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Spike TV VGA Red Carpet
3:00AM Brian Crecente | GameVideos just put up their red carpet video from Spike TV’s VGA Awards. Kinda funny to see the mostly B-list actors and actresses stumble buy and try to fake their way past a slew of “So, uh, like do you play video games and stuff” questions. Look out for special behind-the-interviewee appearances by our own Flynn De Marco and Mr. Destructoid. More »
Patton Oswalt Calls Spike VGAs “Godawful”
2:11PM Michael McWhertor | Comedian Patton Oswalt, who, in addition to lending his voice talents to Pixar’s Ratatouille, was responsible for handing out this year’s “Most Addictive Game Fueled By Dew” at the Spike Video Game Awards. Shockingly, Halo 3 won that coveted prize. Who would’ve ever thought it possible? Anyway, Mr. Oswalt had less than kind words for his stint on the Spike VGAs, as he filed it under “Godawful” in his most recent MySpace blog entry. Something tells me Patton won’t be invited back after referring to Spike’s annual ode to the best in gaming as a “bullshit award show” as the VGAs and its ilk “herd a bunch of confused teens into an aeroplane hangar, assault them with lights and noise and explosions, and get them to yell at nothing.” That same something is also telling me that the regret the comedian seems to be feeling about his “money grubbing” appearance means that he won’t shed many tears when producers don’t ask for a return in 2008. Godawful/Thank God [MySpace via GameSetWatch and Looky Touchy] More »
Spike Video Game Awards: Winners, Losers and Boozers
10:00AM Flynn De Marco | In a fitting (almost) ending to my six day cross county road trip to move myself from Atlanta to San Francisco, I landed in glamorous Las Vegas last night just in time for the Spike TV Video Game awards. I wasn’t quite sure what to expect having never attended a “major” awards show before, but I sat down fuelled by five days on the road and a few drinks with my pad and paper to bring you all the big announcements. One of the things I found amazingly odd was that the awards themselves really seemed to take a back seat to the musical performances, commercials, myriad non video game related guest stars, and occasional World Premier Trailers for games like Little Big Planet, Rainbow 6 Vegas 2, Borderlands, TNA Wrestling, Prototype and Gran Turismo 5. It was almost like the awards were an afterthought, tacked on to an evening of oohing and ahhing over the next big name to take the stage. More »
Foo Fighters Performing At Spike’s VGAs
7:20AM Mike Fahey | If you were planning on attending the Spike TV Video Game Awards in Las Vegas this Friday and are Foo or Foo-related, then you’d better come armed. The channel has announced that multi-platinum recording artists Foo Fighters will be performing live at the event as a sort of promotional Rock Band tie-in sort of deal. With that in mind, I’d expect they’d be performing “Learn To Fly” from the game, perhaps one of my favourite songs from the band. I might have to make my way over to the house of someone with one of them new-fangled cable-TV boxes to check it out when the show airs on Sunday night – if not for the Foo Fighters, then for the MTV Games’ Rock Band platform set up on the red carpet, which will encourage celebrities to embarrass themselves publicly. This brings me joy. More »
Sam Jackson Hosting Spike Game Awards (Surprise!)
5:00PM Brian Ashcraft | Everyone’s favourite thespian and all around bad muthafucka Samuel L. Jackson will once again host Spike TV’s 2007 Video Game Awards in Vega$. This is the third year in a row for Mr. Jackson to host the event — so either he likes it or it likes him! Other celebrities in attendance include Tia Carrera, Dave Navarro and Flynn De Marco. The show airs Sunday, December 9th. So if you have a TV, flip it on. If not, read a book or stare at the wall. Jackson Back Hosting [Gay Gamer] More »
Video Games Live Performs For Spike Awards
6:00AM Mike Fahey | If you’ve never had a chance to catch the Video Games Live concert before, we can pretty much assume you’ve never been to a major gaming event, because it seems like every time I turn around, there they are with their little Space Invaders t-shirts, carrying around duct tape. They’ll be taping things together next Friday, December 7th, at the taping of Spike TV’s 2007 Video Game Awards, to be aired on Sunday the 9th at 9PM. It’ll be an excellent chance to get a peek at what you’re missing as the concert makes its first-ever television appearance. Besides, we’ll all be making fun of the Spike TV VGAs the following Monday, and you want to be included in that, don’t you? It’ll be no fun without you. When you aren’t here we sit around and just mope. Video Games Live to perform at Spike TV’s 2007 Video Game Awards [Music 4 Games] More »
Borderlands, New Halo 3 Maps, Vegas 2 to Premiere During Spike TV VGAs
12:01PM Brian Crecente | Word has it that this year’s Spike TV Video Game Awards, set to air on Dec. 9 at 9 p.m., will feature a cornucopia of new trailers and other goodies. Among the list is the first footage from the new downloadable content Halo 3 Maps hitting next month, the world premiere of the first trailers for Borderlands and Tom Clancy’s Rainbow Six Vegas 2. There will also be new trailers for Gran Turismo 5 Prologue, TNA iMPACT! and a few other surprises that haven’t leaked out yet. More »
