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Dear Spike TV VGA's, I Hate You
gamelemons.com — Another year has come and gone, and I am still amazed at just how dumbed-down Spike TV makes their VGA shows. Who the hell produces these shows anyway? After enduring that train wreck, I am convinced that marketers and companies have no clue who their target market is when it comes to gamers.
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- Zidul, on 10/12/2007, -7/+28I agree, i was expecting better. While me and bro were watching, i was basically saying "watch, they're gunna make fun of _____" and i was right 90% of the time, too.
very predictable, and didnt have a single person that was influential the the video game industry (they had the oblivion team, thats it)
Oh, and that dumb 'comedian' bitch pissed me off. she did the same bit about video game nerds last year too, i think. terrible.
to be honest, the only reason i watched it was for the WoW trailer, but it was butchered with the lights glaring right at the projection..sigh..- tafkase7en, on 10/12/2007, -0/+60I saw the VGA's for the first time yesterday and was like wtf? They showed the same 5 games in every category, no joke. That was such a horrible show, with a horrible audience. What a disaster.
- whiskeymb, on 10/12/2007, -1/+41did anybody notice Tony Hawk's horribly blown "all your base are belong to us" joke that nobody got or laughed at?
I started watching the VGAs and turned it off after a few minutes cause it was just too painful! - tafkase7en, on 10/12/2007, -26/+2@Whiskey
Umm...everyone noticed.... - doddilus, on 10/12/2007, -3/+44... it was still better than gphoria
- Nobi-Wan, on 10/12/2007, -1/+16I just watch Spike for CSI reruns. I didn't know they did any new programming.
- mrfoos, on 10/12/2007, -36/+13"I didn't know they did any new programming."
Three letters:
U
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C - rewen, on 10/12/2007, -26/+5F
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? - thcobbs, on 10/12/2007, -4/+3So, it's just like the oscars?
- dvddesign, on 10/12/2007, -1/+34Mr. Foos...
You misspelled it.
Three letters:
M
X
C - OMGWTFROFLMAO, on 10/12/2007, -6/+10I watch spike for UFC, I didn't even know the VGA's were coming on until the advirtisement right before the Riggs/Sanchez fight (Sanchez pwned Riggs by the way).
- custerfluck, on 10/12/2007, -3/+5I'm w/ mrfoos.UFC is the only reason I wach spike. i would prefer UFC TV to Spike TV.... Maybe someday.
- LogicBomB, on 10/12/2007, -1/+8If they hired a couple of your average IRC or message board video game junkie they could have made the show quite good. I think anyone who PLAYS GAMES could have made it better.
I thought it might be interesting but I turned it on just as tony hawk got onto the stage and said "all your base are belong to us". I then turned it off and shuddered. - dclowd9901, on 10/12/2007, -1/+3If gamers and developers really want to show their contempt for the stupid show, they should band together, and whoever wins should talk about what a travesty piece of ***** this show is to the gamer community, and take the award and smash the bitch into the ground. *Then* maybe the ***** running it will get the clue.
- Boor, on 10/12/2007, -5/+2Spike T.V. has always, in my mind been a horrible network. They throw around the male stereotypes way too often. They basically just play reruns of shows that other networks played first, even one of their most "Original" shows is just a Japanese game show with retarded dubbing. Their only redeeming quality is the ultimate fighting dealy, but something tells me if they had their way it would be more like WWE which as everyone knows is very fake.
Plus the video quality of their episodes of star trek is very low. - Zippo, on 10/12/2007, -2/+5I only watch Spike for TNG and DS9... and only because I don't have Space Channel. That's it.
- MegatonSamurai, on 10/12/2007, -1/+1I watched maybe halfway though before I gave up the hope that The Metal would return and light the place on fire.
- Knoton, on 10/12/2007, -0/+7Spike wasn't nearly as bad back when they were TNN
- HaltingPoint, on 10/12/2007, -11/+1Just out of curiosity, why does THIS rant get dugg and mine not?
http://haltingpoint.blogspot.com/2006/12/spike-video-game-awards-makes-your.html
Mine is WAY better since it includes actual footage that made it so sucky. Seriously...is it just because the site is hosted on blogspot? Because that would be a pretty sad reason to not digg something. - badken, on 10/12/2007, -0/+5Because we don't like you, HaltingPoint.
- HaltingPoint, on 10/12/2007, -2/+1Oh yeah? And why is that exactly?
