vivster on 02 January 2017
| pokoko said: Obviously, there are no "official" awards, they're just opinions. The bigger an awards show, the more often money is involved somewhere, so they become less transparent and more suspect. If I ran an awards program of some sort, it would have transparency and it would be focused on games. No music, no celebrities. The information about who is voting would be out there, as well as an explanation of the voting process. There would definitely be video clips from voters about why they endorsed the winner and what set that game above the rest for them. Perhaps even a smaller clip for each nominee but maybe not, depending on time. The obvious problem is that a big, puffy show takes a lot of money, which usually requires corporate backing. Corporate backing is when things turn murky. The ideal solution would be to avoid any conflict of interest but then you loose things like "world premiere" trailers, which do bring a lot of people. It's a trade-off, either direction. |
World Premier trailers have nothing to do in an award show though. That's what trade shows are for. Award Shows shouldn't be about clicks or profit in the first place.
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