Mike Wilson – Still Classy After All These Years

Posted on December 10, 2007 by Scott Jennings| 10 Comments

From Destructoid’s account of the Spike Video Game Awards:

Gamecock invaded the show floor, including their trademark rooster outfits and full-body Hail to the Chimp character outfits. The ‘Cock stormed the stage after the “Game of the Year” announcement, taking the microphone and proclaiming that “Gamecock is for the children!” As a result, BioShock designer Ken Levine lost a chance to give an acceptance speech, and was awkwardly ushered off the stage.

One should note that rudely bum-rushing a stage and elbowing aside people who actually won awards and did productive things to yell nonsensical things into a microphone is most probably the only way Gamecock is likely to take the stage after a Game of the Year announcement.

On the other hand, it was Spike Video Games Awards, so it’s not like it, you know, counted.

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  • http://www.damnedvulpine.com/ J.

    Not everyone can be Ol Dirty Bastard, I guess.

  • Merkwurdigliebe

    Spike’s VGA is pretty much as relevant as G4′s anything (although I do like the CSI and Arrested Development reruns.

  • http://www.damnedvulpine.com/ J.

    Bring back Blade the Series, byotch.
    Snorting dead vampire ashes to get super powers was the best plot device ever.

  • UnSub

    Who’da thunk that when they announced their name was Gamecock, they were going to act like dicks?

  • http://www.damnedvulpine.com/ J.

    Mike has apologized. “Chicken head lowered in shame.”

  • Freakazoid

    Would it be possible to make a more legit award show for video games? Something like the oscars needs to happen, where the judges are the actors, programmers, ect. in the gaming industry. I suppose that would only happen if anyone in the industry even cares about wanting an award, like movie actors do. There’s also the slight problem of video games lasting the tests of time, as games tend to be obsolete and no longer manufactured due to new console platforms every 5 years, whereas movies are commonly put out into new formats no matter how old.

    Another option would be some sort of move by Penny Arcade to make their awards a lot more official. A simple ceremony could be held that snowballs into a national televised event after a few years. I figure this could happen, because they’ve been so successful with PAX and have accumulated a lot of respect over the past few years that it seems to transcend out of just a bunch of PA fans into the general gaming audience.

  • 3 Stacked Midgets

    No, the gaming industry does not need more awards.

  • http://bdadv.blogspot.com Bonedead

    Oh you’re so right about these awards. I remember getting all excited, like when I heard the CPL would be televised live, and then seeing some of the categories and games with a chance of winning. Who plays those games, I mean seriously, I didn’t know people really played those games.

  • http://www.damnedvulpine.com/ J.

    No, you’re not going to get more legitimate when it comes to awards for games. We need more good games, not more awards.

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