- caligirl1234, on 10/12/2007, -2/+61Yeah, that comedian girl (Sarah Silverman) did nothing besides throw out every washed up joke and stereotype about gamers she could think of. It wasn't funny because it was all just so stale and "been there, done that". I'm a girl who doesn't even play games that much, and even I was annoyed at her stupid routine.
- tafkase7en, on 10/12/2007, -33/+5Actually she was the funniest person on the show, every other joke on the show was horrible and bombed, she was at least...semi-funny.
- rarkai, on 10/12/2007, -13/+44I would still do her.
- skyshock21, on 10/12/2007, -9/+33Damn shame too because Sarah Silverman is usually kinda funny.
- lunchbox12682, on 10/12/2007, -17/+3I love Silverman, but what do you expect it's a video game award show.
The whole thing is stupid. - mandarin, on 10/12/2007, -0/+10Think shes out of material...
- random19, on 10/12/2007, -2/+4I didn't see it, but that's a shame. Her special "Jesus is Magic" was amazingly funny...aside from the horrible music.
- johnny23, on 10/12/2007, -3/+10I always thought Silverman was just "hot chick" funny. She's really hot and everyone wants to bang her, so everyone laughs at her jokes. She was just able to make a career out of it.
- BabyWookie, on 10/12/2007, -0/+7Sarah Silverman is hot? I would say that she's kinda cute, but definitely not hot. She's been getting too skinny lately too. I liked that "gay talking teddy bear" bit she did for that puppet prank call show on Comedy Central. That whole altercation that she had with the Asian rights activist was funny too.
- josegutz, on 10/12/2007, -0/+2I wouldn't throw her out of bed for crackers...
- prockcore, on 10/12/2007, -0/+6The best part is that Sarah Silverman is 36 years old and is single. She's resorted to being the rebound girl for people like Jimmy Kimmel.
She's the loser. - launchpadtt, on 10/12/2007, -0/+6her bit had to be the most embarrassing moment in the whole show. She must have deservingly felt like a complete a-hole once it was done. Why does everyone think she's hot? She's not that good-looking.
- spiritamx79, on 10/12/2007, -1/+3sarah silverman is ok. i would do her w/ about 6 beers in me.
besides, have you noticed her arms hare VERY hairy?? - hello_world, on 10/12/2007, -0/+2man, these people have to realize that we gamers/nerds/geeks have the ability to enjoy normal comedy. it doesn't have to be about videogames for us to 'get' it. geez...
- Yashar, on 10/12/2007, -1/+36Why dont these stupid mainstream networks listen!? They should realize gamers aren't some brainless drones who sit in the dark and play video games for days at a time. They are real people like you or me. This goes especially for G4TV.
- Desolite, on 10/12/2007, -0/+12because they probably don't read digg... or anything else that has to do with the internet.
- brokekneck, on 10/12/2007, -0/+17 By now you would think that..... They should have had Trey Parker and Matt Stone host it. At least we know they will research, they did pretty good with that south park episode.
- frequenicity, on 10/12/2007, -0/+9@Brokekneck
Yes! Plus, they are avid gamers as well. Perfect choice. - etempest, on 10/12/2007, -0/+2Still waiting for G4 to implode.. not sure how it's been doing limping along all this time.
Pretty sure the game companies that put up the most $$$ as long as there game is not obviously bad, end up winning or get the nominated.
- daRoach, on 10/12/2007, -15/+3FTA:
"Oh well, I gotta end this now because my mom is yelling at me to get back down in my basement and clean up the place so I can hopefully find a job someday."
Nicely put.- Desolite, on 10/12/2007, -1/+12i'm guessing that comment is relevant to your life?
- colty045, on 10/12/2007, -15/+2oh no i have once again missed Spikes VGA's oh damn and i really was hoping to see it Spike has great programming they really are a network for men
and now i go to hell for lying - Stonedonkey, on 10/12/2007, -3/+30Comedy Central should be doing awards shows by now. I think a video game one would fit in pretty well. And they have a great lineup of people to host and present, like Colbert, Stewart, Mencia, Trey Parker and Matt Stone, the Daily Show correspondents...
Oh, and people also *watch* that channel.- Dujenwook, on 10/12/2007, -2/+17I just watch it for MXC ... great stuff
- deacont23, on 10/12/2007, -0/+13I usually watch spike for the James Bond marathons
- PanicButton42, on 10/12/2007, -0/+4Comedy Central should not touch any such thing if they are going to butcher it like they have their Roasts. The roasts were good back when they were doing them in conjunction with the Friars Club, but went to ***** when they decided to do them on their own.
