[quote name='DarkNessBear']That's a really sad view. Just because the VGA's are "meh", doesn't mean you have to take it out on the hard working game developers! They deserve recognition.
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Which is what I addressed in my later post. And to be fair, I don't like any awards shows regardless of the medium they seek to "award".
If videogames are art that you profit from, your award is twofold. First, if your game sells well, you reap the financial rewards. Second, and possibly more important from the standpoint of the designers, does your game move people.
My anecdote about Super Metroid is my own, I literally almost failed a quarter of 9th grade English because it sucked me in to such a degree that I utterly neglected school work on one of the more critical weekends of my young life. Up to that point, I had never gotten below a "B". I was old enough to know that blowing off my English project was going to cost me dearly but the experience of Super Metroid was worth it. Looking back, I ultimately pulled my grade back up to a "B" so the former "D" is, for all intents and purposes, wiped away. What has stayed with me is the eerie feeling of wandering a creepy world populated by fantastic creatures, spectacular boss fights, and stirring music.
I don't want awards shows to go away because I hate videogames, I want them to go away because I love videogames.