You have probably heard of the Baftas, you know, the UK equivalent to the Oscars. Well you might not know that there is also one for the video game industry.
It all happened on Tuesday just gone. No suprises that COD4 was the big winner with 3 of the prizes, but it was Mario Galaxy that won Game of the Year.
With so many of you into gaming and wanting to study it in the future, you should take an interest.
More info here:
http://news.bbc.co.uk/newsbeat/hi/technology/newsid_7936000/7936614.stm
Visit the official site here:
http://www.bafta.org/awards/video-games/
It all happened on Tuesday just gone. No suprises that COD4 was the big winner with 3 of the prizes, but it was Mario Galaxy that won Game of the Year.
With so many of you into gaming and wanting to study it in the future, you should take an interest.
More info here:
http://news.bbc.co.uk/newsbeat/hi/technology/newsid_7936000/7936614.stm
Visit the official site here:
http://www.bafta.org/awards/video-games/
3 comments:
i have to admit when i saw the short list a few weeks ago i was kind of surprised. Games that have been talked and have huge amount of praised for are not reconised or put in in catagories that you think huh that should of clearly been but in that catagory. i know you can not have every game on the list, but it does make you wonder who composed the list and who decides the winners. i found this the case as well with the film BAFTAs. how is COD 4 action adventure? Prince of perisa should of been in the artisitc achievement, mirrors edge being one the games that have been outside the box thinking should have nominated for technical achievement. i was suprised meatl gear gor nothing.
i found this year very strange both game and film BAFTAS.....changling should of got one for best director....!
there was another award thing for games. tried seeing if there was a game oscars. found this, has a nice trophy
http://www.interactive.org/awards/annual_awards.asp
I agree with many of your points. I think the same problem exists in other areas of the arts, who decides? Ultimately someone has to and we can hope that they have experience or respect in the industry or academia that makes them more qualified than another.
The Turner Prize for art is a classic example of where a prize can be awarded, and to the majority of the public it seems totally arbitrary and meaningless.
In contrast the public themselves were asked to select what they felt was the BEST poem ever. Much to the literary critic's distain the voice of Great Britain selected Rudyard Kipling's "If". (http://www.kipling.org.uk/poems_if.htm).
Much as the awards and praise of the British Academy may have its attractions, when was the last time you bought a game because it won an award? Fact is most sales took place before the awards were given, and for any business it's the sales that really matter.
On a personal level, when all is said and done, if you can support yourself and those who depend on you with honourable work, you are successful.
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