Spike 2008 Video Game Awards Results

Last night Spike TV aired their annual Video Game Awards show, an incredibly ridiculous show which featured tons of gorgeous women, a few bands, and a fat guy on a Segway. Doesn't sound too bad on paper, but if you watched the show you know what I'm talking about.

The game of the year went to Grand Theft Auto IV, while Studio of the Year went to Media Molecule, the force behind PS3 exclusive LittleBigPlanet. I generally agree with most of the winners, but I would have definitely put Brawl above Soul Calibur IV for best fighting game. Here's the full list of award winners.

GAME OF THE YEAR

Grand Theft Auto IV

CONSOLE WINNERS

Best Xbox 360 Game: Gears of War 2
Best PS3 Game: LittleBigPlanet
Best PC Game: Left 4 Dead
Best Wii Game: Boom Blox
Best Handheld Game: Professor Layton and the Curious Village

GENRE WINNERS

Best Individual Sports Game: Shaun White Snowboarding
Best Fighting Game: Soul Calibur IV
Best RPG: Fallout 3
Best Shooter: Gears of War 2
Best Team Sports Game: NHL 09
Best Action Adventure Game: Grand Theft Auto IV
Best Driving Game: Burnout Paradise
Best Music Game: Rock Band 2
Best Game Based on a Movie or TV Show: LEGO Indiana Jones

AND THE REST

Studio of the Year: Media Molecule
Best Multi-Player Game: Left 4 Dead
Best Independent Game: World of Goo
Big Name in the Game (Female): Jenny McCarthy
Big Name in the Game (Male): Kiefer Sutherland
Best Performance by a Human (Female): Debbie Mae West
Best Performance by a Human (Male): Michael Hollick
Best Original Score: Metal Gear Solid 4
Best Soundtrack: Rock Band 2
Best Graphics: Metal Gear Solid 4

[Source: Spike VGAs: Here Are Your Spike Video Game Awards Winners @ Kotaku]

This Just In...

So Spring was apparently canceled in Boston. It's been raining all weekend, and for whatever reason we're have a Winter repeat session where everyone starts getting sick all over again, including myself. I seem to have caught a bug somewhere during the week, and in turn I find myself taking teaspoons of cough syrup and sleeping for hours and hours in my room.

Less than one week to go in Boston. I attended my last Sunday mass up here this morning, and I'm mapping out the spots I wanna hit up before I leave. Since I've been sick I've completed pretty much all of my assignments, and clocked in a ridiculous amount of hours into GTA. One would say, "damn, you played that much, you must have no life," but what if my life deals with analyzing music integration in a video games and staying updated and current with an industry that grows at such a rapid pace?

In television news, I watched Top Chef, 30 Rock, The Office, and Lost. 30 Rock was hilarious as usual, while The Office failed to impress, I mean I actually checked the clock to see how much time was left in the episode, but there were a couple of funny moments. I like watching Dale not get kicked off in Top Chef, and Lost was alright, I'm getting tired of Jack centric episodes, but I'm curious to see what's up with Claire.

That's pretty much it for now, see you all next time. And this Sunday is Mother's Day, so you should go get your mom a gift or something, PEACE.

More GTA Stuff

(I know, not the most creative title, but more headlines like "Grand Theft News" and such don't seem so appealing either.)

So I was watching the CNN Daily Podcast for April 30th, and one of the stories was a man who maced two store clerks and robbed a Gamestop, stealing the almighty Grand Theft Auto IV in the process. Images of the Gamestop were shown, and I thought to myself, "damn, that looks a lot like Mira Mesa," and, you guessed it, it was! Hardcore indeed.

[Source: San Diego 10 News]

In other GTA related news, a man was stabbed while waiting in line for GTA. Now in video game related violence I usually take the opposing side of the media, generally saying that their claims are foolish and that no, the man did not do said crime because of a video game, but I'm going to have to make an exception on this one.

[Source: BBC News]


I've only played a bit of the game so far because I have finals this week and next, but damn, I must say that this shit is damn entertaining. Only a little more than a week to go...must stay focused...

Some game got released today

As Nazer mentioned during the weekend, Grand Theft Auto IV comes out today.

Receiving GLOWING reviews and the most perfect scores I've seen since I landed that triple axel during my ice-skating days, I guess I will have to eventually buy this game and actively take part in every Informatics students conversation not having to do with Java or MySQL.

Entertainment Buzz: Cars, Guns, and Scarlett Johansson?

- Earlier this week Steroyd Floyd linked me to the exclusive music video for the upcoming Speed Racer film by those dudes that made the Matrix. The song is a play off the memorable Speed Racer main title entitled "Go Speed Racer Go" performed by Ali Dee and the Deekompressors. The video is a trip in itself, but watch it and see what you think. And if you make it all the way to the end, then you have balls. And what's with the Japanese and Mexican verses?

- So Scarlett Johansson has an album coming out soon entitled Anywhere I Lay My Head, featuring a bunch of Tom Waits covers. Her single is called "Falling Down," but the real question is, does anyone really care?

[Source: People.com]


- The release of the highly anticipated Grand Theft Auto IV is only a couple of days away, and gamers everywhere are going BaLlZ to teh WaLLz over this shit. I've never been a huge GTA fan, probably because I never actually owned a PS2 until Guitar Hero (hey all I played was Smash and dota for like 6 years), and the thought of stealing a car and running people over with it wasn't exactly my idea of the coolest thing ever, but I must say that I am pretty excited for this game. The trailer itself makes me wanna jump in and play, and then the inclusion of online multiplayer elements is really intriguing. And yeah I'm getting it for 360 because I want it at release and I want achievements (+1 for Mira Mesa, bunch of 360 owners).