Reminder: Watch the Spike TV Video Game Awards tonight
by Griffin McElroy 
{ Dec 9th 2007 at 6:45PM }
Don't forget -- the Spike TV Video Game Awards airs tonight at 9 p.m. EST. If you're a faithful Joystiq reader, you already know which games won awards -- but don't let that take the wind out of your sails! You still haven't seen the exclusive performance by the Fighters of Foo, the comedy stylings of Patton Oswalt, or the trollopery of MySpace vixen Tila Tequila.
Okay, we know that two hours of mainstream culture mixed with ceaseless product placements and a gaggle of celebrities who have no idea what they're talking about isn't everyone's idea of the perfect Sunday night. If that's the case, tune in to Spike TV tonight at 9 p.m. EST for the two hours hate.
Reader Comments (Page 1 of 1)
Fullmetal Salchemist @ Dec 9th 2007 6:49PM
Tila Tequila is so gross looking. Apparently you don't even need to be attractive to be famous anymore.
Jeff @ Dec 9th 2007 6:51PM
So true. Fuck myspace and its influence on the world.
DemonGSides @ Dec 9th 2007 7:01PM
Fuck, she's one of the hottest asians in the business.
Whats with everyone's hate of Tila Tequila? I don't even have a myspace, so I don't even know where that comment above is coming from...
:(
hydralisk456 @ Dec 9th 2007 7:40PM
Business of what? Cheap prostitution and copious tattoos?
Obie @ Dec 9th 2007 8:05PM
"Fuck, she's one of the hottest asians in the business."
It's amazing that a blind guy can type comments on here.
rv @ Dec 9th 2007 8:47PM
She was a lot hotter before she got all those fucking tats. Now shes ugly as shit.
Geist @ Dec 10th 2007 12:47AM
Odd, there's a dive of a pub by that name in Ottawa. Funny, that.
horngreen @ Dec 9th 2007 6:54PM
Gee watch a bunch of folks I don't care about rate games I've played already or play online? I think I'll pass Spike.
Arturo @ Dec 9th 2007 6:55PM
"Tila Tequila is so gross looking. Apparently you don't even need to be attractive to be famous anymore."
"So true. Fuck myspace and its influence on the world."
I couldn't agree more with both of you.
DWells55 @ Dec 9th 2007 7:21PM
Just when I thought *anything* could be more interesting than studying for finals, Joystiq proves me wrong.
MrSparkle @ Dec 9th 2007 7:26PM
Why, why, why did you guys post that video? Dammit Joystiq, I want that 1 minute and 12 seconds of my life back, and I want them back now.
ColossalHat @ Dec 9th 2007 7:38PM
I'll watch em just so I can see how little the hosts know about video games. Oh, and to waste time til adult swim.
Sircolby45 @ Dec 9th 2007 7:48PM
Those 2 guys are living proof that you can be a dumbass and still make good money.
xFenixKnightx @ Dec 9th 2007 8:03PM
Im gonna watch. I could give a crap what anyone sais about them. If its about videogames.......yeah Im there.
Zsy @ Dec 9th 2007 8:09PM
Who's up for protesting the awards?
SoulBlade @ Dec 9th 2007 8:18PM
I'd rather watch football.
Rob Accomando @ Dec 9th 2007 8:21PM
I'd rather stare at a brick wall.
potato @ Dec 9th 2007 9:31PM
I just watched the first 2 minutes of this.
I've never felt so dumb in my life. I've also lot much respect for the revered Sammy L. jackson :(
Seriously, the industry ought to fight back against this shit. I mean, who thought it was a good idea to scrawl the names of winners on naked women? We're supposed to gain the respect of mainstream media through that?
Sickening.
Nick Simpson @ Dec 9th 2007 9:06PM
I don't think trollopery is a word. Way to confuse me guys.
honkyjesusownsu @ Dec 9th 2007 10:14PM
BioShock wins everything except in the online categories?
I dunno, Spike TV and Gamehead suck. I miss watching Cinematech or whatever it was on G4. Only video game programming worth watching.
I hope non-HD games for the 360, Halo 3 and COD4 do not win anything and Jade Raymond overhyped masterfesces come home empty handed.
Love, kiss kiss.
Noshino @ Dec 9th 2007 11:16PM
wow...yes, Halo 3 is over rated....
but COD4?...cmon, the game has brought back to life the freaking franchise...hell, even newcomers enjoy the title....
