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Guessing games: predicting the 2011 VGA winners
by Andrew Testerman
5.12.11

Spike has rolled out its nominees for this year’s VGAs, everyone's favourite awards show based largely on what Spike thinks gamers like.

Disregarding the actual quality of the show (which, when discussing something like the VGAs, is probably for the best), this year’s nominees list looks pretty solid, one that Geoff Keighley and everyone involved can be proud of.

Since the best part of any given awards show is speculating who will win, I thought I’d run through the nominee list and give my predictions about who will walk away victorious. The VGAs aren’t intended to be a prestigious, designer-focussed event like the Academy Awards (those are the AIAS Awards), which can make them trickier to make guesses about. Still, I feel pretty confident about my choices, and if you wanted to use them as a basis for your choices in this year’s VGA pool (you guys do that too, right?), I certainly wouldn’t hold it against you.


Game of the Year


Nominees

Batman: Arkham City Warner Bros / Rocksteady Studios
The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim Bethesda Softworks / Bethesda Game Studios
The Legend of Zelda: Skyward Sword Nintendo
Portal 2 Valve
Uncharted 3: Drake’s Deception Sony / Naughty Dog

Predictions

Winner: The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim
Dark horse: Batman: Arkham City

This year’s Game of the Year nominee list is perhaps the strongest one since the VGAs’ inception, with every single title receiving at least one perfect score from a major publication, and critical love surrounding all of them. The VGAs have traditionally chosen open-world titles in the past, and The Elder Scrolls IV: Oblivion won Game of the Year back in 2005, making Skyrim a pretty safe bet. There is a chance Arkham City could knock Skyrim out, as its smaller open world and more-focussed experience have the potential to trump Skyrim's enormous, sometimes daunting one. A Wii game has never won the prize, so Zelda is likely out, and Portal 2 was released too long ago to be fresh in the mind of the VGA voters, especially in favour of heavy hitters like Skyrim and Batman. Uncharted’s huge set pieces and tight story could win the day, but Skyrim’s breadth of choice will likely be more attractive than Uncharted’s highly-scripted gameplay style.


Studio of the Year


Nominees

Bethesda Game Studios
Naughty Dog
Rocksteady Studios
Valve

Predictions

Winner: Valve
Dark horse: Bethesda Game Studios

Unlike the Oscars, where Best Director and Best Picture are nearly always the same film, the VGAs have never had a single game take both Game of the Year and Studio of the Year. With that in mind, I think Valve has a good shot at this year’s Studio of the Year title. Whilst not necessarily Game of the Year material when compared to Skyrim, Portal 2 was one of the best-developed titles this year, with incredible attention paid to how the player experiences the game. Coupled with Valve’s continued support for their old games and their dedication to the Steam platform, it’s inconceivable that Valve won’t get it. However, voters may take into account Bethesda’s incredible code-wizardry for cramming the entirety of Skyrim onto one disc, a feat which other huge RPGs, like Mass Effect 2 and Final Fantasy XIII, have had trouble with. Naughty Dog’s set piece control may be recognised, but many of Uncharted 3’s best moments were also seen in 2009’s Uncharted 2, making it easy for voters to say "Yes, but..." Rocksteady’s work won them Studio of the Year in 2009 for Batman: Arkham Asylum, but their jack-of-all-trades approach to their Arkham City open world seems less revolutionary this year, especially when compared to other titles.


Best Xbox 360 game


Nominees

Batman: Arkham City Warner Bros / Rocksteady Studios
Forza Motorsport 4 Microsoft Studios / Turn 10 Studios
Gears of War 3 Microsoft Studios / Epic Games
Portal 2 Valve

Predictions

Winner: Batman: Arkham City
Dark horse: Gears of War 3

It seems odd that Portal 2 is considered an Xbox 360 game, given that Gabe Newell has made it no secret that the PS3 is the preferred console for the title, but its clever puzzles and sculpted design make it a strong case for Best Xbox 360 game. However, the likely winner is Batman: Arkham City, with its huge open world, strong story element, and the myriad of reasons (read: collectables) included to keep gamers coming back. All things considered though, the usurper just might be Gears of War 3, with its four-player co-op and wealth of multiplayer options. Forza is out — though it’s one of the year’s top driving games, the VGAs generally ignore racing titles in favour of more action fare.


