{"id":70770,"date":"2014-12-04T11:06:08","date_gmt":"2014-12-04T09:06:08","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/?p=70770"},"modified":"2014-12-04T11:07:19","modified_gmt":"2014-12-04T09:07:19","slug":"best-and-worst-of-video-game-award-shows","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/features\/70770-best-and-worst-of-video-game-award-shows","title":{"rendered":"Best and worst of video game award shows"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Video game award shows are a time when great games are honoured for conquering our living rooms, bedrooms, and &#8211; if you have line of sight &#8211; bathrooms.<\/p>\n<p>This year&#8217;s new Game Awards will take place on 5 December &#8211; with\u00a0Geoff Keighley scheduled to host the show &#8211; and we thought it fitting to take a look back at the best and worst of video game shows in recent years.<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/2F-vOA1S1Uk?rel=0\" width=\"600\" height=\"450\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<h3 class=\"my-4\">The Worst<\/h3>\n<h3 class=\"my-4\">VGX 2013<\/h3>\n<p>VGX 2013 deserves its own article for being the worst event in the history of gaming. From the\u00a0wannabe celebrity Geoff Keighley trying to be a presenter, to Joel McHale making jokes that no-one understood, the show was a complete disaster. Prepare to cringe.<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/qaCso_b_PtY?rel=0\" width=\"600\" height=\"338\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<h3 class=\"my-4\">Kevin Jonas \u2013 VGA 2011<\/h3>\n<p>Kevin Jonas made an appearance at the VGA in 2011. For those of you who don&#8217;t know who he is, you are not missing out on anything.<\/p>\n<p>Why he was on stage pretending to be part of the industry is beyond me, although Spike has a reputation for choosing terrible celebrities to\u00a0make appearances.<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/kcH9gO188YY?rel=0\" width=\"600\" height=\"450\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<h3 class=\"my-4\">Neil Patrick Harris \u2013 VGA 2010<\/h3>\n<p>Why would you put an extremely poorly choreographed dance number before introducing NPH &#8211; not cool. That being said, his performance was not much better, and his dry jokes and industry slurs made little sense.<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/al12n_Z-_0w?rel=0\" width=\"600\" height=\"450\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<h3 class=\"my-4\">The Best<\/h3>\n<h3 class=\"my-4\"><strong>Samuel L. Jackson &#8211; VGA 2012<\/strong><\/h3>\n<p>If you want to include a celebrity in your show, make sure it is Samuel L. Jackson. Nick Fury provided some quality comedy to the awards without making them feel cheesy and awkward, and during breaks\u00a0you would see clips from games which\u00a0included\u00a0the legendary actor.<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/ThKltpbyV6c?rel=0\" width=\"600\" height=\"338\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<h3 class=\"my-4\">The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim \u2013 VGA 2010<\/h3>\n<p>Bethesda had ample opportunity to announce the biggest game of 2011, but decided to do it at the 2010 awards show.\u00a0The announcement saw Tod Howard walk across stage alongside cloaked figures &#8211; it was a fine moment indeed.<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/fiWEUNjDB6Y?rel=0\" width=\"600\" height=\"338\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<h3 class=\"my-4\">The Character Speeches \u2013 VGA 2010 \u2013 2012<\/h3>\n<p>Up until the terrible show in 2013, when a game won an award it was followed by an entertaining speech from the title&#8217;s main character. All these speeches were pretty good, and added some light humour to the evening.<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/jk1mJAuxBzk?rel=0\" width=\"600\" height=\"450\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<h3 class=\"my-4\">More gaming news<\/h3>\n<p><strong><a href=\"http:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/features\/70670-top-10-most-pirated-pc-games-2.html\">Top 10 most pirated PC games<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong><a href=\"http:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/ps4\/70726-playstation-plus-your-free-games-for-december-2014.html\">PlayStation Plus \u2013 your free games for December 2014<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong><a href=\"http:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/features\/70718-how-much-will-laras-latest-adventure-cost-you.html\">How much will Lara\u2019s latest adventure cost you?<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Mr Jackson, you are the man<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":213,"featured_media":70784,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_sma_x_autopost_status":"idle","_sma_x_autopost_error":"","_sma_x_post_id":"","_sma_x_attempts":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[20],"tags":[21,13132,1199],"class_list":["post-70770","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-features","tag-headline","tag-the-game-awards-2014","tag-video-game-awards"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/70770","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/213"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=70770"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/70770\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":70878,"href":"https:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/70770\/revisions\/70878"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/70784"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=70770"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=70770"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=70770"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}