g-phoria

[laurafanboy]

g-phoria e3 relative a big party celebrating video games whos do you think will be game of year,and most improtanlyIS AGN INVITED??????

[Tedakin]

Prince of Persia will probably win Game of the Year. I love the game so cool with me.

[MusicFan]

I voted for either PoP or Viewtiful Joe.

[Dragoona]

TTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTT TTTTTT
RRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRR
OOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO
NNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNN
2.0.


Actually, I think It'll be PoP.

[KingKongSushi]

I'm hoping for PoP. But, most TechTVers are going to be behind KOTOR and Ratchet & Clank: GC.

[Gene Starwind]

Great... more crap.

[Blackwolf]

It will rule this year because I wasn't invited back this year.

;P

[Tedakin]

It will rule this year because I wasn't invited back this year.

;P

Yeah, you spoiled that whole show!

[Kahmelion]

PoP all the way man...great game.

~Kahmelion

[BigEasyWhoDats]

yeah probably it'll be PoP, but was it me or last year did it seem fake?

[Flavius]

I heard the audience can actually sit down this year!

SCORE!!!

[BigEasyWhoDats]

I heard the audience can actually sit down this year!

SCORE!!!

w00t! :lol:

[Rayo]

G4 broke my trust raised it then broke it again with G-Phoria. Then Spike Tv did their show and I went with the whole "there is no god" phase. While I cleared myself religon wise plz G4 don't do it again.

[inertname]

I voted for KOTOR.

[AcquiredTarget]

<rant> I'd like to know how and why they choose what's their names (the guy and the chick) as hosts? Its a games award so wtf is with using these b-list celebraties. Are they trying to iut do Spiketv in bad taste? Sorry for the rant, just been "a morning" so far </rant>

-AT

[Octocamo]

Next Year.

Half-Life 2 = Wins all the awards. :D


Even the sports game! Omg! :lol:

[DarthEvilDude]

award shows are for hookers and old people.

[Duality]

I'll let you in on a secret.

GTA: Vice City wins.

[Tom the First]

Next Year.

Half-Life 2 = Wins all the awards. :D


Even the sports game! Omg! :lol:
With the new physics engine. Their will probably be a mod for each sport made.

[MusicFan]

Anna Nicole Smith is there, what the fucking hell. This year's makes the VGAs looks good.

[Stonecoldfreak1]

what he said ^^

[Reffy]

IMO seeing celebs at G-Phoria is pointless. I really couldn't give a care if some guy I saw in some movie was there, sure it's neat to know that he is a gamer but we have players for that. Don't invite B and C celebs that couldn't give a rat's ass about gaming, invite gamers.

[EmpyII]

IMO seeing celebs at G-Phoria is pointless. I really couldn't give a care if some guy I saw in some movie was there, sure it's neat to know that he is a gamer but we have players for that. Don't invite B and C celebs that couldn't give a rat's ass about gaming, invite gamers.

I couldn't agree more Reffy. I have no problem with celebs who want to do it for nothing. But I'm sure they are giving those B, C celebs something. I know they were giving mass promotions to that horrible Redman and Methodman show on FOX, cause they were gonna host it.

I would much rather have people who are in the game industry present awards.

[Daggett]

I saw the online cam on Saturday night, it seems a LOT better than last year's show.

Oh, and there were LOTS of drunk people from the show getting on chat and telling us how "we suck and we're basement nerds and losers" for not being there.

[Blackwolf]

Oh, and there were LOTS of drunk people from the show getting on chat and telling us how "we suck and we're basement nerds and losers" for not being there.

I wonder if anyone told them it's because nobody from the G4TTV community was invited to the show.

Nobody. They had enough celebrities to fill the show floor, so they didn't see the need to actually invite the fans.

[Arandar]

I wonder if anyone told them it's because nobody from the G4TTV community was invited to the show.

Nobody. They had enough celebrities to fill the show floor, so they didn't see the need to actually invite the fans.
And thats why G-Phoria sucks and always will. At least until they change that as well as some other things like last years lame dress award acceptance thing. They shouldn't allow booze there either. I mean gamers already get enough stereotypes against them, we don't need to be thought of as a bunch of drunks as well. I mean if they can't figure out how to do an awards show that isn't just lame then I don't think they should just quit and never do it again.

