Take that naysayers! I tried to tell you that “Star Wars: The Force Unleashed” was awesome, but you all didn’t want to listen. Instead, you all chose to give it average scores because it supposedly didn’t live up to the hype. Well, that same title has gone and won an award. It might not be for 2008’s best game, but that won’t stop me from gloating.
Alright, now that I have weeded out the clowns who made a beeline for the comment section, I can start the real article. Thanks to all who made the jump. You will be rewarded with choclate chip waffles.
While “The Force Unleashed” had its share of noticeable flaws, many would agree that there were a few bright spots. One being the game’s stellar narrative. According to Gamasutra, the Writers Guild of America recently honored Haden Blackman, Shawn Pitman, John Stafford and Cameron Suey with the Video Game Writing Award for their work on the LucasArts-developed title. The game bested four other nominees, namely “Fallout 3″ and “Tomb Raider: Underworld.”
Like I said above, “The Force Unleashed” was far from perfect; I certainly understood the disappointment many gamers felt. However, I also thought the title offered a tremendous story that did a great job of connecting “Revenge of the Sith” and “A New Hope.”
Oh, and about the waffles, you are on your own. Might I suggest a trip to the so-called “world’s leading server of waffles“? It might not be the cleanest restaurant chain, but its revolting trademark yellow has a certain charm to it. True story: I once saw a homeless dude dancing to an Alicia Keys song in an Atlanta Waffle House. Best late-night breakfast ever.
Source: Gamasutra
Author’s addition: Unfortunately, I failed to mention that only games penned by WGA members can be nominated. Thanks to Krelith for mentioning that in his/her comment.
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I’m not about to imply that the narrative was bad in any way (hell, I actually liked the game), but it’s competition consisted of only those games written by members of the writers guild. This not only meant that a bunch of games with great stories got ignored but also lead to some less than stellar competition. Primarily in the form of one game (can’t remember the name off hand), that was about being an angry teenage girl in school in the 1920s. Gratz, to the guy who won the award, but I wouldn’t go bragging about pounding any serious competition.
This is who was nominated for the award:
Command and Conquer: Red Alert 3
Dangerous High School Girls in Trouble!
Fallout 3
Star Wars: The Force Unleashed
Tomb Raider: Underworld
Based on the inclusion of the “Dangerous HS Girls” game, I have to wonder if those 5 games were the only ones written by WGA members.
I’m not going to knock the WGA for doing this, as it’s a step in the right direction for recognizing video games as an artform, but like Krelith said, I’m not really impressed with the competition.
You do really have to wonder though… if there were more games written by WGA members, how BAD must they have been to be outdone by Dangerous High School Girls in Trouble!?
Holy shit the killzone code on this page wasn’t used up yet!!! (I tried most of the other ones)
WIN!
Thanks sarcastic gamer!