Best PS3 game


Nominees

Infamous 2 Sony / Sucker Punch
Killzone 3 Sony / Guerrilla Games
LittleBigPlanet 2 Sony / Media Molecule
Uncharted 3: Drake’s Deception Sony / Naughty Dog

Predictions

Winner: Uncharted 3: Drake’s Deception
Dark horse: LittleBigPlanet 2

Naughty Dog’s tribute to all things adventure has far too much going for it not to win Best PS3 game, though voters with good memories may favour the incredible depth presented in LittleBigPlanet 2’s creative tools. It's true that Infamous 2 is a worthy follow-up to the open-world superhero antics of the first game, but my bet is the voters will show their open-world love to other games. Killzone 3 has some chance, but doesn’t hit as high as other shooters this year.


Best Wii game


Nominees

Disney's Epic Mickey Disney Interactive / Junction Point Studios
Kirby's Return to Dream Land Nintendo / Hal Laboratory
Lost In Shadow Hudson Entertainment
The Legend of Zelda: Skyward Sword Nintendo

Predictions

Winner: The Legend of Zelda: Skyward Sword
Dark horse: Disney’s Epic Mickey

No contest. Perhaps the last huge title on the Wii, Skyward Sword makes good on every single promise Nintendo has made about motion controls in gaming, and unlike many of the Wii’s best titles, it’s near-impossible to consider Skyward Sword being played without them. I'm sure that most voters enjoyed Warren Spector’s take on Disney’s most valued icon, which gives Disney’s Epic Mickey a chance, however, the game was released too long ago, and was too critically-divided, all of which will most likely prevent it from taking home Best Wii game. Lost in Shadow has exceptional art direction, and Kirby’s Return to Dream Land is a satisfying return to consoles for Nintendo’s pink puffball, but neither have the chops to compete with what some are calling Nintendo’s best Zelda title.


Best PC game


Nominees

Battlefield 3 Electronic Arts / DICE
Minecraft Mojang
The Witcher 2: Assassins of Kings Atari / CD Projekt
Portal 2 Valve

Predictions

Winner: Minecraft
Dark horse: The Witcher 2: Assassins of Kings

This category can go one of two ways. The first way recognises one of the most graphically-impressive titles of the year, along with its distinctly PC-flavoured action and its mature, non-traditional take on the fantasy genre. The other honours perhaps the biggest breakout hit in gaming in the last five years, one that gives players nearly-endless freedom in expressing themselves creatively. I’m opting for the latter; good as the other three titles are, none of them have become the phenomenon that Minecraft has.


Best Handheld/Mobile game


Nominees

Ghost Trick: Phantom Detective Capcom
Infinity Blade Epic Games / Chair Entertainment
Super Mario 3D Land Nintendo
Jetpack Joyride Halfbrick Studios

Predictions

Winner: Super Mario 3D Land
Dark horse: Infinity Blade

Again, no contest. Super Mario 3D Land has taken even the chilliest 3DS non-fans and brought them in, providing more addictive Mario platforming, whilst making perhaps the best use of Nintendo’s much-vaunted 3D technology. Leave it to Nintendo to show everyone how it’s done. Infinity Blade may create a strong impression, based on how Chair and Epic have managed to create such high-quality graphics in the mobile space (using Unreal 3, no less), but gameplay has never been the title’s selling point. Both Ghost Trick and Jetpack Joyride are too niche for something like the VGAs.


