10.18.06
Games BAFTAs
On E4 last night (11pm), they showed a BAFTA for games. “Games are increasingly becoming mainstream” and hence, they felt that doing such award ceremonies (sponsored by PCWorld) was positive. Yeah, right. We watched it, and no justice to games was done whatsoever.
How many times did we hear “Games are for geeks” kind of commentary! Surely the successes of Nintendogs, Animal Crossing and many MMORPGs got so many girls interested in gaming itself? But no, none of these ever got even a mention. Oh hang on… the only online game to get a mention and an award for Best Online category was Dungeons & Dragons… good, but hardly the best, according to gamers. And would you vote Ghost Recon as the Best Game?
No, this whole “we are open to gaming and gamers” farce was sheer perpetration of aggressive marketing and nothing more. How very disappointing that games do not yet get the recognition they deserve in this country.