I didn't know what to expect from it, fearing a lot of esoteric acceptance speeches boring viewers to death, but to my surprise it turned out to be an excellent show! Its exactly what we want from an awards show: red carpet with interviews, comedic host that (usually) keeps the energy up, audience enthusiasm, and content that we actually want to see. That being said, I did find a few problems that made it a little hard to watch sometimes.
1. The red carpet pre-show was generally very good, but for god-sakes get rid of Laura Swisher as a correspondent! Her voice would be manageable if she wasn't making every single interviewee uncomfortable, screwing up questions, and keeping her mic on when Tim Surette was trying to pay attention to who he was speaking to. But with both things its rotted icing on the burnt cake.
2. Jay Mohr as host wasn't too bad. I mean, I know from the stories of the previous years he was about the same, so I didn't hold my expectations too high. There were some genuinely funny moments, more hit than miss. But he might do a little better next year if he lays off the asians. Racial tension is not good for a room full of Japanese and white men when video games are the subject.
3. In order to make the IAAs more viable as an awards show, especially if they want to move to television someday, the language definitely needs to be toned down a bit. There was A LOT of stuff that kids (who people will inevitably think this show is for, if it expands) shouldn't be hearing, and that would not be allowed on a TV broadcast. The "getting rid of crabs" thing, although probably one of the funniest things said all night, would probably seem pretty offensive to some. But David Jaffe should be able to do whatever he wants and they can just bleep and blur it out, because he's awesome like that.
4. Game developers can make great games, as we all know, but they sure have no comedic timing. Maybe a tiny bit of rehearsal might do some good.
5. The best moments of the show would have to be the lifetime achievement award for Ken Kutaragi, father of the Playstation, and the Hall of Fame induction of Mike Morhaime, creator of a little company now known as Blizzard. Those guys are legends and truly deserve the recognition. These moments are what me feel really good about being a gamer, the knowledge that I am part of something big and not just a multi billion dollar fad.
But thats just my opinion, cause lets face it, who's really listening to me.
Oh and "lulz," either don't keep this in your bookmarks or shut your fucking mouth if you don't have anything productive to say. I didn't make this to be a whiny little bitch, I made it so I could get some amateur experience writing on my own for fun. It doesn't feel good to be trying to do something and being put down the whole time. I do know where you live...
Moment of the show:
2 comments:
awwww what a nice guy! (him, not you, gosh)
I think it's awesome you're writing this blog! I figure it'll be pretty good practice, I don't know where else you can really practice writing video game related articles (unless you get more open-ended prompts at school).
I totally also know where "lulz" lives.
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