Best Shooter


Nominees

Battlefield 3 Electronic Arts / DICE
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 3 Activision / Infinity Ward / Sledgehammer Games
Gears of War 3 Microsoft Studios / Epic Games
Rage Bethesda Softworks / Id Software

Predictions

Winner: Call Of Duty: Modern Warfare 3
Dark Horse: Rage

Infinity Ward has cranked it all the way to eleven this year with Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 3, with World War 3 taking the spotlight in its drum-tight single-player, and its now-signature responsive shooting shines during competitive multiplayer and its two flavours of cooperative play. Battlefield 3’s weak single-player will be taken into account, no matter how good the multiplayer is, and Gears of War 3’s broad, galumphing gameplay will suffer by comparison to the lightning-fast mechanics of its competitors. Rage’s enormous game environments and imaginative art design may help to give it the edge, but Call of Duty has won in every single year it’s been nominated for an award (except 2006’s middling Call of Duty 3), and Modern Warfare 3 looks set to hang onto the throne another year.


Best Action/Adventure game


Nominees

Assassin's Creed: Revelations Ubisoft / Ubisoft Montréal et al
Batman: Arkham City Warner Bros / Rocksteady Studios
The Legend of Zelda: Skyward Sword Nintendo
Uncharted 3: Drake’s Deception Sony / Naughty Dog

Predictions

Winner: The Legend of Zelda: Skyward Sword
Dark Horse: Batman: Arkham City

Of all of the VGA categories, Best Action/Adventure game is the vaguest, with past nominees including Super Mario Galaxy 2, God of War III and Dead Space. All of the previous winners have been open-world titles (Grand Theft Auto IV, Batman: Arkham Asylum, Assassin’s Creed: Brotherhood), so it’s tempting to hedge bets that Arkham City will emerge the victor. No one does action/adventure like The Legend of Zelda, though, and it seems unlikely that Link’s latest effort will go unrewarded. Assassin’s Creed: Revelations has received less critical love than past titles, and Uncharted went down to Batman last time they met.


Best RPG


Nominees

Dark Souls Namco Bandai / From Software
Deus Ex: Human Revolution Square Enix / Eidos Studios – Montreal
Dragon Age II Electronic Arts / Bioware
The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim Bethesda Softworks / Bethesda Game Studios

Predictions

Winner: The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim
Dark Horse: Dark Souls

Similar to how Wall Street used to be, Skyrim is too big to fail. From the size of the game world to the sheer amount of different play options, Skyrim is the ultimate in role-playing this year. If there’s one title with any hope to bring it down, though, it’s Dark Souls, with a deep character-building system and sprawling, dangerous game environment. Deus Ex: Human Revolution leans too close to the shooter genre to compete with such traditional RPGs, and Dragon Age II hasn’t fared wonderfully well among critics.


Best Multiplayer game


Nominees

Battlefield 3 EA / DICE
CoD: Modern Warfare 3 Activision / Infinity Ward / Sledgehammer Games
Gears of War 3 Microsoft Studios / Epic Games
Portal 2 Valve

Predictions

Winner: Battlefield 3
Dark Horse: Portal 2

Every game in this year’s category features co-operative play, with Portal 2’s two-player puzzle-solving bringing the most unique co-op experience. However, when it comes to massive conflicts and an incredible variety of moment-to-moment gameplay, Battlefield 3 takes the cake with ease, especially if voters consider the 64-player PC version. Gears of War 3’s four-player co-op, competitive matches and one-two punch of Horde and Beast modes might tip the scale, but the VGAs skipped over the previous Gears of War game. Call of Duty hasn’t taken home a VGA in multiplayer yet, and its similarities to previous games won’t give it enough kick to win over so many other unique multiplayer experiences.


