Comments on: Force Unleashed scribes recognized by the WGA

By: Will

Will — Wed, 11 Feb 2009 02:25:36 +0000

Holy shit the killzone code on this page wasn’t used up yet!!! (I tried most of the other ones)

WIN!

Thanks sarcastic gamer!

By: Krelith

Krelith — Tue, 10 Feb 2009 21:24:06 +0000

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!?

By: MagusGamer

MagusGamer — Tue, 10 Feb 2009 20:55:35 +0000

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.

By: Krelith

Krelith — Tue, 10 Feb 2009 19:52:24 +0000

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.