shows). So, until video games reach a much much wider audience, the award shows will remain the half-assed shambles they are today.