“Everything about this show—from the corporate influence, to the structure, and pacing, to the horrible choice of entertainment options—is partially or absolutely the work of one Geoff Keighley, the Lord and Master of Doing the Dew. But talk is cheap and so is this awards ceremony. Let’s get to business.”
“If the Xbox One is to succeed as a video game device, it will be achieved by the people who once despised video games as entertainment media or give the artform little to no thought. The destruction of the preservation of art will predictably come from those who value video games the least.”
“And speaking of “damned”, a Japanese corporation in a state of financial crisis wants to sell us a new entertainment system. Let’s listen.”
“I guess console video game developers have no problem throwing a party in honor of themselves when they have been getting their ass kicked all year.”
“And with the wild success of the PlayStation and the calamitous failure of “multimedia”, the legend of Cybermania ’94: The Ultimate Gamer Awards only grows greater, with the cars at the back of the train finally reaching the crash in front of them.”
“Microsoft did not win E3.”
“Coming at us like the yearly Call of Duty game, we know this event is going to suck and we keep buying into it anyway.”
“…I am being downright pleasant when I call Microsoft’s 2011 outing one of the most dreadful in the history of the convention.”
“This “event” is about “honoring” as many video games as possible and then promoting the sequel; where Uncharted 2 can win Game of the Year while losing out on Best Action-Adventure Game.”
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