2004 Spike TV VG Awards Show

[kainemaxwell]

Anyone actually watching this?
@_@

[mr_jiggles_13]

hot girls read cheat codes is the stupidest thing ever.

[GarrettCRW]

I swear, SpikeTV makes me wish it was still wallowing in the world of country as TNN.

And if you had told me that I'd be saying that even five years ago, I'd have laughed at you.

[mr_nihilism]

Voting is open for "Most addictive game" that'll be picked at the end of the show.

Burnout 3 all the way !

[joshnickerson]

Anyone actually care?

[mr_nihilism]

Anyone actually care?

I'm hoping the ratings are good in hopes of improved game award shows in the future. It can only get better. Right?

[Kejoriv]

That show is horrible. I like Spike Tv. But that awards show blows donkey ass.

[icbrkr]

There was an awards show? I just caught the few rap artists (did I just say artist?) and was wondering.. hey, where's the games? I didn't make it past that, I just switched over to G4TechTV.

[Famidrive-16]

What time is it on in the West?

[Phosphor Dot Fossils]

That's rap artistes to you, mister.

Next year it should be hosted by the Cheat and Burchuss, and feature a demonstration of Katamari Damacy live action role playing. :P

[Retsudo]

Yeah, i watched it for a while. Then turned the channel. -_-

[jaybird]

This is horrible. It's like watching a high school production or something. So many missed lines, missed cues, flubbed lines...

[kainemaxwell]

Least Katamari Damacy got a few nods...and they did some awful Sean Connery voiceover.

If I wanted to watch something this ghetto, I'd have turned on MTV instead.

[Phosphor Dot Fossils]

Just keep in mind, guys...like it or not, this show isn't really for the hardcore gaming crowd. <shrug>

[portnoyd]

Just keep in mind, guys...like it or not, this show isn't really for the hardcore gaming crowd. <shrug>

I don't understand how this show is for anybody. I watched it for 30 seconds, and it seems worse than any other awards show I've ever watched. I have to ask: is this entirely necessary? I mean, there aren't even any 'stars' from the vidgame industry that could present or anything.... *shurg*

dave

[FlufflePuff]

Maybe it'll get good ratings and G4 will decide it would be a good idea to host a Retro Games Awards show. Get a bunch of hosts to dress up in vintage era clothing and talk about how hot the VCS, Intelly, and Coleco are. I'd watch that.

[XxMe2NiKxX]

Anyone other then me find it ironic that AOL online is advertising at the videogame awards?

[youruglyclone]

I expect madden to inexplicibly win goty...and what song did greenday contribute to what game?

needless to say programing like this almost made me wish spike lee won his stupid lawsuit to shut this channel down.

[RCM]

What a piece of shit. Sorry, I didn't mean to offend shit.

THE ONE, THE ONLY- RCM

[jaybird]

Amazingly, GTA: San Andreas won Game of the Year & Samuel L. Jackson was right there to accept the award & thank everyone for supporting - and I quote - "Grand Theft Auto 2."

[kainemaxwell]

Amazingly, GTA: San Andreas won Game of the Year & Samuel L. Jackson was right there to accept the award & thank everyone for supporting - and I quote - "Grand Theft Auto 2."
Wow, who didn't see that one coming. :roll:

[RCM]

Amazingly, GTA: San Andreas won Game of the Year & Samuel L. Jackson was right there to accept the award & thank everyone for supporting - and I quote - "Grand Theft Auto 2."

I didn't catch him say "Grand Theft Auto 2." He won another award and knew he was accepting for his performance for San Andreas.

THE ONE, THE ONLY- RCM

[jaybird]

I was really hoping Katamari Damacy would win the most addictive game award. That would have shocked me.

[grimbal]

There was an awards show? I just caught the few rap artists (did I just say artist?) and was wondering.. hey, where's the games? I didn't make it past that, I just switched over to G4TechTV.

Same here. Everytime I switched to it there was another rapper performing...It was so boring.

Someone needs to make a real awards show that the actual game makers get to accept the awards.

This was like watching a high school production of the MTV Music Awards.

[Promophile]

Maybe it'll get good ratings and G4 will decide it would be a good idea to host a Retro Games Awards show. Get a bunch of hosts to dress up in vintage era clothing and talk about how hot the VCS, Intelly, and Coleco are. I'd watch that.

No one that works at G4 know what VCS, Intelly, and Coleco are.

[AB Positive]

Maybe it'll get good ratings and G4 will decide it would be a good idea to host a Retro Games Awards show. Get a bunch of hosts to dress up in vintage era clothing and talk about how hot the VCS, Intelly, and Coleco are. I'd watch that.

No one that works at G4 know what VCS, Intelly, and Coleco are.

I bet Wesley Crusher does

-AG

[GarrettCRW]

No one that works at G4 know what VCS, Intelly, and Coleco are.