Jon Stewart would probably do some pre-recorded bit that more than likely is not up to the same level of excellence that is the Daily Show. If they were to use Colbert it would bee in the same faculty as Stewart.
None of the DS correspondents would be used.
Meanwhile, the show would have such comedic superstars like Greg Giraldo, Artie Lange (Now there is someone riding a good set of coattails), and Lisa Lampinelli (sp?). They would still be able to use Sarah Silverman, and the cast of Reno 911.
I love Comedy Central, but the "Live" shows that they produce tend to be crap.
...not that it could be any worse than what was on Spike... - reddevil3, on 10/12/2007, -4/+12Mencia is the worst comedian alive. Even worse than Dane Cook.
He's the worst part of Comedy Central. - ja1217, on 10/12/2007, -0/+3MXC might be the greatest show ever - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/MXC
- JaybeasCorpus, on 10/12/2007, -1/+7I might be mistaken, but it looks like you used the words "Mencia" and "great lineup" in the same sentence, without the words "not" or "never" involved. Was that a typo?
- mandarin, on 10/12/2007, -3/+9Mencia sucks.
- b04155, on 10/12/2007, -3/+5I was right there with you 'till you mentioned Mencia... he's a no talent ass too.
- yensed, on 10/12/2007, -4/+18Oh darn, I missed it... I was busy watching Cops and Cheaters on G4..
- kokuei, on 10/12/2007, -8/+9That's not exactly better.
- kcpwnsgman, on 10/12/2007, -0/+18At first I laughed at your statement of Cops being on G4, then I turned on the TV to see what was on, and I thought "Oh, Cops is on, what a coincidence!" and then I looked at the channel, and when it said "G4TV", a tear rolled down my face.
- PanicButton42, on 10/12/2007, -0/+5G4 while never that good to begin with, has turned itself into a poor man's Spike TV
- generalginjur, on 10/12/2007, -0/+5Except that, in the cable markets I've seen, one will get Spike before G4 in any more basic cable package. So that would make G4 the rich man's poor Spike TV.
- PleaseJustDie, on 10/12/2007, -1/+3@PanicButton42
I disagree, when I first started watching G4 it was good. But they canceled the Screensavers and turned it into AOTS (which wasn't as good, but still not bad) then lost most of the cast of AOTS and now it is just crap. And XPlay wasn't bad a few years ago, but it gets worse and worse every season and now I can't really stand it. I say bring back the crew/writers for the Screensavers and fire all the program managers and G4 can make a comeback.
- rarkai, on 10/12/2007, -1/+49"Dear Spike TV VGA's, I Hate You"
This was all it took to get a digg from me.- giomiguelito, on 10/12/2007, -10/+3lmao, SAME!
- elnerdo, on 10/12/2007, -4/+3Actually, when I read it, I thought Spike ( as in a new type of connector ) TV VGA(Video Graphics Array): I hate you.
Which made me wonder where you get 'spike' connects for VGA for a TV.
- darkever, on 10/12/2007, -1/+5I have yet to see the perfect mesh between gaming and TV.
- SineNomen, on 10/12/2007, -1/+24I have, it's when you use the TV to play games instead of watching idiots talk about them.
- Massif, on 10/12/2007, -0/+6It's not exactly "TV" but The 1UP Show is probably the best gaming content around. There's no douchebag hosts or hip young pop stars. It's just game reviewers sitting around the office talking about games.
- spyrochaete, on 10/12/2007, -0/+7"Icons" used to be an incredible, highly intelligent show about the biggest contributors to the gaming industry. Now it's been dumbed down to include musicians and movie stars.
- Lunarshadow, on 10/12/2007, -2/+4The Spike awards made G-Phoria look good.
- SilentSpyder, on 10/12/2007, -1/+2Digg effected?
- kokuei, on 10/12/2007, -2/+4The question is why are you watching the Spike TV VGA's? You've probably seen it at least once, Why do you think it's going to get better? It's made by Spike TV for *****'s sake! I don't trust them to do anything with video games. I trust them to play Star Trek and CSI 20 billion times a day.
- btgoss, on 10/12/2007, -1/+25These award shows are for the EmptyVee generation, you know. The hippity-hoppity modern kidz... What did you expect?
