#The Game Awards 2023

[rico-tyrell]

SEGA has finally announced;

NEW JET SET RADIOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO

#i thank team reptile make sure u give them ur money #sega #sega dreamcast #dreamcast #jsr #jsrf #jet set radio #jet grind radio #jet set radio future #beat #dj professor k #game awards 2023 #game awards #video games #the game awards #the game awards 2023 #my gifs #jetsetradio

[eggman-1]

This is the vibe i got from the game awards live chat tonight

#the game awards #TGA #the game awards 2023 #alan wake 2 #alan wake II #tears of the kingdom #totk #baldurs gate 3 #bg3

[elinbean]

a win for tortured writers and haunted artists everywhere

#alan wake #alan wake 2 #the game awards #tga #the game awards 2023 #tga 2023 #for real. I was so happy to see it win that first Best Narrative I could’ve screamed #to see a game go places no game— and I’m starting to think no film or tv show either— has ever gone creatively #(and execute the landing SO ENCHANTINGLY WELL) #to see a game like that receive even part of the recognition it so richly deserves… it makes my heart swell. #I’ve never felt so creatively inspired in my life. I’m so happy

[awesome-manatee]

So apparently The Game Awards 2023 only gave the awards' recipients 30 seconds each to make their acceptance speeches, and half of the categories didn't even offer that opportunity before the presenters moved on. If that kind of restriction is being put on the alleged main event of your show then it should also apply to the guest presenters and reveal announcements.

Every year it gets harder to hide that this show is all about the ads and not actually honoring the hard work of developers in an industry that already undervalues them.

#The Game Awards 2023 #Geoff Kieghley #Hideo Kojima #TGA 2023 #The Game Awards

[warrior-of-sunlight]

Game of the year, best community support, best rpg, best multiplayer, players choice and best performance for Neil Newbon for his role as Astarion.

#well deserved #bg3 #baldur's gate 3 #baldur's gate #the game awards #the game awards 2023 #and now I'm off to bed #larian studios

[hellenastranger]

nothing in life matters meme jpg

#alan wake 2 #alan wake ii #Alan Wake #the game awards #the game awards 2023

[aizel-kon]

"THE GODDAMN LOOT GOBLIN DID IT AGAIN!!!" (Tom De Ville)

Congrats to Neil for getting the best performance award. Well deserved! 👏👏

That God damn vampire changed my life. He is now my official third braincell.

#the game awards #Astarion #neil newbon #goty 2023 #the game awards 2023

[skys-trash-bin]

time to put that clown make up back on

#kingdom hearts #kh #sora #strelitzia #kh4 #the game awards 2023 #MONSTER HUNTER WILDS LETS GOOOO

[samlakes]

alan wake being confused at the 2023 game awards.

#alan wake 2 #alan wake #gods of asgard #videogameedit #the game awards 2023 #game awards 2023 #tga 2023 #ilkka villi

[merrinla]

AWWWW YEAAAH

They did it!

GOTY!!!!!!!

#baldur's gate 3 #bg3 #tga 2023 #the game awards 2023 #the game awards #larian studios

[hamtv12]

"metal gear solid 2" applause - jordan peele at the game awards

#the game awards #the game awards 2023 #metal gear solid #hideo kojima #jordan peele #goo goobie

[seventyone-71]

sigh... honk honk...

#silksong #hollow knight #hollow knight silksong #hk #hk silksong #hollowknight #hollowknight silksong #the game awards #tga #game awards #the game awards 2023 #silksong news

[ibumuc]

The Frame Awards

#warframe #warframe fanart #warframe art #warframe memes #warframe meme #the game awards #the game awards 2023

[todayontumblr]

Saturday, December 9.

The Game Awards.

'Twas the week of The Game Awards 2023, and a lot was going on. 

Baldur's Gate 3 won big with six wins, The Great Gonzo himself was there in a dashing black suit, Hideo Kojima materialized (of course), lots was announced, Alan Wake 2 picked up some prizes, yet more was announced, and the ~actual~ ModdedController360 (sometimes known as Timothée Chalamet) dropped by the close the ceremony. 

