Game Developer's Choice Awards
Mar. 24th, 2004 05:13 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
walbournWhile hanging out between sessions, I wandered in to watch a bit of the GDC reel for this year's Game Developer's Choice Awards nominations. This is as close as this industry gets to the Oscars, and from years past I can tell you the three hour ceremony is almost as cheesy. In fact, the GDC is bribing attendees into coming to the awards ceremony tonight by making it the only way to get free conference T-shirts--in '99 & '00, they gave it to you for filling out a really long survey.
The real surprise here is that Voodoo Vince is actually one of the nominees for Best Original Game Character.
Cool!
Like the Oscars I doubt a product that didn't get much studio backing, marketing, and general sales will win, but it is nice that the game managed to portray the little guy in a way that others took notice...
Update: Alas, the winner of the category was HK-47 from Knights of the Old Republic... it would have been a little nicer if the winner had actually been a main character and not set in an already well-established franchise, but as with so much entertainment it matters more than a million people saw it than whether or not it was really 'original'. Heck, Jade from Beyond Good & Evil would have been a better choice. Still, Bioware swept many of the award for KOTR, so I'm not suprised. I did run into the Beep founder and a few other Beepers at the awards show...
The real surprise here is that Voodoo Vince is actually one of the nominees for Best Original Game Character.
Cool!
Like the Oscars I doubt a product that didn't get much studio backing, marketing, and general sales will win, but it is nice that the game managed to portray the little guy in a way that others took notice...
Update: Alas, the winner of the category was HK-47 from Knights of the Old Republic... it would have been a little nicer if the winner had actually been a main character and not set in an already well-established franchise, but as with so much entertainment it matters more than a million people saw it than whether or not it was really 'original'. Heck, Jade from Beyond Good & Evil would have been a better choice. Still, Bioware swept many of the award for KOTR, so I'm not suprised. I did run into the Beep founder and a few other Beepers at the awards show...