And the award for best use of the Pixel Shader model in an RPG goes to....
And as for Sarah Silverman... the funniest thing she does is Jimmy Kimmel - NateB2, on 10/12/2007, -0/+13http://www.duggmirror.com/gaming_news/Dear_Spike_TV_VGA_s_I_Hate_You
- Gir53457, on 10/12/2007, -0/+10Only good thing about that network is that they do not rape star trek other than the excusable watermark in the corner.
- DaveV, on 10/12/2007, -0/+1I hate those ***** floaters. And, the way they now have to put what are basically commercials for other shows on the screen during a show. I hate that. I hope the people who thought those things up die a slow, painful death tasting their own blood, along with magazine fall out card inventor.
- JonVisc, on 10/12/2007, -0/+7Actually the guys from Reno 911 that did the short skit was pretty funny.
See that hooker, what should you do? Call the police!
See that bully beating up that kid, what should you do? Call the police!
This game sucks! I'm gonna go run over that Pig right there! Take that 5-0!
Or something like that... definitely the funniest thing about the VGA's. - 1773nium, on 10/12/2007, -0/+5Gametrailers.com, 1up.com, gamespot.com and the geniuses at adult swim should create a video games award show. Get Conan O'Brien and Craig Ferguson to host it, all the comedy you could want and then have industry insiders to present.
That would be my ideal game awards show.- mlock2k, on 10/12/2007, -4/+3Craig Ferguson is a douche bag................
- 1773nium, on 10/12/2007, -2/+3http://youtube.com/watch?v=xQEeH0eWEhc
you'll laugh. - ludditus, on 10/12/2007, -0/+0The 1UpYours team previewed/forecasted the VGA's on last week's podcast. As usual, they were spot on, providing a well-informed and humorous look at the last year's games. And after listening to it, I didn't even need to tune into the actual show.
- Clintsbaker, on 10/12/2007, -10/+0Who cares! Having an award show for video games is ridiculous. A 5 star review in a gamer magazine is really all that's necessary. The show sucks because it's about software and what jokes can you come up with that would be fresh....It's a ***** Video game! Most adults that bust their ass off to make ends meet, don't have the time to watch a dumb ass show and that's why it's geared towards slackers. I love my console but this is a stupid topic.
- Groovester, on 10/12/2007, -0/+2If you extend what you are saying to movies, books, CDs, and other mediums that tell stories then your logic is flawed. Why would movies have the Oscars when there are movie critics judging movies in news papers and on TV? See, it doesn't really stack up.
Video games need a GOOD awards show. I would imagine something involving the ESA would be the best route as they could elect a panel of judges and all that jazz, much like the Oscars and the MPAA (or whatever organization). Marketers have yet to truly capitalize on the gaming subculture effectively.
- Groovester, on 10/12/2007, -0/+2If you extend what you are saying to movies, books, CDs, and other mediums that tell stories then your logic is flawed. Why would movies have the Oscars when there are movie critics judging movies in news papers and on TV? See, it doesn't really stack up.
- Iffrat, on 10/12/2007, -1/+5how many times can they say MOTHER F*$&ER in one show.. ok it was funny.. 1 time.. and even then.. it was not that great.. but talk about getting played out..
and i liked TES4 and all.. i think it was a let down.. it was no morrowind.. but it was a good game.. but it was not even close to game of the year.. ~tear~
total let down.. - Jake2, on 10/12/2007, -3/+2Yeah, you don't want the apostrophe there. Intelligent people generally don't use apostrophes with plurals. Learn your English before you start posting your ignorant iteration of it online. :)
- Spo8, on 10/12/2007, -0/+7I turned it on long enough to see Tony Hawk completely botch his "All your base" joke.
"Remove every... umm, great justice... for zigs?"
*Longest awkward silence I've ever seen on television* - balasarius, on 10/12/2007, -4/+5That Sarah Silverman bitch needs to die in a fire.
The rest of the show sucked as well. Well, what little I saw of it. I only turned it on because someone in guildchat said the TBC trailer was coming up... and they managed to ***** that up as well.
