Spike VGAs Confuse, Gamecock Apologizes 105
Another year, another horrifying SpikeTV Video Game Awards show done and over with. BioShock grabbed the 'Game of the Year' nod, but both the title and designer Ken Levine were denied their moment in the sun. When the winner was announced some folks from Gamecock rushed the stage and basically said 'it sucks'. They're now apologizing: "Gamecock co-founder Mike Wilson apologized for the disruption on behalf of his team. 'I'd personally like to sincerely apologize to the BioShock team and Ken Levine in particular for GameCock infringing on their spotlight at this weekend's VGA Awards show ... The award acceptance they interrupted was the LAST one we would've wanted to interrupt , ('most addictive game fueled by mountain dew' would have been a wonderful choice) as we have the utmost respect and love for Bioshock.'"
Video of the event (Score:5, Informative)
WTF #1: Game awards are announced by writing the game's name in body paint on a naked woman
WTF #2: The gamecock people
I suddenly remembered why I don't watch TV anymore, sheesh.
Re:What an informative summary and set of articles (Score:3, Informative)
I can understand if you're not gamers; it's not exactly a household name among the general population. But this is a gaming thread, for god's sake, and you'd think at least some of you would be PC gamers.
Gamecock is the second iteration of the original Gathering of Developers. Ring a bell?
Run by the same guys in the same town (Austin?), I *think* even in the same offices as the old Gathering. I know a girl who used to work at Gathering and is now doing design work for Gamecock, and apparently it's a *lot* of the same old Gathering people - not just the guys at the top.
Gathering used to be famous for pulling crap like this too, so this shouldn't have been unexpected. It honestly was one of the reasons they were forced to sell out; they spent too much money and effort on stupid stunts and parties and not enough on making good games. Seems like history is repeating itself.