Oh, they do-they pulled out the VCS Space Invaders as a sign of early game music on the game music episode of Icons, right before skipping ahead to Earthworm Jim to kiss Tommy Tallarico's ass by hailing the game as the first true example of video game music.

Of course, four words can refute that: Koji Kondo. Hip Tanaka. (And that's just for starters.)

[jerkov]

Now that I think about it, is there any reason to have an award show for anything (music, movies, games, etc.)? Who gives a shit about what some anonymous assholes think?

[Phosphor Dot Fossils]

Who gives a shit about what some anonymous assholes think?
Sssshhhh! Don't say that! Every message board on the internet will spontaneously implode! LOL

[DigitalSpace]

Anybody have a complete list of winners or know where one is?

[LiquidX01]

Anybody have a complete list of winners or know where one is?

Here you go.

Categories and winners for the Spike TV Video Game Awards 2004 are:

GAME OF THE YEAR
Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas (Rockstar Games)

BEST GAME BASED ON A MOVIE
The Chronicles of Riddick: Escape From Butcher Bay (Vivendi Universal Games)

BEST PERFORMANCE BY A HUMAN - - FEMALE
Brooke Burke - - Need for Speed Underground 2 (Electronic Arts)

BEST PERFORMANCE BY A HUMAN - - MALE
Samuel L. Jackson - - Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas (Rockstar Games)

CYBER VIXEN OF THE YEAR
BloodRayne - - BloodRayne 2 (Majesco Games)

BEST DRIVING GAME
Burnout 3: Takedown (Electronic Arts)

BEST SPORTS GAME
Madden NFL 2005 (Electronic Arts)

BEST FIGHTING GAME
Mortal Kombat: Deception (Midway)

BEST ACTION GAME
Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas (Rockstar Games)

BEST FIRST PERSON ACTION
Halo 2 (Microsoft Game Studios)

BEST SONG IN A VIDEO GAME
Green Day "American Idiot" - - Madden NFL 2005 (Electronic Arts)

BEST SOUNDTRACK
Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas (Rockstar Games)

DESIGNER OF THE YEAR
Jason Jones and Bungie Studios, for Halo 2 (Microsoft Game Studios / Bungie Studios)

MOST ADDICTIVE GAME - - VIEWERS CHOICE
Burnout 3: Takedown (Electronic Arts)

BEST GAMING PUBLICATION - - FAN FAVORITE
Game Informer

BEST GAMING WEB SITE - - FAN FAVORITE
http://www.gamespot.com

BEST MILITARY GAME
Call of Duty: Finest Hour (Activision)

BEST PC GAME
Half-Life 2 (Vivendi Universal Games)

BEST WIRELESS GAME
Might and Magic (Gameloft)

BEST GRAPHICS
Half-Life 2 (Vivendi Universal Games)

BEST NEW TECHNOLOGY
Nintendo DS (Nintendo)

BEST HANDHELD
Metroid: Zero Mission (Nintendo)

BEST MASS MULTI-PLAYER GAME
City of Heroes (NCsoft)

BEST RPG
Fable (Microsoft Game Studios)

[Captain Wrong]

Who gives a shit about what some anonymous assholes think?
Sssshhhh! Don't say that! Every message board on the internet will spontaneously implode! LOL

ROFL ROFL ROFL ROFL ROFL ROFL

BTW, I watched this thing with a roomfull of gamers more excited to see Motley Crue than anything else. Even that sucked.

I have to say I'm really impressed that no one yet has started cryassing here about such and such game should have won this or whatever. Anyone who watched even five minutes of this sub cable access excuse for an awards show should know damn well not to get worked up at all over anything they saw.

On the plus side, I'm impressed anyone remembered their lines or cues because there had to have been some good wacky tabaccky going around backstage. Shit, I think the only person on the stage that wasn't obviously stoned off their ass was the guy who came up to accept the award for Madden. Oh and Tara Reid managed to keep her Frankenboobies under wraps. That's always a plus.

[s1lence]

This was by far the WORST award show I've ever seen. It makes gamers look like complete idiots.

[Flack]

Now that I think about it, is there any reason to have an award show for anything (music, movies, games, etc.)? Who gives a shit about what some anonymous assholes think?

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[GrayFox]

The results of that show are laughable.

Just, ridiculous.

First of all, Half-Life 2 is GAME of the YEAR. It's absolutely amazing, you can't contest it. And if HL-2 loses, I'm sorry, GTA:SA shouldn't win. But, it is a mainstream show, and a mainstream contest. Therefore, ALL mainstream stuff wins. Fun.

And where the hell is my Metal Gear Solid 3?!

[Captain Wrong]

*looks up*

Oops, guess I spoke too soon.

;)

[RCM]

http://www.gamespot.com/news/2004/12/13/news_6115003.html

Interesting interview with Marc Edwards from spike. I found this most interesting:

GS: You also wanted to talk about the advisory board, which is very different this year.