***** Spike TV. - CoreyP319, on 10/12/2007, -0/+5Castastrophe- ca·tas·tro·phe / –noun
Spike's VGA awards - totorototoro, on 10/12/2007, -0/+4"I am convinced that marketers and companies have no clue who their target market is when it comes to gamers"
Actually you are wrong on this. (As are music fans who complain about the same thing and the Grammies in music, etc.) The reality is, real gamers like yourself are not the target market for these things. You aren't even on their radar. Which, given the industry in general, you should be grateful for.- JonVisc, on 10/12/2007, -0/+4It should be on their radar. Why should the only focus of the VGA's seemingly be the actors or actresses? That doesn't make the games, it enhances them but that is it. I doubt when the Emmy's, Oscars, etc.. started they were perfect. I doubt very much that people really paid attention to producers, and production staff, and now that is done. The VGA's needs to establish its own presence and not try and copy other award shows. The categories should apply mainly to game development and design and less with how people "act" while in game. That is just a side topic. Categories like "Best AI", "Best Multiplayer", "Best Score (soundtrack)", "Most innovative", "Most addictive", "Best in [category (E-MA)]", etc... and while I repeated some of these from the actual awards show (I assume, I only watched a brief part, but if they didn't include some of these, well that is terrible) it gives you the idea that isn't about who is in a game, but what the game as a whole is composed of. I know if a category like "Best level" or something and Zelda: TP with a specific dungeon was in their I would be rooting for that, and shout something like "Hell yeah!" when it won, because it deserved it all the while I am actually thinking that the dungeon was hard but well thought out, etc...
It would also be great if they would start a "lifetime" recognition award, like GoldenEye 007 for Nintendo 64 paved the way for multiplayer as we know it. Those are respectful categories that everyone could reminisce about and think something like "Wow, yes GoldenEye was probably the best 4 player experience I ever had..."
Okay enough rambling, hopefully you get what I mean. - WeeklyGeek, on 10/12/2007, -0/+3These shows do not exist to give honors, they exist to sell ads. So yeah, we aren't in their demographic. The retards who like to watch ultimate fighting championship and flare off homophobic and racial slurs on XBOX live are their demo.
- JonVisc, on 10/12/2007, -0/+4It should be on their radar. Why should the only focus of the VGA's seemingly be the actors or actresses? That doesn't make the games, it enhances them but that is it. I doubt when the Emmy's, Oscars, etc.. started they were perfect. I doubt very much that people really paid attention to producers, and production staff, and now that is done. The VGA's needs to establish its own presence and not try and copy other award shows. The categories should apply mainly to game development and design and less with how people "act" while in game. That is just a side topic. Categories like "Best AI", "Best Multiplayer", "Best Score (soundtrack)", "Most innovative", "Most addictive", "Best in [category (E-MA)]", etc... and while I repeated some of these from the actual awards show (I assume, I only watched a brief part, but if they didn't include some of these, well that is terrible) it gives you the idea that isn't about who is in a game, but what the game as a whole is composed of. I know if a category like "Best level" or something and Zelda: TP with a specific dungeon was in their I would be rooting for that, and shout something like "Hell yeah!" when it won, because it deserved it all the while I am actually thinking that the dungeon was hard but well thought out, etc...
- Steek, on 10/12/2007, -0/+0Is anyone really surprised by this...Honestly i doubt they will ever make a good video game award show.
- z.unit, on 10/12/2007, -0/+1Dugg for the title, i lol'ed.
- PleaseJustDie, on 10/12/2007, -0/+3for saying you "lol'ed" I hereby order you to slam a door closed on your head repeatedly until you pass out. Once you wake up, repeat the process.
- JohnnyHuh, on 10/12/2007, -0/+1I watched the first part, mainly because I'd been watching UFC before, and thought Samuel L. Jackson's opening bit was marginally funny. But I moved on pretty quickly. I'm glad I didn't stay for Sarah Silverman because I like her and would probably dislike her after a lame act (she could be a cruel, cruel mistress).
- SilentMichael, on 10/12/2007, -2/+1I hope this guy in the article isn't calling Tenacious D an "emo punk band."
- Killblaze, on 10/12/2007, -1/+1I don't think anyone would think that...
- EXreaction, on 10/12/2007, -1/+2I forced myself to sit through the whole thing a few years back...
I kept telling myself:
"Well, this can't get any worse, the will actually tell us some good games and show us some cool stuff before it is over."
But I was wrong...crap on top of more crap...
Not all of us are 11 years old, swear 90% of the time, and call everyone n00bs. - astrotrain, on 10/12/2007, -1/+1I saw the first VGA show year or so ago, and found it to be on the top of the lame meter.
