Nathan Savant

I assume it's meant to be different because it's post-empire so the tech has changed?

I say hopefully?

I mean you say who cares, but that's the message of literally every single post of anger I've seen directed at the game awards.

I've never seen anyone upset that big companies are paying a lot for their ad spend.

You're backwards from the point I was trying to make.

1m from the company on effective advertising is fine.

Then Geoff gets 1m, and where does it go from there? Some into hosting the show, for sure, but where's the rest going?

Adult capybara with two baby capybaras. They’re very lovable.

I mean TIME could have given Person of the Year to “The Humble Capybara”

Is anyone arguing that it's not routine? All the anger I've seen has been that it's money down the drain, not being used to support devs, but just to pad Geoff's wallet and ego.

I've not seen a single person claiming it's not expected for AAA.

Game of the Year Winner: Madden NFL 2004 Nominees: Freedom Fighters, Grand Theft Auto: Vice City, Legend of Zelda: The Wind Waker, SOCOM II U.S. Navy SEALs, SSX 3, Star Wars Galaxies, Star Wars: Knights of the Old Republic, Tom Clancy's Splinter Cell, Tony Hawk's Underground

looked at the very first GOTY nominee list and winner back when it started as the spike video game awards in 2003 and it's so fucking funny dude

Oh shit!! Congrats!!

I thought the writing was surprisingly good in what little we get in that trailer, now I know why!

NO FUCKING WAY

YouTube video by IGN Highguard - Official Reveal Trailer | The Game Awards 2025

When this trailer started I rolled my eyes at the generic protagonist man with an edgy past, but I've gotta say that by the end of it I was pretty sold on the world building!

This looks fun!

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YouTube video by IGN Ace Combat 8: Wings of Theve - Official Trailer | The Game Awards 2025

Before I played Ace Combat 7, and attained storytelling enlightenment, I would never have been excited for shooty planes game.

Now I know better.

Hyped to see if they can possibly reach the same narrative heights.

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YouTube video by IGN Total War: Warhammer 40,000 - Official Reveal Trailer | The Game Awards 2025

I wish I enjoyed Total War cause it looks like the team's done a fantastic job here!

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YouTube video by IGN Star Wars: Galactic Racer - Official Reveal Trailer | The Game Awards 2025

If you had asked me to predict what games would get a sequel in 2026, pod racer would not even have been on the most extended version of the list, but cool! Curious to see how they handle it!

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YouTube video by IGN Control: Resonant - Official Reveal Trailer | The Game Awards 2025

OH GOD. NEW CONTROL LOOKS SO GOOOOOOOOOD!!!

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Silksong should be on every single list of best narratives for the next decade. Should be studied in narrative design education as well.

If you're a narrative person, you need to at least watch a let's play.

Man I tune into the awards as something to have on while I cook and it's just cringey "comedy" sketch after cringey comedy sketch over and over in an unbroken circle of torture.

YouTube video by Motor Explorer Strangest Propeller EVER MADE!? -Voith Schneider

There's a helicopter version too, which you can see at the end of this video:

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This is so fucking funny dude.

This is gunna be a super fun one, please keep your eyes peeled!

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BTW, Spirit Crossing is coming to Steam. The goal is to create a major Cozy MMO with a huge population of folks making friends in a safe and welcoming space.

I deeply believe we can make the world a better place.

If this interests you, please wishlist!
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videogames would be 9000% better if the people in charge were theater nerds instead of movie nerds

Weird, I wonder where that reputation came from...

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And all that money is collected and used for............. ???

"GDC is terrible, we need a new conference to replace it!"

Still, there is nuance to all the awards hype. Though “Sinners” looks to be a major Oscar player, that voting body has never nominated Jordan for his acting or Coogler for his directing — indeed, no Black filmmaker has ever won in the latter category. Asked to join the academy in 2016, Coogler declined the invitation. “It’s not out of animosity,” he told me, noting that he’s stretched thin with commitments to his film school and unions. “And I’m not good at judging things, bro. The act of ‘Hey, pick the best thing’ is very stressful for me, even when there’s no stakes involved.” He is more drawn to the everyday elements of his career than to the glamorous ballrooms. “People see the tuxedo, they see the red carpet, but it’s real blue-collar folks making these movies happen,” Coogler said, adding that he truly fell in love with filmmaking once he understood that, at its core, it’s a job.

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Ryan Coogler explains why he declined the invitation to join the Academy www.nytimes.com/2025/12/10/m...

"video game mechanics?" Actually, they're called developers.

Fun fact

You can think something in a piece of media is bad or poorly handled, but still have it resonate with you. You can also dislike something but admit to the merit it holds. Objective quality has no dictation over one’s interest in things, and what matters most is simply doing what you love.

I think about this a lot.

Literally my entire job for 4 years at a tech startup.

I was not paid half what I should have been for that mess.

There is a direct correlation between how fake your job is and how much value you see in AI