Unlike The Oscars, They Got It Right.
OK, I can admit when I am wrong. I can be the bigger man (not just body wise) and say that while I did make fun of the VGA’s in last Friday’s post I actually enjoyed watching this year’s show. True they did not give out a lot of awards but they did place a good importance on the awards that were given out. It seems they heard the cries of years past that the show was merely a bloated preview special. Don’t get me wrong, it was certainly bloated but not to the point of being useless.
Three things that I took away from the VGA’s:
1. It was a breath of fresh air to see a deserving game like The Walking Dead win Game of the Year over the more obvious choices.
2. The Last of Us is coming out on May 7th. I think I lost man points with the excitement I showed in front of my girlfriend when this was announced.
3. Although Zachary Levi had a reason for his blonde hair (filming the Thor sequel) there was no reason for what happened to Alison Haislip’s hair. Not being too critical because she is uber-hot but….dang.
Here is the rundown of all the winners from VGA 10.
- Game of the Year- The Walking Dead (Telltale Games)
- Game of the Decade- Half-Life 2 (Valve)
- Studio of the Year- Telltale Games
- Best PS3 Game- Journey (thatgamecompany)
- Best 360 Game- Halo 4 (343 Industries)
- Best Wii/Wii U Game- New Super Mario Bros. U (Nintendo)
- Best PC Game- XCOM: Enemy Unknown (Firaxis)
- Best Handheld/ Mobile Game- Sound Shapes (Sony/Queasy)
- Best Shooter- Borderlands 2 (Gearbox)
- Best Action/Adventure Game- Dishonored (Arkane Studios)
- Best RPG- Mass Effect 3 (Bioware)
- Best Multiplayer Game- Borderlands 2 (Gearbox)
- Best Individual Sports Game- SSX (EA)
- Best Team Sports Game- NBA 2K13 (2K)
- Need For Speed: Most Wanted (Criterion)
- Best Fighting Game- Persona 4 Arena (Atlus)
- Best Adapted Video Game- The Walking Dead (Telltale Games)
- Best Independent Game- Journey (thatgamecompany)
- Best Graphics- Halo 4 (343 Industries)
- Best Song in a Game- “Cities” by Beck for Sound Shapes
- Best Original Score- Journey (thatgamecompany)
- Best Male Performance- Dameon Clarke as Handsome Jack in Borderlands 2
- Best Female Performance- Melissa Hutchinson as Clementine in The Walking Dead
- Best Downloadable Game- The Walking Dead (Telltale Games)
- Best Social Game- You Don’t Know Jack (Jellyvision Games)
- Best DLC- Dawnguard for The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim (Bethesda)
- Most Anticipated Game- Grand Theft Auto V