[MusicFan]

I was just talking to someone who was there, who is into gaming, and they said it was awesome and went really well.

[agn]

I talked to Laura and a few other G-4ians and they said the party was awesome. Last years party was great too. I mean, booze, food, and a chance to play some games not out is a cool event. The question is if the television show will be good enough to get ratings. We'll see. Since I wasn't there, I'll be sure to tune in and watch. Once.

[MusicFan]

G-Phoria was awesome.

[SplinterCellMGS]

well it looks like KOTOR wins game of the year again. isnt this like its 2nd time in a row. i no they won game of the year somewhere else but i dont remember the name.

[The_Raven]

I don't know what show you guys watched, But the G-phoria I watched in AGNFL Chat was TERRIBLE. I mean common, that had to be the stupiest thing i've ever seen. The jokes wern't funny, all they did was curse, and in the end, I counted 5 total minutes of videogame talk, the rest was garbage talk about sex and boobs. I don't know, didn't seem like a gaming award show to me.

[True]

g-phoria e3 relative a big party celebrating video games whos do you think will be game of year,and most improtanlyIS AGN INVITED??????
If so, did he even go? Heck, did he even go last year?

(Oh I see that he didn't this year but did last year)

I did enjoy this years show, way better than last years which I didn't like.

[MusicFan]

I don't know what show you guys watched, But the G-phoria I watched in AGNFL Chat was TERRIBLE. I mean common, that had to be the stupiest thing i've ever seen. The jokes wern't funny, all they did was curse, and in the end, I counted 5 total minutes of videogame talk, the rest was garbage talk about sex and boobs. I don't know, didn't seem like a gaming award show to me.It is supposed to an artistic piece of surrealism, and there might have been a political statement hidden in there. I laughed hard after the Interplay joke, plus the excellent game Psychonauts was on it, how the hell could you go wrong?

[The_Raven]

You go wrong by showing it on tv. That was utter garbage.

[Kahmelion]

Meh, instead of typing it all out, I've decided to just cut and past my response to Gphoria on the G4 forums...


"Gaming is getting so mainstream these days that by gaming or saying you game it makes you cool now...(weird eh?).

What I'm saying is get people who actually PLAY games and know what they are talking about...watching second rate stars read off of a teleprompter sucks and it's embarassing to someone who's been gaming for about 20 years and actually KNOWS what he is talking about.

I never thought I'd say this but I think that gaming maybe is a little too much in the light nowadays.

Give me a dark basement bedroom a controller/system, some good games to play and about 15 hours and that's what I was used to as a kid...Not this glam that they are trying to pass off to us as gaming. I can understand that now that it's popular people wanting to make it mainstream, but, watching some of these so called stars grab their nipples and try to sell me sex over games...it's just makes me squirm. I was going to shut off the show about half way though, but the band that played the song on the Driv3r soundtrack or whatever made me stay on the channel.

I know I'm ranting and I've said this before, but, I wish things were the way they used to be.

The mainstream of gaming will be the death of it soon if we don't remember our ROOTS!"

~Kahmelion

[SplinterCellMGS]

Meh, instead of typing it all out, I've decided to just cut and past my response to Gphoria on the G4 forums...


"Gaming is getting so mainstream these days that by gaming or saying you game it makes you cool now...(weird eh?).

What I'm saying is get people who actually PLAY games and know what they are talking about...watching second rate stars read off of a teleprompter sucks and it's embarassing to someone who's been gaming for about 20 years and actually KNOWS what he is talking about.

I never thought I'd say this but I think that gaming maybe is a little too much in the light nowadays.

Give me a dark basement bedroom a controller/system, some good games to play and about 15 hours and that's what I was used to as a kid...Not this glam that they are trying to pass off to us as gaming. I can understand that now that it's popular people wanting to make it mainstream, but, watching some of these so called stars grab their nipples and try to sell me sex over games...it's just makes me squirm. I was going to shut off the show about half way though, but the band that played the song on the Driv3r soundtrack or whatever made me stay on the channel.

