[The Final Dakar]

I neither watch nor care about this shit, but I figured posting some of their category nominees might spur some banter on here.

Best Xbox 360 Game
Alan Wake
Fable 3
Halo Reach
Mass Effect 2

Best PS3 Game
God of War 3
Heavy Rain
ModNation Racers
Red Dead Redemption

Best Wii Game
Donkey Kong Country Returns
Kirby's Epic Yarn
Metroid: Other M
Super Mario Galaxy 2

Best PC Game
Fallout: New Vegas
Mass Effect 2
Civilization V
StarCraft 2: Wings of Liberty

Best Handheld Game
God of War: Ghost of Sparta
Metal Gear Solid: Peace Walker
Professor Layton and the Unwound Future
Super Scribblenauts

Best Shooter
Battlefield: Bad Company 2
BioShock 2
Call of Duty: Black Ops
Halo Reach

Best Action/Adventure Game
Assassin's Creed Brotherhood
God of War 3
Red Dead Redemption
Super Mario Galaxy 2

Best RPG
Fable 3
Fallout: New Vegas
Final Fantasy XIII
Mass Effect 2

Best Multiplayer
Battlefield: Bad Company 2
Call of Duty: Black Ops
Halo Reach
StarCraft 2: Wings of Liberty

Best Individual Sports Game
EA Sports MMA
Shaun White Skateboarding
Tiger Woods PGA Tour 11
UFC Undisputed 2010

Best Team Sports Game
FIFA Soccer 11
Madden NFL 11
NBA 2K11
MLB10: The Show

Best Driving Game
Blur
ModNation Racers
Need for Speed: Hot Pursuit
Split/Second

Best Downloadable Game
Costume Quest
Lara Croft and the Guardian of Light
Monday Night Combat
Scott Pilgrim vs The World

Best DLC
BioShock 2: Minerva's Den
Borderlands: The Secret Armory of General Knoxx
Mass Effect 2: Lair of the Shadow Broker
Red Dead Redemption: Undead Nightmare

Best Independent Game
Joe Danger
Limbo
Super Meat Boy
The Misadventures of P.B. Winterbottom

[The Final Dakar]

Looking at the categories and nominees, the video game industry just doesn't have the depth to support everything that's going on here. So many games seem nominated purely because they needed someone to take up a line. Perfect example:

Best Driving Game
Blur
ModNation Racers
Need for Speed: Hot Pursuit
Split/Second

Does anyone but Modnation deserve a spot here? Blur was a commercial and critical failure, split/second was a commercial failure, and the jury is still out on Hot Pursuit, but it's not a critical success thus far.

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Of course, on the other hand, i seem to have reached a level of pretension on judging games that matches my standards for movies. That or games the past year are really shitty compared to two years ago (Or, I guess, good games are in genres that don't interest me, i.e., New vegas).

[SpaceMonkey]

Way too many categories.

[The Final Dakar]

I didn't post them all, either.

[KCrosbie]

Originally Posted by The Final Dakar 

I neither watch nor care about this shit, but I figured posting some of their category nominees might spur some banter on here.

*crickets*

Looks like nobody else cares for this shit either.

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[The Final Dakar]

So I could post the results, but suffice it to say it was the usual farce. Maybe usual isn't the correct word, as all the video game blogs seem to be lighting up about how bad they were in a way I don't remember happening before.