Premiere /ˈprɛmɪɛː/ noun the first performance of a musical or theatrical work or the first showing of a film. Sorry, just thought that might be helpful to some of you today. I do not want to spend today shitting on The Game Awards. I really don’t! For one thing, I think Geoff Keighley comes in for enough stick as it is, and doesn’t need me piling on (and I rather respect his hard work and hustle). Besides, I think it’s a great idea for an event. There is a yawning gap in the game-industry schedule at this time of year, with E3 and Gamescom a distant memory and GDC months away. There is no better moment on the calendar to celebrate the achievements of the year just past and also look forward to what’s next. And until Keighley came along, there was no blockbuster, black-tie awards event for the game industry to look forward to: an Oscars for games, if you’ll forgive the lazy shorthand. As a concept, I think The Game Awards makes a lot of sense.
I agree. Unfortunately this will either take a loong while or (most likely) never happen. And the reason is simple. Oscars and movie making is peoples business.. game dev isnt. Boiled down. Its why nobody cares about the writers awards and people follow their actor idols even without any oscar awards. Its just not interesting enough for „random gamer“ to listen to introverted game devs that they have never seen before in their life.. As a gamedev myself this is sometimes sad. On the otherhand. Do we really need all this „seriousness“ in our business? I am not sure…
I agree. Unfortunately this will either take a loong while or (most likely) never happen. And the reason is simple. Oscars and movie making is peoples business.. game dev isnt. Boiled down. Its why nobody cares about the writers awards and people follow their actor idols even without any oscar awards. Its just not interesting enough for „random gamer“ to listen to introverted game devs that they have never seen before in their life.. As a gamedev myself this is sometimes sad. On the otherhand. Do we really need all this „seriousness“ in our business? I am not sure…