Comment by Abberjam on December 8, 2012 at 12:29pm

I didn't watch. Turgid pile of crap IMO. I just pick up the few exclusive trailers on youtube or GT when its over. Still, props to TellTale.

Comment by Josh Schrier on December 8, 2012 at 1:50pm

I guess I'm the only one who didn't really like it. It was even more cringe worthy than last year.

Comment by Gabriel Belmont on December 8, 2012 at 2:32pm

First time I actually watched the VGAs not really sure what all the fuss is about with the complaints... giving out awards to the main categories, new debut game trailers, celebrities/bands there to make it more of a show, comedy with the host in video games. People saying it sucks or cringe worthy can you guys explain what was wrong about it? and what you would of liked instead cause I honestly don't know what was wrong with this VGA expect for maybe more awards being given out during the actual show instead of the pre-show.

Comment by Josh Schrier on December 8, 2012 at 3:10pm

Basically everything Sam Jackson said made me cringe. 

Comment by Joe Arnone on December 8, 2012 at 4:35pm

My first time also. I did enjoy the trailers but I do agree with Josh it was VERY cringe worthy at times, way to "MTV" for my liking.

Comment by Talis12 on December 8, 2012 at 8:58pm

Bunch of celebrities.. check. Host that makes a few jokes.. check. Couple of music performances.. check. Lots of lights, smoke and lasers... check. The VGA's is to gaming what the MTV Awards is to music.. a celeb show for the ratings.

Was it an enjoyable show to watch? Sure.. who doesn't like to see Jessica Alba be cute and sexy on stage? Who doesn't want to see the sweetest upcoming game trailers? And the winner is.... The Walking Dead! Ow, and they also won best studio... Really? There aren't that many categories. Why not give them proper respect instead of this add-on sentence thrown in at the end each time? Was this about the games or was this about SamL Jackson? I got mad respect for SamL as an actor but everything on the show revolved around him, taking all the glory away from the games and their creators.

Im happy for Journey, Borderlands and The walking Dead.. but this show still isn't about games. They should do a PAX Award at the end of the year and have the award ceremony be done by gamers, given to gamers, among gamers.. it would be way more interesting to watch and they would get a lot more love and respect than they are getting now.

Comment by Aussie Legend on December 8, 2012 at 10:12pm

Agreed Lorin, there wasn't really a bad trailer that was shown this year and the Sam Jackson skits were funny to me at least. Plus whenever something stupid was going on (like Linkin Park) I could jump onto the second screen and watch Daniel chat with some pretty interesting people (its great so see Cliffy talk about stuff without being crippled by working on anything actually). I actually watched the whole thing again purely from the second screen and I think DK did a great job! Also, South Park game and Dark Souls 2 <3

Comment by Berserkaren on December 8, 2012 at 10:13pm

The show was really entertaining year.. I don't know about the games who won but the actual show was spectacular. Can't go wrong with Samuel L Jackson..

Comment by Tyriek Gibson on December 8, 2012 at 11:20pm

To Talis12, it would be interesting to watch to "us" but for casual viewers i probably would not work well.  They are trying to get rating not please a minority.

Comment by Talis12 on December 9, 2012 at 8:36am

@Tyriek, and that's exactly the problem. Casual viewers don't care about who wins it anyway, they dont know what goes on in the gaming industry and dont know half the games that are nominated, so why cater to that crowd? Why make a show for a crowd that doesn't understand it and isn't interested in the outcome? That only watched it because Linkin Park performed. It's all for ratings/money and thats the exact thing that makes this industry go bad.

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