I know I'm ranting and I've said this before, but, I wish things were the way they used to be.

The mainstream of gaming will be the death of it soon if we don't remember our ROOTS!"

~KahmelionAmen Kahmelion, Amen.

[arefx]

It is supposed to an artistic piece of surrealism, and there might have been a political statement hidden in there. I laughed hard after the Interplay joke, plus the excellent game Psychonauts was on it, how the hell could you go wrong?

I was sooo fuggin happy to see it get some press on there.

Also, im mad ratchet didn't get best easter egg. "Wow snoop dogg". Id rather have the insomniac museum, with the testing things from ratchet 1 and all, they put a lot into making that easter egg, it deserved the award 10x more than the others.

[arefx]

Meh, instead of typing it all out, I've decided to just cut and past my response to Gphoria on the G4 forums...


"Gaming is getting so mainstream these days that by gaming or saying you game it makes you cool now...(weird eh?).

What I'm saying is get people who actually PLAY games and know what they are talking about...watching second rate stars read off of a teleprompter sucks and it's embarassing to someone who's been gaming for about 20 years and actually KNOWS what he is talking about.

I never thought I'd say this but I think that gaming maybe is a little too much in the light nowadays.

Give me a dark basement bedroom a controller/system, some good games to play and about 15 hours and that's what I was used to as a kid...Not this glam that they are trying to pass off to us as gaming. I can understand that now that it's popular people wanting to make it mainstream, but, watching some of these so called stars grab their nipples and try to sell me sex over games...it's just makes me squirm. I was going to shut off the show about half way though, but the band that played the song on the Driv3r soundtrack or whatever made me stay on the channel.

I know I'm ranting and I've said this before, but, I wish things were the way they used to be.

The mainstream of gaming will be the death of it soon if we don't remember our ROOTS!"

~Kahmelion

go to hot topic (gasp) and get that shirt with the NES cotroller that says ROOTS under it. No long-term hardcore gamer is complete without it :), even if yout roots were like... a 2600... or intellivision... they dotn make shirts for them saying roots...

[MalcolmBrass]

The pre-show alone made me turn off the channel. Rossi just annoyed the hell out of me with his mindless patter and his "you go, girl...you go, brother" stuff to every himbo and bimbo he talked to.

[arefx]

The pre-show alone made me turn off the channel. Rossi just annoyed the hell out of me with his mindless patter and his "you go, girl...you go, brother" stuff to every himbo and bimbo he talked to.


I noticed that too.. it was annoying... well he is annoying.

[eswat]

Gphoria? Wtf, I thought I was watching vga... cuz thats what it damned felt like watching that show (or the amount I watched it anyway). I watched up until anna presented sexiest game character, thats when it become obvious that it was vga all over again so I just went back to doom 3 until insider started. Actually I enjoyed the gphoria insider a hell of a lot more than the actual award show.

[arefx]

Gphoria? Wtf, I thought I was watching vga... cuz thats what it damned felt like watching that show (or the amount I watched it anyway). I watched up until anna presented sexiest game character, thats when it become obvious that it was vga all over again so I just went back to doom 3 until insider started. Actually I enjoyed the gphoria insider a hell of a lot more than the actual award show.

as did I

[The Host]

I haven't nor did I plan on watching any of it.
And from the sounds of things that was a wise choice :)

[The_Raven]

HerrmDogg and I enjoyed watching the commercials more than the award show. I mean common, no one in their right mind could have enjoyed that. Now when people say gamers are losers, It's obvious they think that because they saw G-phoria and thought gamers actually enjoyed it. Load of garbage, once again. G-Phoria, if it did anything, made gamers look like a bunch of idiots. :)

[The Host]

HerrmDogg and I enjoyed watching the commercials more than the award show. I mean common, no one in their right mind could have enjoyed that. Now when people say gamers are losers, It's obvious they think that because they saw G-phoria and thought gamers actually enjoyed it. Load of garbage, once again. G-Phoria, if it did anything, made gamers look like a bunch of idiots. :)
Great that's all we need more reinforcement of the typical gamer stereotype.
And here I thought G4 understood us :smt017
lol

[SplinterCellMGS]

they need to have bands who played songs from video games that we know. they need to extend the time on g4ia cause each category matters and not showing the nominees and just the winners is stupid.