As stated earlier, they had the same games for every category.
It seems almost as Comcast's G4 was involved with the VGAs.... things that make you
go 'Hmmmm...' - quanta88, on 10/12/2007, -1/+1Well if you thought this year was bad you should have seen its inaugural 2004 event. Guess who won Game of the Year?
Madden 2004!- GhostToon, on 10/12/2007, -0/+1In the 2004 VGA's EA won just about every award. It was basically an EA infomercial.
- AlphaGeekJay, on 10/12/2007, -1/+0All of Spikes "Award" shows suck ass!!!
- paku, on 10/12/2007, -3/+5Even if you combined G4 and SpikeTV, I would still watch the Travel Channel more.
"Guys" like to watch these things outside of Sports:
Comedy. MXC is probably the only funny thing on both stations. Needs more old school stuff (early SNL, Kids in the Hall, old standup, old 80s and 90s Comedys, etc..).
Martial Art Movies. Kung-Fu Theatre comes to mind.
**GIRLS. Nudity. Cross the line the way South Park did with swearing**
Weird. Liquid TV stuff.
I would watch that channel all day.
Jamie Kennedy sucks. Star Trek is starting to get old, along with Bond films and CSI. And video game reviews on G4 are insulting. They should fire EVERYONE who currently hosts on G4. Morgan is a coked-up whore who clowns geeks when the cameras are off.
Can they not find a hot and geeky girl out there? Cause I know plenty who would work cheap. - DaveV, on 10/12/2007, -1/+0You actually bothered to watch the VGAs?
Bwahahahahaha SUCKER! - skull24, on 10/12/2007, -1/+1Is was ok. People have to remember that people voted online for the winners.
- bigjosh359, on 10/12/2007, -1/+3SpikeTV is produced by MTV....need I say anymore?
- MisdaHappy, on 10/12/2007, -2/+0Does anyone have any information about the car that was shown a few times being custom painted throughout the awards? My friend knows the artist and she was interested in getting more information about it. More video footage?
- profOblivion, on 10/12/2007, -0/+4Shows like this are doing nothing to help games gain any sort of traction in the mainstream. I'm not opposed to having an awards show for video games. The makers of great games deserve to have as much recognition as great filmmakers or musicians, IMO.
I just think that an awards show presented on television to a huge audience has to be based on fair judging, and presented professionally. The Spike VGAs fail so blatantly in these areas that instead of being taken seriously, they have become so laughable that hardcore and casual gamers alike are saying "WTF, just stop".
There are already awards shows for games, and they are all over the Internet. For example, I'm a fan of Gamespot's annual Best & Worst series, but I'm also talking about any of the many other websites that have their own annual roundups. Maybe if critics could get together with developers/designers, people who actually have some cred in the industry instead of B- and C-list celebrities who are there only because their (misinformed) agents told them it would help their image, we'd have something worth watching, representing a MEANINGFUL assessment of the year's best in gaming.
I realize I'm discounting the "celebrity" factor that other awards shows have compared to the personalities in the gaming world, but I still think people would watch. - airship, on 10/12/2007, -3/+1Take your Ritalin, kid. You'll feel much better if you just go back to your mom's basement and fire up your Playstation.
- jmdajr, on 10/12/2007, -1/+1All I gotta say is.... ***** EM!
- foomojive, on 10/12/2007, -0/+2Yeah they were completely ridiculous. Tenacious D's performance was more talking to music than music itself. The robot guy was kind of cool but still just a bunch of shallow whizbang stuff. Jackson's jokes in the beginning were confusing me, why is everything video game related suddenly about sex? Like a PS4 with a vagina? And looking for a hooker in a game to pop out and give him some... hot coffee? He wasn't really funny. Then he says, "who's with me?" and some guy stands up with a mic and says, "I'm with you Mr. Jackson! I'm a hardcore gamer but I still get hot chicks!" and then... I kid you not... a hot chick stands up next to him and says into his mic, "I'm gonna have sex with him tonight!!" What the *****? This has the reverse affect from what was intended. They're reinforcing a stereotype by trying too hard to say it's not true.
Then some old guy stands up in the crowd with a mic and says, "Mr. Jackson, I'm a senator from..." click. I turned it off. Contrived drivel that wasn't remotely funny or interesting. Someday someone will understand what gamers want. - fishbert, on 10/12/2007, -0/+2"After enduring that train wreck, I am convinced that marketers and companies have no clue who their target market is when it comes to gamers."
