Kotaku - Last Saturday, I purposefully hurt myself. I tuned to Spike TV, a network I never watch, to check out the Spike Video Game Awards. I knew what I was getting into, but rather than rage against the banality of television, I decided to try to take the high road. Just before the live show aired I proclaimed on Twitter that I was only going to live blog nice things about the VGAs. My experiment was a difficult one. Like most people, I'm wired for snark and there's plenty to bitch about on this show. But bagging on the VGAs is like shooting fish in a barrel. It's an easy target. And piling on a shriveled gimp like the VGAs is boring as hell.
The actor who brought “Chuck” to life on NBC for five seasons has been focusing more on his company, Nerd Machine, since filming the series finale. Zac Levi, much like the character he played on TV, is a huge fan of videogames, technology and gadgets. He’s blending all of the things he loves together through a new deal with Spike TV, which will allow viewers to experience E3 through the eyes of the actor.
Nerd Machine will be providing original coverage and content for Spike TV throughout the first two days of E3 on June 4 and 5 in Los Angeles. Levi’s Nerd Machine partner, David Coleman, will be along for the ride, and Alison Haislip will be interviewing developers at the trade show. Levi, who last worked with Spike TV as the host of the “VGAs” in December, took a break to talk about how this E3 will be a little different for him than past shows in this exclusive interview.
Unfortunately for gamers, a large portion of the generations that proceeded us still think of video games the way they did back in the 1980s. At best, many think of video games as something just for kids. At worst they think of video games as just another entertainment medium like music or movies, and that they should be disseminated and monetized the same way.
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