Apparently it's the game BAFTA's tonight. So I expect it will be another embarrassing episode where the producers responsible will press gang in some awkward celebrities who may have occasionally played a game into proclaiming that they are huge gamers before announcing that the game of the year is Mass Redemption Reach 2.
OK, that is not likely to happen as the celebs will have a card to read the winner off, but it is always the same with these shows. Now look, I am not saying that celebrities don't enjoy playing games as much as us the great unwashed, but often the sheer awkwardness of these occasions just makes the whole thing horrible and third rate.
For the first time I will actually be watching this thing live over the internet so as to see if it is going to be another car wreck or whether for the first time the producers actually get it right, but I am not holding my breath.
I have no definitive answer as to why games and award ceremonies don't gel well together. I think it is probably the same reason as to why the vast majority of televisions shows that have tried to cover video games have ended up on the floor...those responsible don't seem to understand who the average gamer is and so they always try and be sort of hip and happening and in the process come across as a collection of massive arseholes.
Anyway, enough of that nonsense.
I cleared a game out of my pile 'o shame this afternoon. Bullestorm can now be archived. I have to say that although I really enjoyed the game, I was hoping for more out of the ending than what I got. It looks like it was cut short and I felt a bit unsatisfied. I don't want to go into more because I don't like giving out spoilers, but there you go.
Next on my list will be to clear the single player campaign in Killzone 3 then go back to Two Worlds 2 and Dragon Age 2. Many hours of gaming there and I still have loads more to get through.
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