Assasin's Creed, yes, it was overhypped,yes, it has its MANY flaws, but it was still amazing, I mean, even from a technical point of view, it gets to achieve much more than other games have offered...and Jade Raymond wouldnt be the only awarded one, its the whole team....sigh
DWells55 @ Dec 9th 2007 11:20PM
I don't like losing resolution either, but come on now. Call of Duty 4 might only be 600p, but it also runs at a solid 60FPS and has excellent anti-aliasing. The end result is one of the prettiest console shooters ever with near-perfect performance. I'll gladly sacrifice some resolution for an end result like that.
Halo 3 on the other hand doesn't have a solid 60 framerate or good anti-aliasing. The end result is the jaggies are very obvious when you combine the lower resolution and lack of AA. It really hurts the visuals.
The point is that Call of Duty 4 still looks and runs great and is an absolutely excellent game with awesome online play. Ignoring it solely because of a lower resolution that still looks great is foolish.
Abscissa @ Dec 9th 2007 11:13PM
"Reminder: Watch the Spike TV Video Game Awards tonight"
Why the hell would I go and do something stupid like that?
Zorink @ Dec 9th 2007 11:36PM
It's a good thing that headline is sarcastic. It's being sarcastic, right?
Urza @ Dec 9th 2007 11:54PM
What crap. Same as last year. The awards that mattered were awarded before the show and the awards and crap that have very little to do with games and more to do with celebrities and personalities are the ones on tv.
Anthony @ Dec 10th 2007 5:43AM
So not watching.
rustybag @ Dec 10th 2007 10:24AM
The 3rd Annual Spike TV Video Game Awards (or as I like to call it EA/MTV/Verizon One Huge Commercial Show). I can’t help to think advertisers are not influencing any winners-but I just know… Don't hate the players hate the game.
1st off what's up with that award? It seems the Vector Monkey is having hard times with the smoking... a smoking monkey, not original and red? The gold of plated vector money of years past was way better looking? Only surprise moment that I was actually excited to see where bb dropped the hammer to give huge props to EA Skate over Neversoft.
Damn can't help to smile when Tila Tequila winks at the camera- cause I pretend to think she loves me... Heres a Tila threesome Wii- PS3- 360.
Best Xbox 360 Game? Best PS3 Game? Best Wii game? They had to give at least one award to each system. I thought its funny they gave the Breakthrough Technology award The Orange Box- that’s huge props to a great game and a testament how good the engines are to a slew of games that uses the 3 year old Havok and Steam engine. I was excited about the studio award. Until I saw Harmonix. Isn't MTv in bed with Spike, I mean they are both owned by Viacom right?? Not that I'm choppin Harmonixs glory... It just seems interesting to me how it made a great segway for the bullgod- Kid rock to rip it up out on the mic.
I should mention the world premieres were not anything special... I was not terribly excited about the New Rainbow 6 Vegas 2- but of course they never show any damn game play footage... I mean I think they even had some lame live action crap at the beginning. Besides how many times is Vegas going to be under siege here.
Borderlands- looks promising or at least I'm a sucker for hype... Trust me I'm all about hype. I was the first to buy Kane and Lynch. Hey Patton Oswald DON’T make fun of gamers on a gamer awards show, and trust me your still gay. Also what's up with the most addicting game award? Is that really a good award to win? I guess its good because it’s more of a gamer’s choice award since it was the only award where fans could vote for.
One saving grace of the VGAs was a chance to see the Video Games Live Orchestra playing. I saw them 2 years ago in Boston and it was awesome! If you’re a big fan of da music and of course video games it’s a great show to check out. A pretty good date thing to do. Especially good to impress the ladies as they think you’re cultured by bringing them to a live orchestral event but its cool because you actually will know what the song is about.
Bioshock grabbed the vide game of the year award- I cannot disagree with this one Bioshock is 1 of the best gaming experience I've had is a long time. And I recommend it to anyone looking for a great game to play. Although Half-Life 2 episode 2 truly fantastical!
Seeing actual game play footage of Little Big Planet might actually make me buy a PS3... Maybe. It was by far the best world premier cause it showed pretty much all game play footage. Although Prototype got me warm and burny
Finally what up with the King of Kong? Is he that good he can just break his record every time he wants? To me that would require some kind of prep work.
Anyway Spike Video Game Awards are pretty crappy… too much advertising. I couldn’t help to think that they just wanted to me to buy shit. Oh well I guess I’ll just have to wait for G-phoria.
ZippyDSMlee @ Dec 10th 2007 1:17PM
who would want to watch a bunch of non gamers prostitute them selfs on screen for a paycheck from game publishers?