Spike game awards go A-list
I’m not sure if this is a good thing or not but it looks like the Spike video game awards are jumping from B-list celebs to an A-list roster.
According to this brief press releasish article Samuel L. Jackson will be hosting the 3rd annual awards this year, while Vin Diesel, Missy Elliott and The Rock are expected to present awards.
Last year’s show was pretty much universally blasted by the game industry as being all about fluff, with very little substance.
While this awards show will probably do very little to actually recognize and reward the actual developers who have worked hard on the games, it’s a definitely example of how far into mainstream culture games have gone. Perhaps we can finally get past the perpetual question of whether or not games are mainstream or fringe, and move on to worrying about things that really matter.
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