On 14/12/2024 16:10, Spalls Hurgenson wrote:
Which might reflect that a lot of people -and not just myself- really don't/care/ about these stupid things anymore. Or maybe it just is me
after all. I mean, I never was all that excited about these stupid
'best of year' awards anyway... but these days I find myself less and
less engaged. This new show just feels too glitzy, too polished... and
too distant from the actual games. It's marketing frenzy industry back-patting, and not representative of what gamers really like.
That's basically the problem I have with it. It presents itself as
rewarding games for gamers yet when you look at the voting process.
nominations are dished out by some of the big publishers who then select
which media organisations are allowed and who form the vast majority of
the total votes. The actual playing public get a massive 10% of that
vote. I sum it up as the big boys get to promote their games and throw
out a few titbits to the plebs.
The BAFTA game awards I have more respect for as they are quite up front
in that it is recognising games as an artistic endeavour. Whether you
like that or not at least you know what you're getting, well in theory
at least.
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