ME: Well, we have enlisted an advisory board to help us. First, to determine and identify which categories are the most important categories for our viewers. And second, to help us to identify which games were the games that were most likely to be the games for nomination, and ultimately for voting by the fans as their favorite games, within each category. The nomination board was comprised of industry experts from the development world, from the publishing world, and from all genres of the video game industry, so we wanted to make sure that there was real buy in on the part of the industry overall in terms of what we were doing, and in terms of the categories and the games that were nominated. [Board members include Geoff Keighley of Entertainment Weekly and Business 2.0, freelance writer Noah Robischon, Michel Marriot of the New York Times, and Chris Morris of CNN/Money.]

That advisory board is such shit. Geoff Keighley is such a "safe" watered down videogame journalist. He has no balls whatsoever. If I was on that advisory board I would be so embarrassed. The others listed are marginal at best and have next to no passion for gaming. Fuckin assholes!

THE ONE, THE ONLY- RCM

[kaustik]

Thanks to my DVR I reduced 2 hours of vomit to 15 minutes of nausea. Only time I have ever been tempted to watch the commercials and fast forward through the feature.

[motley6]

Motley Crue was definetley the highlight. The crowd was thankfull too. They needed some release after 2 hours of the most retarded awards show ever.

[SoulBlazer]

Call me nuts, but.....

I did'nt watch the show but after reading the awards.....

I AGREE with most of the choices! :eek 2:

GTA: SA WILL get Best of the Year by most people and sites. Half Life 2 is the best PC game, Madden was the best sports game, and Metroid: Zero Mission is a very good handheld game. And others I agree with also.

I will agree MGS 3 and Star Ocean 3 should be up there somewhere, though.

[Nature Boy]

This was by far the WORST award show I've ever seen. It makes gamers look like complete idiots.

I disagree. It makes teenagers look like complete idiots, since it's obvious that the target audience was teenagers...

I caught bits of it but spent most of my time watching a South Park episode as soon as I saw two characters who had asses where there heads were supposed to be (and *it* most definitely *didn't* disappoint)...

[hezeuschrist]

Call me nuts, but.....

I did'nt watch the show but after reading the awards.....

I AGREE with most of the choices! :eek 2:

GTA: SA WILL get Best of the Year by most people and sites. Half Life 2 is the best PC game, Madden was the best sports game, and Metroid: Zero Mission is a very good handheld game. And others I agree with also.

I will agree MGS 3 and Star Ocean 3 should be up there somewhere, though.

Having not watched the show at all, and just seeing the results and nominations, the show must have been absolute leagues ahead of lasts years atrocity. The results aren't bad. They really arent, and if they could put together a respectable production and actually attract anyone from the game business to partake it would be far better.

Oh, and the "Best graphics" category is shit. A PC game will always win that, hands down. Especially 4 years into a generation, no way can the consoles compete with current PC technology.

[RCM]

I disagree. It makes teenagers look like complete idiots, since it's obvious that the target audience was teenagers...

According to the article I linked to earlier in this thread the desired target is 12 to 34.

THE ONE, THE ONLY- RCM

[brykasch]

Did you see them trying to pimkp the PSP, so totally reading of the teleprompter it was Freddy Adu and some other guy (can't remember who) but it was like ooh Sony paid us to hype a system that doesn't even ahve a set launch date or price poin tyet.

[Djfinny]

I only "caught" (more like acciddently flip thru and stopped at) the last 10 minutes of the show. Seeing Motley Crew's 10 minute reunion special was actually quite interesting until they kicked into Dr Feelgood (personally, a very good rockin song) Then the lip sync machine went haywire and mic's starting getting randomly shut off. LOL Can't image what happened during the rest of the show. I think I saw more than enough.

DJ

[Nature Boy]

According to the article I linked to earlier in this thread the desired target is 12 to 34

According to my birth certificate they missed me by a mile (I'm 33).

[NeoVenom]

My brother said NFSU2 was beat by Burnout 3. @_@ NFSU2 is great, but I never played Burnout 3. When do they usually give the VGA? I just say a little bit of it and it'z wayyyyy better than the first one they had.

[RCM]

RCM wrote:
According to the article I linked to earlier in this thread the desired target is 12 to 34


According to my birth certificate they missed me by a mile (I'm 33).

huh???

THE ONE, THE ONLY- RCM

[kainemaxwell]

I was just happy to see Katamari Damacy getting a few mentions. Least we know some people outside of us have been playing it.

[Algol]

They showed it already? Now I'll have to get the torrent, no matter how dumb it was. :/

Where did they get the "best game based on a movie" category? I thought games based on movies were nigh unplayable bugfests that were rushed out the door for the sole purpose of making a quick buck. :hmm:

[SoulBlazer]

You've aperently never played the Spider Man 2, LOTR: The Third Age, or the Riddick game, my friend. ;)