G-Phoria Awards Showcase Psychonauts Deal, Anna Nicole 40
Thanks to GameSpot for its article discussing G4TechTV's recently filmed 'G-Phoria' videogame awards show, due to be shown on August 6th, in which, according to the reporter, "Carmen Electra... and her rocker-husband Dave Navarro played it up as hosts of the second annual awards show, but in reality, the event was overshadowed by the first appearance of the final version of Doom 3 at the postshow party." IGN PS2 has more information on the winners, including "Ryu Hayabusa of Ninja Gaiden fame (Favorite Character), Tony Hawk's Underground (Alt Sports Award), Tom Clancy's Splinter Cell: Pandora Tomorrow (Best Innovation), and Viewtiful Joe (Best New Franchise). The ultimate award, Game of the Year, went to Star Wars: Knights of the Old Republic." GameSpot's article also reveals that "sources [at the awards] let on that Majesco had picked up Tim Schafer's Psychonauts and will publish the game in early 2005", and elsewhere, Anna Nicole Smith's cosplay attempts (Ivy from Soul Calibur II, Farah from Prince Of Persia) were another 'highlight'.
Damn you, Anna Nicole Smith! (Score:4, Funny)
Re:Damn you, Anna Nicole Smith! (Score:2)
-prator
Re:Damn you, Anna Nicole Smith! (Score:1)
Not as a I remember it (Score:2)
The "Mainstream" (Score:5, Interesting)
G4TV is confused as hell. They want gamers to watch (Gamers 4 TV, right?) but then silence the people that gamers most want to hear from, the designers. Then they're trying to be mainstream, but they get second rate porn stars and have been not-so-supermodels?
Mainstream? Mainstream awards shows have what would be considered industry "experts," you know, actors and actresses that act and directors that can direct. G-phoria awards aren't "mainstream," they're pornstream. And at which point do the game designers just stop going to these lame shenanagins? Why doesn't someone respectable start up their own awards show, even if it is in someone's silicon valley garage?
G4 has some great people, albeit all from TechTV. Why not throw Unscrewed Martin and Xplay Morgan as the hosts? The wrong people are running not only the awards show, but the channel, and it's certainly not anyone with any respect for video games. If I want to see Anna Nicole Smith or Carmen Elektra I'll fire up the old cable modem. It's the game designers I want to hear from and see on an awards show for games on a supposedly game network.
Re:The "Mainstream" (Score:1, Interesting)
Re:The "Mainstream" (Score:5, Interesting)
This PA [penny-arcade.com] seems to fit pretty well. The G4 people act as though they wouldn't know a game if it bit them on the ass.
G4 only seems interested in getting whatever second-rate celebs they can corral, shoving controllers in their hands, and trying to pass them off as "gamers"...
--riney
not cool enough (Score:3, Insightful)
Exactly. I think the problem is that whoever's behind G4TV just doesn't think games are "cool" enough to hold their own. So they toss "celebrities" at it to jazz it up a little. Stupidheads.
Re:not cool enough (Score:1, Insightful)
Similarly, they wanted the Serenity crew of Firefly to kick ass wherever they went, not taking any crap from anybody. Or something like that. Anyway, as you know the show wouldn't be any fun if the crew wasn't afraid of anybody.
If a h
Re:The "Mainstream" (Score:2)
I had never seen G4TV before the merger, but I did watch TechTV, and I have to say there is not a single show from G4 that I can even bear to sit through, let alone actually want to watch. I can see why the network has been struggling, if this is the best they had to offer.
So they cancelled Call For Help & Tech Live, but kept some horrible show where you just watch other people play games for half an hour? Yeah, they're without clue.
I'm down to just watching X-Play And TSS now, but with Patrick Norton
Re:The "Mainstream" (Score:2)
Re:The "Mainstream" (Score:1)
I'm sorry, but Jenna Jameson is no second rate porn star. We are talking first class here buddy (among porn stars of course).
Obligatory Rant: (Score:2, Funny)
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A character you missed (Score:3, Funny)
Rob
video games are like people (Score:1)
Re:video games are like people (Score:3, Insightful)
Awards shows are there for an industry to give themselves a pat on the back and rehype things. Take them as big parties for artists to stroke their own egos and say "look how talented we are", don't read any deeper than that.
Re:video games are like people (Score:1, Informative)
Re:video games are like people (Score:2)
Point is somebody always whines that their genre is always underrepresented at these award ceremonies, although I think Empire Earth and Rise of Nations are recent Game of the Year nominees from the RTS realm.
Re:video games are like people (Score:2)
Re:video games are like people (Score:1)
Re:video games are like people (Score:1)
I think last year's G-Phoria winners [arsenark.com] would be disappointed, but not surprised, that you are unaware that this is not the "first year."
Re:video games are like people (Score:1)
Conspiracy? (Score:2, Interesting)
Way to address maybe a third of the gaming market in the US, even less globally. Yay!
Re:Conspiracy? (Score:4, Insightful)
gets the shills
Re:Conspiracy? (Score:3, Insightful)
But yes, KOTOR, Ninja Gaiden and Splinter Cell could all be seen as primarily Xbox games. It could be a conspiracy. Or it could be the Xbox had some really good games this year.
Wow. (Score:3, Funny)
*shudder*
Good games, though (Score:2, Interesting)
The last award show (was it SpikeTV?) was much more embarassing to gamers. Madden 2004 was selected as game of the year. Jesus, it wasn't even last year's best FOOTBALL game, and they gave it the GOTY.
Morgan Webb (Score:1)