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The Game Awards 2021 nominee list

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  1. [5]
    cloud_loud
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    I don’t play video games, but I do like award shows quite a bit. One thing I don’t understand about this is why isn’t there a Video Game (or “Interactive Media”) Academy in the vein of the...

    I don’t play video games, but I do like award shows quite a bit. One thing I don’t understand about this is why isn’t there a Video Game (or “Interactive Media”) Academy in the vein of the Television Academy (Emmy’s) and the Motion Picture Academy (Oscars).

    I know the BAFTAs give out awards to video games, but why isn’t “The Game Awards” voted on by a group of programmers, writers, animators, directors, voice actors, etc that work in the industry?

    4 votes
    1. [3]
      lou
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      Not really an answer, but for videogames there will probably never be an award more relevant than something like Metacritic. My friends are mostly gamers and we don't care about awards at all....

      Not really an answer, but for videogames there will probably never be an award more relevant than something like Metacritic. My friends are mostly gamers and we don't care about awards at all. It's just some shit they put on the cover.

      3 votes
      1. [2]
        cloud_loud
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        As a film buff, I’ve heard the same thing. Oscars are bullshit etc etc. I still really like them, and they’re still representative of the industry.

        As a film buff, I’ve heard the same thing. Oscars are bullshit etc etc. I still really like them, and they’re still representative of the industry.

        2 votes
        1. lou
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          Yes of course, I am not against awards or anything like that. They have their place. I just don't care much for them myself.

          Yes of course, I am not against awards or anything like that. They have their place. I just don't care much for them myself.

  2. Tygrak
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    Can't wait to see some random mediocre AAA game win 5 awards again. I think I prefer the steam awards because I can at least nominate games I like, even though I like they won't win anyways. But...

    Can't wait to see some random mediocre AAA game win 5 awards again. I think I prefer the steam awards because I can at least nominate games I like, even though I like they won't win anyways.

    But even though I don't really love that the show is just about giving the few newest AAA games a ton of awards, I still kind of like watching it. I also always wonder how much do the ads cost for this show, cause there are so so so so many ads there.

    4 votes
  3. Fal
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    It continues to confuse me why strategy and sim are always in the same category, but maybe they know something about game genres that I don't.

    It continues to confuse me why strategy and sim are always in the same category, but maybe they know something about game genres that I don't.

    3 votes