Errol shares his thoughts on the 2012 Video Game Awards.
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From AlienLion:
When Kelsey Grammer hosted the Grammys, folks were surprised, since he is an actor and not a musician. Gaming folks, on the other hand, give no poop about the fact that we have the Video Game Awards brimming with movie and music stars, who have little to do with gaming. VGA X was basically an hour-long Sam Jackson commercial, and yes, he did voice a character in GTA: San Andreas but Kelsey Grammer has probably sung a song or two. Now, I’m not ranting or anything, I just find it somewhat strange, especially considering how often it results in awkwardness.
What’s most perplexing is the fact that these celebs themselves willingly (I assume) agree to actually get involved in things so completely out of their waters. I can understand when someone like Shaq simply sells his likeness for a game like Shaq Fu and says “I don’t give a shit, just send the checks,” but why anyone would actually go and spend time and effort to participate in games and gaming, without first...
I liked Rise to Honor when I was younger :O This could be the nostalgia speaking of course XD
It's not a bad game but there really is no point to it featuring Jet Li if you think about it.
As much as I love Kingdom Hearts games the celebrity voices do nothing for me and some of them are downright awful at it.
This year was the tenth anniversary of the annual Spike TV Video Game Awards (VGA’s), and by many accounts it continued the show’s slow but steady incline of iterative yearly improvements. Noteworthy positives included orchestral performances of a selection of the year’s best videogame scores, the wise decision to reflect the stature that smaller and independent games now hold within the industry by recognising The Walking Dead and Journey in more than just the Best Downloadable Game category, and a reduction in (sadly not abolishment of) the number of crass jokes about the ridiculousness of gaming.
[Matt Sawrey, Thunderbolt]
