Samuel L. Jackson hosting Spike TV Video Game Awards again

33 Comments by Alexander Sliwinski Nov 29th 2007 9:35PM
Filed under: Culture

For the third year in a row Samuel L. Jackson will host the Spike TV Video Game Awards, now in its fifth year. While we'd like to say Jackson can bring "the awesome" to most anything, it's all too evident when non-gamers pick up that gamepad (note to Spike: keep the pad out of his hands).

The event goes down Dec. 7 at Mandalay Bay in Las Vegas and, after some fancy editing, the actual broadcast is Dec. 9 at 9PM. Games like Borderlands and Gran Turismo 5 Prologue will be premiered during the show and totally radical (not to mention relevant) celebs like magician Criss Angel and Dave Navarro will attend. Check out the full list of categories and nominees.

Tags: samuel-l-jackonson, samuelljackson, spike, vga, videogameawards

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ThornedVenom: Nov 29th 2007; 9:40PM

I'm sorry guys, but I can't portray his face in Star Wars anymore, ever since that Snakes on a Plane movie came out years ago.

Cal: Nov 29th 2007; 10:16PM

I have HAD it with these motherfucking Sith on this motherfucking planet!

gonk: Nov 29th 2007; 10:53PM

i prefer snakes on a plane to episode 3, personally (except the beheading of dooku. too bad his name is similar to dookie)

rv: Nov 30th 2007; 10:14AM

Describe what Marsellus Wallace looks like!

Samuel Jackson is the man.

Exo: Nov 29th 2007; 9:49PM

Does any real gamer even give a shit about this show?

Its basicly a joke, its all about money and advertising, most of the games nominated arnt even good, its all about what games they want to sell you

mike_p: Nov 30th 2007; 7:32AM

Yeah, it's a joke... but it's hosted by SAMUEL L JACKSON!

It'll get ya DRUNK! You'll be fuckin' fat bitches in no time! You might even fight a n***a or two! How's it taste mothafucka!?

Matt B: Nov 30th 2007; 9:03AM

Shouldn't this be just called the XBOX award show sponsored by Microsoft and Mt. f'n Dew?

Tiptup300: Nov 29th 2007; 9:52PM

If they got a funny FREAKING AWESOME guy who's also a gamer such as _Robbin Williams_ it would be quite possibly the most epic video game rating show ever, but they wont so its garbage.

Richard: Nov 30th 2007; 12:36AM

The show could have the greatest, most perfect host ever, but it would still fail based on the entirety of the actual content.

Freelance: Nov 29th 2007; 9:53PM

I like Sam and all but its like he'll take anything they will pay him to do.

Rob Accomando: Nov 29th 2007; 10:00PM

Jackson is awesome but the Spike Video game awards is a pile of doo doo

Sam406: Nov 29th 2007; 10:01PM

Samuel L. Jackson has a cult of fans on the internet, that's undeniable, the thing is, after the ABSOLUTLEY EXELENT Pulp Fiction, I think he hasn't had any really good roles to portray his "Bad mothafucka" role his so fammous for...

I mean, his newer work, (shaft, snakes on a plane, star wars) has been kind of "meh"

colin: Nov 29th 2007; 10:39PM

black snake moan, jackie brown, and the negotiator come to mind.

Joshua: Nov 29th 2007; 10:07PM

So for all three years that he's hosted them, it's always been the fifth annual award show? You'd think they'd move on to the sixth or seventh by now, if that's the case.

Shockgamer: Nov 29th 2007; 10:09PM

The path of the righteous man is beset on all sides by the iniquities of the selfish and the tyranny of evil men.....

Joop: Nov 29th 2007; 10:10PM

Jackson may not be a gamer, but I think he is at least genuinely enthusiastic about them, as opposed to various hosts on game related shows.

And yeah, the Spike TV awards won't matter, just like every other games of the year round up out there.

ApolloIV: Nov 29th 2007; 10:17PM

I've Had it with these mother fucking haters in this mother fucking blog.

But on a serious note, SLJ soiled his acting career with snakes on a plane.

Deck: Nov 30th 2007; 1:51AM

SOaP was not a disaster for his career. If anything it strengthened his fan base as it was the true fan film. I mean, the fact that he decided to do the movie on the name alone, without even reading the script, to me just shows pure humor. He is, SMJ and he kicks major ass.

Ethan: Nov 29th 2007; 10:19PM

We need an Academy of Interactive Art and Sciences ("sciences" because non-games are part of the industry now). Nothing attached to anything but the makers themselves has no business awarding anything to anybody.

Err, Baftas ftw!

Razorlution: Nov 29th 2007; 10:20PM

These rewards are always stupid...they never give out the awards to the games that deserve it. I guarantee the major winners will be Madden and Halo, neither of which should be anything special.

Before all you Halo fanatics go crazy, Halo was a great game, but hardly game of the year material.

Neil: Nov 29th 2007; 10:23PM

I watched the Spike video game awards once and I'll never do it again, it was SUPER boring.

rTwelve: Nov 29th 2007; 10:34PM

FORCE BLUR FILTER! [fwoosh]

Delgado: Nov 29th 2007; 10:52PM

I'd really like to see a REAL VGA show, akin to the Oscars.

gir: Nov 29th 2007; 10:54PM

Yes they Deserve to Die and I Hope they Burn in HELL!!?

gonk: Nov 29th 2007; 10:56PM

ahaha that line is great

what movie was it from though? i never remember

gir: Nov 30th 2007; 1:28AM

A Time to Kill

jackbauer: Nov 29th 2007; 11:03PM

english motherfucka do you speak it?!

colin: Nov 30th 2007; 12:58AM

say what one more time

Kapitan Kramer: Nov 30th 2007; 12:26AM

Do we really need him anymore?

I think he should be sat on a plane with a bunch of snakes..... Oh whoops forgot, they tried to kill him like that already... hows about throwing him off a building? that seemed to work, kinda. Lets just do it a couple times more!

samfish: Nov 30th 2007; 12:30AM

Hopefully he'll announce GotY and Best 360 Game at the same time, since they're the same fucking thing.
Cut some time off of this abortion of an awards show.

gonk: Nov 30th 2007; 1:14AM

hell yeah! man i'm lovin this 360 this year

Richard: Nov 30th 2007; 12:45AM

I still remember watching the first ten or so minutes of what I think was the first year of this awards show, in which they announced Madden 200X as game of the year. I'm sure they thought announcing the highest profile award right from the get-go would be "edgy" or something, but I reaped a much more practical effect from it: knowing for certain that I never had to bother with another minute of this utter crap.

Arturo: Nov 30th 2007; 2:20AM

"IF YOU HAVE TO SHOOT ME, THEN U GO AHEAD AND U SHOOT ME, BUT I HAVE TO PICK UP THIS PHONE!"..."guys...duck"...

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