list of winners in VGA awards 2011

The awards have gone smoothly (perfectly) and my expectations have been met! So far, 11 winners are not on my voting list.

These are the short list of titles and studios that won the awards:

Game of the year:


Skyrim

Studio of the year:


Bethesda Game Studio

Character of the year:


The Joker

Best Xbox 360 game:


Batman: Arkham City

Best PS3 game:


Uncharted 3: Drake's Deception

Best Wii game:


The Legend of Zelda: Skyward Sword

Best PC game:


Portal 2

Best mobile game:


Super Mario 3D land

Best shooter:


Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 3

Best action adventure game:


Batman: Arkham City

Best RPG:


Skyrim

Best multiplayer:


Portal 2

Best individual game:


Fight Night Champion

Best team sports game:


NBA 2k12

Best racing game:


Forza Mortorsport 4

Best fighting game:


Mortal Kombat

Best motion game:


The Legend of Zelda: Skyward Sword


Best independent game:


Minecraft


Best adapted videogame:


Batman: Arkham City


Best song in the game:


Bastion: "Build that Wall (Zia's theme)" by Darren Korb


Best original score:


Bastion


Best graphics:


Uncharted 3: Drake's Deception


Best performance by a human male:


Portal 2: J.K. Simmons as Cave Johnson


Best performance by a human female:


Portal 2: Ellen McLain as GLaDOS


Best downloadable game:


Bastion


Best DLC:


Portal 2 Peer Review


Most anticipated game:


Mass Effect 3


Gamer God award:


Blizzard Entertainment


Video game hall of fame:


The Legend of Zelda

Headlines: Wife tried to sell the husband on Craiglist the reason of MW3 addiction

Wow this is stupid, A woman in Utah tried "sell" her husband on Craiglist because of the husband being hooked up on Modern Warfare 3.

According to the report of "The Salt Lake Tribute":

"Alyse Bradley became fed up with her husband's excessive gaming habits after he returned home from serving in the U.S. military in Afghanistan."

In my opinion, this the retarded thing to do to your husband even he is glued on the controller. Honestly, this is a stupidest joke ever.

Why some FPS sucks now.

It is sad news folks. As the generation of FPS progresses, the quality decline and now you have a run of the mill "First Person Shooters". Good example of this is Call of Duty: MW franchise; swarming of enemies, ridiculous health regeneration, no tactics and auto respawn of tangos are so absurd. I also forget to mention that the AI are some dumbasses waiting to be shot-- I mean it, they are easy to kill. The only way to defeat the player is to swarm or spam them with more respawning troop which kills you within 2 mins making the regeneration meaningless.

Another good example is the yearly release of clones of "Counter-Strike" in the Philippines. I played some of them, but mostly have sub-par gameplay and graphic. But you won't believe it, the games are successful on the eyes of Filipinos and everybody plays them!

I wish some of developers would carry the legacy of FPS instead of making it as a cash cow. Oh well, time to play Quake 1 again.

Another MW3 related crime

Good morning my dear readers! I have just found this another stupid story of MW3 related crime. Most of you, have already heard the truck heist in France and terror threat of 31-year-old man at Best Buy store.
However, the story I'm going to post is almost got the man killed and luckily, no one is hurt.

In Kansas City, a 24-year-old man goes to Gamestop at midnight to get his pre-ordered MW3. There is no threats or whatever during transaction, when he arrived at home, someone was tailing him. An armed man demanded his MW3 copy.

But the gamer refused, then the fight ensued. The armed man pulled out a gun and shots fired. But luckily, no one is hurt. Now the police is apprehended the robber when he returned to the same Gamestop. The court charged the robber, David Morales, 15 years in prison for armed robbery and attempted murder and $50,000 bond.

Interview with MW3 composer

While waiting for school, here is the interview with the MW3 composer: Bryan Tyler by G4TV.

http://www.g4tv.com/thefeed/blog/post/718151/interview-with-call-of-duty-modern-warfare-3-composer-brian-tyler/