![]() 15th Annual Interactive Achievement Awards.Award ceremonies need to either rethink their process of recognizing games for awards before my brain explodes. ![]() ![]() The argument for "Game of the Year" will always spark controversial arguments more fierce than any movie award ever could. The spectrum is just too large to pinpoint one specific game to rule them all. There are not genre categories, but rather for innovation, with more technical awards. The Game Developers Choice Awards has a nice set of categories to go by and this year's nominees look like great choices. With so many different genres, including puzzle, action, first-person shooter, RPG, MMORPG, and many many more, how could any one group of people, with different favorite types of gameplay, decide on one game as "Game of the Year"? The biggest determinant a film lacks, that complicates gaming biases, is gameplay. There are so many more factors at play when determining which game can be labeled "Game of the Year" that the category arguably shouldn't exist. Unlike the film industry, video games have a far more subjective user base than what fans of movies must endure. With the awards season in full swing in both film and gaming industries, I'd like to fully recognize the impossibility of placing the sole title of "Game of the Year" to any one game.
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