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Subject: Re: Game Awards 2024
Date: Mon, 2 Dec 2024 10:23:46 +0000
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On 01/12/2024 16:16, Spalls Hurgenson wrote:
> Gaming Awards usually have several things going against them:
> 
>      a) they're either run as obvious marketing campaigns
>         by the video game publishers, (these are the big
>         flashy award shows)or
>      b) they're run by people who have no idea about the
>         video game market (e.g., "Hello! Magazine Presents
>         Best Games of 2024!")
> 
> Either way, they tend to be incredibly out of touch with what is
> really popular. Add into that mix that a lot of them rely on "Internet
> Voting" to determine the winners and what comes out on top rarely
> reflects the current gaming zeitgeist.

We in the UK have the BAFTA Games Awards and they are quite unashamedly 
in the who cares if it's popular this is about, well mainly anyway, 
games as art. Now some may say that's all rather pretentious but at 
least you know what you are getting!