[MusicFan]

I didn't take the show seriously, and I have no clue why the hell anyone would. I really enjoyed when people dropped tidbits about games that they shouldn't have said, like Stan Lee announcing he was working with Atari on a game that will be based off an original character. We the gamers, believe or not, are really not going to get an awards show that really represents us, the industry awards do have integrity and should be taken seriously.

[DarthEvilDude]

i was just looking for something to watch and i saw G-Phoria 04. i immediately turned off my tv and fled for my computer, because award shows are a bore... and videogame ones suck even more. screw G4, i got better things to do.

[kirbyguy]

G-Phoria happened already? Oh... I was planning to watch that. Oh well, sounds like it was a bore.

[AcquiredTarget]

After watching the pre-show where Laura was interviewing some chick who said she didn't play video goames, but knew gys who did and that she was gonna go and kick some ass I was wondering if I wanted to watch it. After watching Laura interview Anna Nicole Smith I knew I didn't. So I did. I thought the wrap up show with Patrick and Morgan was better than the show.

[TwiztidICP]

I just caught the end of it because I was watching Man in the Mirror: The Michael Jackson Story. What I saw of g-phoria I am happy that I did miss most of it.

[True]

I just caught the end of it because I was watching Man in the Mirror: The Michael Jackson Story. What I saw of g-phoria I am happy that I did miss most of it.
Damn, Iforgot that MJ movie was coming on lol, how was it?

[eswat]

Haven't we had enough televised video game awards shows targeting an adolescent audience? I certainly hope one of these days we will see an award show that actually respects the industry AND the fans rather than respecting horny gamers.

[eswat]

Damn, Iforgot that MJ movie was coming on lol, how was it?

I only watched the last hour or so but it was very good. If you see it on listings give it a watch.

[Ichiban]

I still cant believed they showed G-Phoria on E!

[Ziggler]

I still cant believed they showed G-Phoria on E!

Ya I caught that too, pretty late last night...

[Dragoona]

They did? Well, crap. That's never a good thing....

[TwiztidICP]

Damn, Iforgot that MJ movie was coming on lol, how was it?

Like Mr Elusive said it was pretty good.

[Spartan-117]

I still cant believed they showed G-Phoria on E!

They did? LMAO, why would they do that?

[Ichiban]

They did? LMAO, why would they do that?

Yes they did, and I still dont know why! Maybe because E! has a fetish for Anna Nicole Smith, I dont know?

[Spartan-117]

Yes they did, and I still dont know why! Maybe because E! has a fetish for Anna Nicole Smith, I dont know?
LOL yeah true, why would they give her a show?

[MageMasher]

It Sucked It Sucked It Sucked

[Lord Moon]

All I can say is it was a little better than last year's g-phoria, but only a little. Maybe in 10 - 20 years they might put on a decent award show, something that doesn't insult our intelligence.

Uber-lame moment of the night, when they loaded the audience with people hired to wear "WHY?" shirts advertising Jadakiss' album while he performed on stage. <sarcasm> No that didn't look fake or staged at all. </sarcasm>

[Ziggler]

I saw this and it was pretty much a slap in the face for gamers... I mean if they want us to take it seriously they would think about it...

You're at the oscars... Celebrities are coming down the red carpet... are they asked "Do you watch movies?"... No, because you pretty much assume they do... But at G4ia there's celebrities that don't even play/care about games and they're outright saying it to us they just want to get their names out there... I don't know if If that explains what I mean but sort of... oh and did I hear Dave Navarro say he thought it was going to be the end of his career... why would they show that? : /

They need to get GAMERS, and there's nothing wrong with Celebrity gamers (I can think of a few... hal sparks, ben affleck, wayne brady...) because we can put a face on them easily... but don't throw a bunch of half-ass celebrities that have no idea what they're talking about and say "I'm old school I play frogger and pac-man" at us and expect us to like it...

Fin.

