Man, I just remembered that @DeoGame was there last night!
Tell us about it, what was it like?
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Broken clock and all thatā¦
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I thought the joke was pretty harmless tbh but it sucks that devs were offended.
Honestly I personally care more about reveals and announcements than awards so I thought the show was fine, but upon further reflection, with what a tough year itās been for layoffs, it would have been cool for the show to make a special effort to showcase devs this year and allow them to grab the spotlight. A missed opportunity.
I guess you just have to think about how youād feel turning a game around in 18 months just to have a peer (not a comedian/host like other award shows) get on stage and crack jokes.
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Thatās fair. It probably would have been the right decision to just say no jokes at developersā expense tonight, no matter how mild.
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I had a good time! 
The show itself was pretty much the same as what you saw, but I was let in on some secrets a bit early (Heilung!).
The crowd was very energized. I wish I was that animated irl.
I got to meet Dinga after. Lovely guy! Went looking for Phil and Sarah but no luck.
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This was one of those rare occasions where staying up for this would have been worth it.
Because today one of my buddies almost spoiled Monster Hunter for me. So glad I did not check out WhatsApp while watching the show, lmao.
That being said, a good nightās rest is more important. 
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I watched a replay of Jess and Souls stream of the show. Not great, but has been worse. Jess and Soul were excellent as always.
Best moment was easily the live performance of Herald of Darkness which was easily the best part of any game in all of 2023. And itās such a massive bummer that Jonās game kept crapping out on him before he could get to that part.
Not going to lie, the meme about SM2 not winning anything is making me laugh.
Best adaptationā¦
I was so freaking convinced Mario had this in the bag, I even casually said it to my TV screen, lol.
And then it didnāt win.
Ok.
TLOU was good, but it was also overrated, imo.
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Mario made a bunch of money but the quality itself was pretty poor. Iām not surprised at all lol.
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The quality?
I mean for a Mario movie it was pretty well made. 
It started in the cinemas in April and only recently left it here, itās crazy.
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To each their own. Donāt mind at the choice. I do find it funny with that actor from Twisted Metal has that blank face when his show didnāt win.
Iām really sure why gamers care about the game awards.
Everything around gaming just screams amateur baring the actual work that goes into producing the games.
The journalism is amateur just fans with their own bias & leanings, held to no particular standard barring wanting to generate clicks
The fact that open and meta critic are taken serious while some scores from certain outlets being weighted is total nonsense to me.
games like hogwarts legacy get virtually little acknowledgement due author of the book saying something against the grain (donāt agree with her by the way) just shows the gaming media canāt step above it and be impartial. Some outlets giving it a review score 0 only serves to affect its credibility & bring it down even futher.
Then we get the actual awards, itās just rushed through, the nominations are just a popularity contest and for all the kicking and screaming in the build up they skip over them in seconds.
Until the media side of things matures the credibility in awards and everything else wonāt be there
So until then just the trailers & let it be what it is. Not worth getting annoyed with it
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I donāt know why you thought Mario would win, TLoU had this in the bag the moment it was announced and is deserved, best live action adaptation of a video game we have so far, by a mile.
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The reaction to Hellblade seem pretty flat when viewing online, was it like that live or was it just the producerās not boosting their crowd mics?
Yeah I thought TLOU was awesome. They knew exactly when to depart from the source material and when to recreate a scene line for line.
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The latter
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If people still donāt like it then I donāt know wtf Xbox has to do. Hellblade 2 looks great, finally some proper gameplay scenes with combat!
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