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This is Spike TV... they've not been known for understanding their audience.
http://www.realitytvworld.com/index/articles/story.php?s=1001705 - josegutz, on 10/12/2007, -3/+2IT was so lame... Guitar Heros getting shot by lasers and Samuel Jackson getting all worked up about PS4. And the obvious EMO Bands winning all the music awards. You just gotta love it. It was so pathetic. Sarah Silverman has always been that way...I don't think she's ready for a real man.
Best Game Soundtrack was Guitar Hero? *****! It should have been 'Scarface - the world is yours'. BItchez need to reconize for the reals...- 1773nium, on 10/12/2007, -0/+1ANY game with "cowboys from hell" in it deserves best soundtrack. Thats not even to mention all of the other absolute CLASSIC songs on there.
"BItchez need to reconize for the reals..."
Yeah, no wonder why you wanted that soundtrack to win. - josegutz, on 10/12/2007, -0/+2 @ 1773nium
I am just saying that the music rocked on Scarface. Like the Giorgio Moroder selection as well as the rest like for exapmle...
Debbie Harry - “Rush Rush” (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack) Public Enemy - “Don’t Believe The Hype Run DMC - “Sucker MCs” Judas Priest - “Breaking the Law” Rick James - “Super Freak” Grandmaster Flash - “The Message” Peter Tosh - “Steppin’ Razor” Rick James - “Give It To Me Baby” Beth Anderson - “Dance Dance Dance” (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack) Burning Spear - “Social Living” Iggy Pop - “The Passenger” Johnny Cash - “I’m an Easy Rider”
Come on dude, if you knew anything about music then you would have to agree.
I like Pantera probably even more than you do. I still think as far as variety goes the Scarface soundtrack wins. - 1773nium, on 10/12/2007, -0/+1I hear you and I am in no way disrespecting the songs on Scarface at all. That is a nice combination of excellent tracks. All I am saying is that as good as the Scarface song selection is it does not beat out what the Guitar Hero games have done.
Check out the soundtrack section:
http://www.en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Guitar_Hero
http://www.en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Guitar_Hero_II
Big ups for putting "Get ready to Rokk" by freezepop as a bonus track.
- 1773nium, on 10/12/2007, -0/+1ANY game with "cowboys from hell" in it deserves best soundtrack. Thats not even to mention all of the other absolute CLASSIC songs on there.
- vhold, on 10/12/2007, -0/+1The VGA's are actually specifically designed to make games and gamers seem lame because the gamer demographic heavily intersects the Spike demographic.
- d3athr1d3r, on 10/12/2007, -0/+2vga's ***** suck! always have, always will!
- fooplex, on 10/12/2007, -0/+4"All gamers should kill themselves."
Yes, she said this. I will hate her forever along with Spike TV. There is no excuse for that. And there was no punchline. Just a statement. No, it didn't get any funnier.
You can get Star Trek on DVD. Don't be afraid to boycott Spike TV. - NikoKun, on 10/12/2007, -0/+1They target the stupid hardcore gamers that jump on the hardcore graphics bandwagons... you know... the kind of people that watch Spike TV? XD
- jmaynardg, on 10/12/2007, -0/+0There is only one thing more lame than watching some video game awards show on a d-list cable-tv station... and that's blogging about how bad it was. Ugh. Get a ***** life.
- uglybob17, on 10/12/2007, -0/+0The VGAs blow because real gamers don't give a *****. Rightfully so, because the Academy Awards is a big pile of ***** to begin with, and that's what the author seems to wish that the VGAs were more like. I'll stick with EGM's, Gamespot's, and whoever else's game of the year editorials thank you very much.
- DotKenneth, on 10/12/2007, -0/+1These awards aren't "real." Many of the winners were questionable, mainly because this show is aimed at stereotypical pre-teens who only play PSP or something. I mean, this show seems so bias, Twilight Princess only won Critics Choice award which wasn't chosen by the normal voters and that's it. It was almost as stupid as last year when Resident Evil 4 for the PS2 won instead of for the 'Cube. Not to sound fanboyish or anything, Gears and Okami deserved some of the awards they didn't get, too. In the end I think the dev teams have to look on it as a compliment not to win a Spike award.
- waterdrop, on 10/12/2007, -3/+1GOW for Game of the year.
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