You came for the awards, you stayed for the trailers. We hope you liked what you saw. In the meantime, let's put this little weekend aside to look back on the week that was: #the game awards, to be precise. 

#today on tumblr #the game awards #game awards #the game awards 2023 #gaming #video games #tga 2023 #tga23 #game awards 2023 #goty #game of the year #BG3 #balders gate 3 #game review #gamers

[kdinjenzen]

I saw a post the other day advocating for the stoppage of criticism aimed toward this year's The Game Awards with the reasoning being that "If you don't like it, don't watch it." And while I am an advocate for the idea off "sometimes a piece of media is just not for me" I disagree with that being the case as to why people felt so disappointed in the TGA for this year. Most of the criticism for TGA this year came from industry insiders... and for all the right reasons. Some off the highest rated games of all time were released this year, sales met and exceeded expectations, global reach of video games is at an all time high, and company mergers and partnerships showed brand and IP recognition and growth were set to expand further. Yet this year has seen over 10,000 people laid off, countless studio closures, and both tenured and new faces in the industry looking desperately for a way to pay their bills and keep a roof over their family's heads. TGA is idealized as a showcase of the hard work of so many people in the industry and this small bit of recognition for their efforts should have been a bright spot on a dark year. However, with TGA stating that nominees had only 30 seconds for an acceptance speech ... it's not exactly an ideal situation and seeing people thanking their co-workers and the fans as something to be rushed through is heartbreaking. Hayley Elise did a breakdown of how much time was allotted and for what on social media, here's what Hayley found: Of the 3 hour runtime for The Game Awards... Winner's Speeches totaled 10 minutes. Musical Numbers totaled 13.5 minutes. Award Presenters totaled 26.5 minutes. Other Presenters totaled 42.5 minutes. Trailers & Ads totaled 1 Hour and 28 minutes. This is the disproportion that people were concerned about. Especially in a year full of major financial wins and significant personal losses. Something even Geoff Keighley himself agreed with after the fact. Those who work in the industry were hoping for, at the very least, a proper send off for a difficult year. But we got was shoved aside instead. By saying things like "make your own show" as a way to circumvent criticism it ignores the crux of the issue as well. The issue is that Keighley had the connections, the funding, and the backing of having already been the face of prior game awards shows to be uniquely able to make The Game Awards a possibility. Your average worker in the gaming industry just does not have that capability. So it is far less likely to be possible to craft something like this, especially with the reach that TGA has. The last important push back against criticism for TGA 2023 was imagining if the music, movie, or TV industries criticized the same thing for the Grammys, the Oscars, or the Emmys in the same way the video game industry has done to TGA this year... But the truth is they do and have for quite some time! So the question is... who are these awards shows even for anymore?

#the game awards #tga #tga 2023 #the game awards 2023

[maxbegone]

fully agree that not enough time was spent on game devs this year (again) and way too much time was spent on movie stars. game devs were just brushed off and their awards were announced in spitfire commentary between elite cameos and matthew fucking mcconaughey for some reason. more games, less movie-adjacent projects. someone tweeted, "if you make games, you get 30 seconds to talk at the Game Awards. If you make movies, you get 5 minutes to talk at the Game Awards." more celebrating the people who work tirelessly behind the scenes instead of receiving next to nothing when it comes to acknowledgement at an awards show meant for gaming. don't shoo them off stage because you need to make more time for hollywood actors.

it's been a few days (and eight years since his initial speech) but I am still thinking about greg miller's acceptance speech from when he won for trending gamer in 2015. he thanked nicole tan, an environmental artist from the tomb raider series whose name he saw when the credits rolled, and went on to acknowledge how tirelessly she and others work. more of that, less focus on special appearances.

@ TGA, celebrate your fucking industry instead of trying to pull more views by having big names drop by. we don't care, and clearly you don't care about the heart of it.

#i'm fuming over this honestly #i know it's been a few days but i keep looking at dev tweets and rewatching greg's speech #the game awards #gaming #the game awards 2023 #greg miller