[Digital*Firefly]

I saw this and it was pretty much a slap in the face for gamers... I mean if they want us to take it seriously they would think about it...

You're at the oscars... Celebrities are coming down the red carpet... are they asked "Do you watch movies?"... No, because you pretty much assume they do... But at G4ia there's celebrities that don't even play/care about games and they're outright saying it to us they just want to get their names out there... I don't know if If that explains what I mean but sort of... oh and did I hear Dave Navarro say he thought it was going to be the end of his career... why would they show that? : /

They need to get GAMERS, and there's nothing wrong with Celebrity gamers (I can think of a few... hal sparks, ben affleck, wayne brady...) because we can put a face on them easily... but don't throw a bunch of half-ass celebrities that have no idea what they're talking about and say "I'm old school I play frogger and pac-man" at us and expect us to like it...

Fin.
my thoughts exactly, thanks for typing all that for me :)

[RAX]

G-Phoria sucked lol


It was really cheesy and lame lol



EDIT: Ziggler nailed it

[MalcolmBrass]

I saw this and it was pretty much a slap in the face for gamers... I mean if they want us to take it seriously they would think about it...

You're at the oscars... Celebrities are coming down the red carpet... are they asked "Do you watch movies?"... No, because you pretty much assume they do... But at G4ia there's celebrities that don't even play/care about games and they're outright saying it to us they just want to get their names out there... I don't know if If that explains what I mean but sort of... oh and did I hear Dave Navarro say he thought it was going to be the end of his career... why would they show that? : /

They need to get GAMERS, and there's nothing wrong with Celebrity gamers (I can think of a few... hal sparks, ben affleck, wayne brady...) because we can put a face on them easily... but don't throw a bunch of half-ass celebrities that have no idea what they're talking about and say "I'm old school I play frogger and pac-man" at us and expect us to like it...

Fin.

AMEN! You put my thoughts about the show down way better than I could have!

[Blackwolf]

I actually didn't watch it this year.

Looks like it was good I skipped it. :>

[ChangWang2K3]

I didn't take the show seriously, and I have no clue why the hell anyone would. I really enjoyed when people dropped tidbits about games that they shouldn't have said, like Stan Lee announcing he was working with Atari on a game that will be based off an original character. We the gamers, believe or not, are really not going to get an awards show that really represents us, the industry awards do have integrity and should be taken seriously.I'm finding more and more that that is true. Here's something I noticed--If G-Phoria were truly to be taken seriously, then what were the industry interviews and talks with the insiders in the Pulse After-Show should have actually been the on-stage acceptance speeches in the actual awards ceremony... Tony Hawk and his crew got almost 10 minutes to basically goof off on stage and plug his new game (I know it was one of the exclusive previews, but it was the timing that made it look like a shameless plug) and other games who won awards were represented by the likes of a lame Anna Nicole cosplay. Most of the categories weren't even featured in the show and were instead rattled off by the announcer between commercial breaks. What they needed more of, IMO were things like what they had in the after show--they talked to the producers, programmers, marketing directors, etc., who were actually the ones deserving of the awards--I also respect Mr. Kojima for his acceptance speech and I'm glad they gave the Legend Award to a real legend this time around...oh and did I hear Dave Navarro say he thought it was going to be the end of his career... why would they show that? : /I think he was referring to his parody of the "Star Wars Kid" movie...But maybe that's just me..:D

[g4gamer4lyfe55]

I missed the show but i heard it was really good i will try 2 catch it another time

[alexsan]

The Chronic Future performance was good

[MusicFan]

The Chronic Future performance was goodCool, I really recommend the whole album, it is just simply mindblowing.

[Sub-Z]

I watched pieces of it, got too bored to sit through the entire thing. I don't know why they can't just have the hosts of the shows and popular people out of the industry give out awards. B list celebs reading cue cards is just horrid. Xplay's award show last year was much better and it was just two people.

[Game_Bored]

I could see that they were trying to make it fun like the Mtv awards, and there was some cool spots, I think (I like when Tony Hawk got roasted). However, since G4 is still relatively a new and pretty low-budget niche cable station, the "celebrities" looked pretty sad in comparison to the typical event that they were trying to emulate.