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Title: 14th Annual Interactive Achievement Awards
Post by: idolminds on Wednesday, January 19, 2011, 07:51:29 PM

Ok, lets have a look here... (http://www.prnewswire.com/news-releases/the-academy-of-interactive-arts--sciences-announces-its-14th-interactive-achievement-award-nominees-114243389.html)

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Game of the Year

Angry Birds HD (Publisher: Chillingo; Developer: Rovio)
Call of Duty: Black Ops (Publisher: Activision; Developer: Treyarch)
God of War III (Publisher: Sony Computer Entertainment America; Developer: SCE Santa Monica Studio)
Mass Effect 2 (Publisher: Electronic Arts; Developer: Bioware)
Red Dead Redemption (Publisher: Rockstar Games; Developer: Rockstar San Diego)

Wait, WTF?

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Outstanding Innovation in Gaming

Angry Birds HD (Publisher: Chillingo; Developer: Rovio)
Dance Central (Publisher: Microsoft Game Studios/MTV Games; Developer: Harmonix Music Systems)
Heavy Rain (Publisher: Sony Computer Entertainment America; Developer: Quantic Dream)
LIMBO (Publisher: Playdead; Developer: Playdead)
Red Dead Redemption (Publisher: Rockstar Games; Developer: Rockstar San Diego)

  Again....what?

Title: Re: 14th Annual Interactive Achievement Awards
Post by: iPPi on Wednesday, January 19, 2011, 07:58:58 PM

Hahaha what the fuck?

Title: Re: 14th Annual Interactive Achievement Awards
Post by: Ghandi on Wednesday, January 19, 2011, 08:56:13 PM

Hahaha....wow. I've played Angry Birds and enjoyed it in sort of a mindless pass-the-time sort of way, but that is a joke.

Title: Re: 14th Annual Interactive Achievement Awards
Post by: Quemaqua on Wednesday, January 19, 2011, 09:02:08 PM

I really have no idea how to respond.  So I'll just... not, I guess.

Title: Re: 14th Annual Interactive Achievement Awards
Post by: Xessive on Wednesday, January 19, 2011, 09:43:43 PM

I've played Angry Birds, and just like Ghandi, I thought it was good to pass the time, or just muck about flinging birds out of a slingshot. I certainly wouldn't call it "Game of The Year" or particularly innovative. It recycles the physics damage ideas we saw in all the early physics demos since 2001 (including a UT2004 Karma Ragdoll mod that had you launch a ragdoll at things).

Title: Re: 14th Annual Interactive Achievement Awards
Post by: Pugnate on Thursday, January 20, 2011, 01:32:17 AM

Outstanding innovation in gaming? Haven't there been other tower attack games? Though if I look at the other nominees...

I love Angry Birds... I think it is a bold thing to give it the GOTY award. It is a bit like the new Pac-Man i.e. a casual game that everyone plays. It has made gamers out of plenty of people.

Title: Re: 14th Annual Interactive Achievement Awards
Post by: sirean_syan on Thursday, January 20, 2011, 06:09:27 PM

Really, this is getting a bit ridiculous. (http://tv.ign.com/articles/114/1145251p1.html) They act like they found the universal key to entertainment or something.

Title: Re: 14th Annual Interactive Achievement Awards
Post by: idolminds on Thursday, January 20, 2011, 06:49:45 PM

What the fuck?

Title: Re: 14th Annual Interactive Achievement Awards
Post by: gpw11 on Thursday, January 20, 2011, 07:57:46 PM

Well, you can't blame Rovio.  It'd be stupid of them not to try to capitalize.  I don't know who the fuck is actually making these offers though.

Title: Re: 14th Annual Interactive Achievement Awards
Post by: Quemaqua on Thursday, January 20, 2011, 10:47:04 PM

I lose a little more faith in society every day.