Topic: 14th Annual Interactive Achievement Awards

[idolminds]

Ok, lets have a look here...

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?

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?

[iPPi]

Hahaha what the fuck?

[Ghandi]

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.

[Quemaqua]

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

[Xessive]

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).

[Pugnate]

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.

[sirean_syan]

Really, this is getting a bit ridiculous. They act like they found the universal key to entertainment or something.

[idolminds]

What the fuck?

[gpw11]

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.

[Quemaqua]

I lose a little more faith in society every day.