Forget about your Samuel L. Jacksons and your Jack Blacks -- this year, the Spike Video Game Awards is totally going commando (if you're an awards show, "going commando" means without a host). Our sister site Big Download got worried recently when no host had yet been announced (the whole Joystiq Network was holding out for Shia LeBeouf), and got in contact with Spike TV to find out what was up.
"As of right now, we are going without a host, similarly to what we did for this year's Scream Awards," a representative said. A mess of presenters -- from Tony "I promise I won't talk about Ride" Hawk, to Mike "We're terrified and not making any more jokes" Tyson -- have been confirmed for the show, though it seems that none would step up to the host position.
You can catch us, like every year, liveblogging the event and cracking jokes from the comfort of our couches. It's almost like you're in our living room with us, except you don't have to wonder where that smell is coming from. Hooray!
Reader Comments (86)
Posted: Dec 7th 2009 11:46PM Greenlantern20x6 said
Why not Olivia Munn? ...and me!
Posted: Dec 8th 2009 12:02AM Drakkenfyre said
Stopped watching SpikeTV years ago. Game shows like this suck, so I don't watch them.
Posted: Dec 7th 2009 11:57PM (Unverified) said
Mike Tyson got out of jail?
Posted: Dec 7th 2009 11:58PM Giroro said
Is that logo awful?
Yes, yes it is.
-G66
Yes, yes it is.
-G66
Posted: Dec 8th 2009 12:02AM ChomskyKnows said
let Ken Levine host. maybe he can finally finish his speech.
Posted: Dec 8th 2009 12:01AM R Planteer said
Spike just needs to give up on their award show. Its not that good.
MTV needs to give up too.
MTV needs to give up too.
Posted: Dec 8th 2009 12:36AM (Unverified) said
hell no, the VMAs are a godsend
IMMA LET YOU FINISH BUT...............
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IMMA LET YOU FINISH BUT...............
Posted: Dec 8th 2009 12:03AM (Unverified) said
It would be cool to see Chris Pine host since he's the new Kirk and all.
Posted: Dec 8th 2009 12:06AM TheDarkWayne said
it would be cool to see Christian Bale host since he's the new John Connor.
Wait, what?
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Wait, what?
Posted: Dec 8th 2009 12:19AM (Unverified) said
But:
William Shatner =/= New Kirk
Because:
New Kirk = Chris Pine
Therefore:
William Shatner =/= Kirk Always
Mathematical induction, bitch.
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William Shatner =/= New Kirk
Because:
New Kirk = Chris Pine
Therefore:
William Shatner =/= Kirk Always
Mathematical induction, bitch.
Posted: Dec 8th 2009 12:23AM (Unverified) said
New Kirk exists in a tangent from the main Star Trek timeline...which makes him irrevalent.
I didn't mind the new movie, but as it was said, it's 'not your fathers Star Trek'
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I didn't mind the new movie, but as it was said, it's 'not your fathers Star Trek'
Posted: Dec 8th 2009 12:29AM (Unverified) said
Your Quantum Mechkirkics theory sounds like utter bollocks to me. Multiple Kirks? God does not play dice with the Star Trek universe!
And even if the prequel movie was, as you say, the inhabitant of a separate universe, it would make Chris Pine no more "irrevalent" nor would it enable William Shatner to embody multiple Kirks.
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And even if the prequel movie was, as you say, the inhabitant of a separate universe, it would make Chris Pine no more "irrevalent" nor would it enable William Shatner to embody multiple Kirks.
Posted: Dec 8th 2009 12:36AM (Unverified) said
http://memory-alpha.org/en/wiki/James_T._Kirk_%28alternate_reality%29
http://memory-alpha.org/en/wiki/James_T._Kirk
http://memory-alpha.org/en/wiki/Alternate_reality
If the Trekkies agree with me, I win.
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http://memory-alpha.org/en/wiki/James_T._Kirk
http://memory-alpha.org/en/wiki/Alternate_reality
If the Trekkies agree with me, I win.
Posted: Dec 8th 2009 8:44AM xGeneral DEATHxDEETH82 said
Stop it, you two! You're making me feel like the Popular Jock over here.
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Posted: Dec 8th 2009 12:19AM kmcroc said
Major Nelson ,better yet get Morgan Webb & Olivia Munn to host & Sasah Grey to carry the awards .
Posted: Dec 8th 2009 12:22AM kmcroc said
Dennis Leary, since it's on cable .
Posted: Dec 8th 2009 12:28AM (Unverified) said
Ben "Yahtzee" Croshaw should host it
Posted: Dec 8th 2009 12:46AM TheDarkWayne said
or the entire audience could just take some depressants
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Posted: Dec 8th 2009 1:23AM SpanWolf said
Oh God, I'm going to be there. This is going to be fun...
Posted: Dec 8th 2009 3:07AM (Unverified) said
All you need is a disembodied voice announcer. Ladies and Gentlemen! Please welcome to the Stage, Tony Hawk and Gary Coleman! To present the best extreme bloodiest goriest sports game!
Posted: Dec 8th 2009 8:45AM xGeneral DEATHxDEETH82 said
I vote they use the disembodied Agency voice from Crackdown.
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Posted: Dec 8th 2009 3:10AM (Unverified) said
I can already tell you who won best sports game. Madden 10!!! What a surprise! o_O
Posted: Dec 8th 2009 3:13AM ThePhantomnaut said
At least David Spade is not part of it.
Posted: Dec 8th 2009 5:35AM Drakkenfyre said
William Shatner is Kirk. No matter who plays him in a new movie, no matter who they pick to play him in a new movie, William Shatner is Kirk.
Posted: Dec 8th 2009 8:31AM Mr Khan said
LaBeouf would have been fitting.
Though perhaps, without celebrities, they could be able to focus more on games and less on shenanigans.
Though perhaps, without celebrities, they could be able to focus more on games and less on shenanigans.
Posted: Dec 8th 2009 10:14AM TheC0A7S said
please tell me it isn't going to be Milo on a big screen telling us all the awards and interacting with the crowd right before he becomes self aware and then kills everyone in the room and takes over the world......please god NO!
Posted: Dec 8th 2009 12:55PM fasterthantheworld said
I don't get why gamers even bother with this crap. Who is Spike to say they are the authority on what games receive awards? Even Besides the infinite layers of cheese and patronization , Spike is not a journalistic gaming outlet. They don't have a review entity, they don't have any basis for comparing games. There seems to be no basis for the "winners" they select and they make the gaming community look like nothing more than hormone infused 13 yr olds with nothing but a penchant for filth and violence.
If I need an "awards show" that badly, I'll wait for Co-Op to do their inevitable end of year review.. or even better I'll just read the gaming blogs I care about and see what their picks are.
As for the VGA, that's 2(or 3?) hours of my life spent better *playing* games, or hanging out with my girlfriend, or running, or sleeping, or one of about a million other things that are less of a waste of time
If I need an "awards show" that badly, I'll wait for Co-Op to do their inevitable end of year review.. or even better I'll just read the gaming blogs I care about and see what their picks are.
As for the VGA, that's 2(or 3?) hours of my life spent better *playing* games, or hanging out with my girlfriend, or running, or sleeping, or one of about a million other things that are less of a waste of time
Posted: Dec 8th 2009 9:29PM (Unverified) said
you don't have a "girlfriend", you play games...
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Posted: Dec 9th 2009 12:53AM whyattn said
YES!
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