Video Game Award Show Announced

HorrorIsland writes "According to the Boston Globe, Video game industry gets TV award show. Of course, it sounds like the on-screen awards will focus on celebrities both real (Dennis Hopper), artifical (Laura Croft, perhaps), and in-between (Jenna Jameson)... so you can quit trying to hold in your gut, programmers!"

Region encoded prizes

[KrunZ]

...and all the prize-categories will be replicated for each region.

Blatant Discrimination

[Anonymous Coward]

I suppose Donkey Kong and Ms. Pac Man were not invited, simply because they're out of favor with the "in" crowd. What a convenient way to overlook their innumerable contributions to video gaming over the years. I, frankly, am disgusted.

Would there be a

[The Analog Kid]

sort of Razzie Award show too? Then you can really tell who the bad developers are.

Categories

[MosesJones]

Most expanded Female chest in an Action Game

Largest amount of gore created from a shotgun blast

Largest gun

Largest impact on work productivity

Smallest number of patches before it would work properly

Smallest slip from proposed date to actual date

Re:CowboyNeil out of touch?

[Jugalator]

It's CowboyNeal, not CowboyNeil...

No point...

[DasBub]

I doubt anyone would bother attending this event...

John Romero's gonna win everything anyway.

My acceptance speech

[Scorchio]

As winner of the "longest amount of overtime worked on wacky feature, removed two days after completion when the designer decided he doesn't want it after all" award, I'd like to say hello to my wife, family and dog who are all but a faint memory, and would like to know if I can use the MTV showers.

Re:Categories

[ender81b]

Smallest slip from proposed date to actual date

Or, the converse:

Greatest change from proposed date to actual date. We can just go ahead and call this the 'Blizzard' award in honor of Warcraft II, III, Diablo II, Starcraft, etc, etc.

Re:Categories

[G-funk]

Er, I believe we can safely call a pre-emptive strike in favour of duke nukem forever.

Re:Categories

[ender81b]

Heh, they get the 'lifetime achievement award.' =).

Don't forget the long-standing tradition...

[Anonymous Coward]

...as with all awards ceremonies, there'll have to be a Lifetime Achievement Award, which will probably go to Mario...

Re:CowboyNeil out of touch?

[lburdet]

>> It's Lara Croft, not Laura...
> It's CowboyNeal, not CowboyNeil...

where, oh where are your mod-points when you need them... and where's the Grammar Nazi when you need him?

Re:Categories

[KrunZ]

and these I suppose:

Largest amount of football games released by one company

Least difference between a game released last year and a game released this year

The "When It's Done" Lifetime Achievement Award

[pariahdecss]

And the nominees are: 1) Duke Nukem Forever (and ever) 2) Team Fortress 2 (Brotherhood of Vaporware) 3) Prey (that we never release this) 4) The big hairy mole on Doom guy's ass 5) et al

Re:Categories

[Dark Lord Seth]

Er, I believe we can safely call a pre-emptive strike in favour of duke nukem forever.

Clearly, the "Forever" bit is related to the development time...

What...

[Wtcher]

No "Best Story" award?

*glitters*

Re:I suppose this could work...

[ender81b]

Great Minds think alike! [slashdot.org].

Of course the possibility of Duke Nukem Forever ever actually being released is pretty much nil. Indeed in a few years the possibility of it actually being released will go *Below* zero and soon we will have the memory of Duke Nukem Forever actually be erased from our minds and the collective consciousness of the geek community. Or something. I'm delirious time for bed.

Re:Believe it or not...

[jmcwork]

Would Ms. Jameson qualify as a partially silicone-base life form?

Re:Lara.

[Anonymous Coward]

because the games blow

Wow! Is there a secret cheat code for that?
Is that where Jenna Jamison gets involved?

That's it, I'm purchasing a copy today!

please stop these hurtful stereotypes!

[bilbobuggins]

so you can quit trying to hold in your gut, programmers!

why is this such a stereotype with programmers?
it's just because of this i've been trying to _get_ a gut for years, beer, cheetos the works - but nothing doing yet

and to top it all off, i have to have /. in the morning reminding me how much of a lesser coder i am with comments like these!
please stop this horrible stereotype, so us skinny geeks can finally stand up proud!!

Re:please stop these hurtful stereotypes!

[Quixadhal]

You need a beard too.... regardless of gender, all true programming gurus have beards. :)