Best Individual Sports game


Nominees

Fight Night Champion EA Sports / EA Canada
Tiger Woods PGA Tour 12: The Masters EA Sports / EA Tiburon
Top Spin 4 2K Sports / 2K Czech
Virtua Tennis 4 Sega

Predictions

Winner: Tiger Woods PGA Tour 12: The Masters
Dark Horse: Fight Night Champion

Best Individual Sports game tends to favour action sports titles like Shawn White Snowboarding or Tony Hawk’s Project 8, but with nary a kickflip or mute grab to be seen, it’s a bit tougher to call. Tiger Woods finally took home the prize last year after five attempts, and this year’s game adds further improvements, making it a safe choice. Fight Night Champion’s gutsy, story-driven career mode might sway votes, though, especially considering its already-solid gameplay. The VGAs have never, ever favoured tennis, and the idea that two are competing is a bit silly, regardless of how solid both titles actually are.


Best Team Sports Game


Nominees

FIFA 12 EA Sports / EA Canada
NBA 2K12 2K Sports / Visual Concepts
NHL 12 EA Sports / EA Canada
MLB '11: The Show Sony / SCE Studios San Diego

Predictions

Winner: NBA 2K12
Dark Horse: NHL 12

In light of the recent troubles with the NBA 2011-2012 season, 2K Sports has given perhaps the best entry in its highly-acclaimed hoops series, and though the NBA’s Greatest mode is a hollow attempt to re-catch the Jordan Challenge lightning in a bottle, the rest is gravy, with smooth, strategic hoops action and wonderful presentation. Being an American awards ceremony, the chances that EA Sports’ new and outstanding FIFA title will win a VGA are slim, but many critics gave it positive reviews, so perhaps it’s not wise to count it out just yet. EA’s NHL series has competed with the NBA 2K series throughout the category’s history, and this year’s solid entry may just put NBA 2K12 in the penalty box. MLB ’11: The Show ranked highly, but baseball has never taken a VGA in team sports as yet.


Best Driving game


Nominees

Dirt 3 Codemasters
Driver: San Francisco Ubisoft / Ubisoft Reflections
Forza Motorsport 4 Microsoft Studios / Turn 10 Studios
Need For Speed: The Run Electronic Arts / EA Black Box

Predictions

Winner: Forza Motorsport 4
Dark Horse: Dirt 3

Due to an oddity during both last and this year's voting period, Gran Turismo 5 was not eligible to recieve votes in the 2010 VGAs, and seems to have been forgotten for 2011. And with GT5 out of the running, Forza Motorsport 4 has a wide-open path to secure supremacy as Best Driving game, with a deep, customisable driving experience, and nearly unrivalled options for user creativity. Dirt 3’s take on rally racing may end up stealing the throne (it did back in 2007), but it'll have an uphill battle to achieve it. Driver: San Francisco’s joyriding action might seem far too removed for voters looking for a racing experience, and Need For Speed: The Run’s Michael Bay-style take on racing will come off as a 'diet' version of Need For Speed: Hot Pursuit.


Best Fighting game


Nominees

The King of Fighters XIII Atlus / SNK Playmore
Marvel Vs. Capcom 3: Fate Of Two Worlds Capcom
Mortal Kombat Warner Bros. / Netherrealm Studios
WWE All Stars THQ / THQ San Diego

Predictions

Winner: Mortal Kombat
Dark Horse: Marvel Vs. Capcom 3: Fate of Two Worlds

Responsive controls, balanced fighting and a heaped helping of nostalgia helped Mortal Kombat to sell a metric crapload back in April, and there’s no reason to assume that these factors won’t help it to take home a VGA. If anyone has a chance, though, it’s Marvel vs. Capcom 3: Fate of Two Worlds, bringing gonzo action and a huge amount of fan service to the table. King of Fighters XIII is too niche for the VGAs in the face of such well-known titles, and WWE All Stars doesn’t offer a competitive-enough take on the fighting genre (see 2007, when Super Smash Bros. Brawl lost to Soul Calibur IV).


Best Motion Game


Nominees

Child of Eden Ubisoft / Q Entertainment
Dance Central 2 Microsoft Studios / Harmonix
The Legend of Zelda: Skyward Sword Nintendo
The Gunstringer Microsoft Studios / Twisted Pixel

Predictions

Winner: The Legend of Zelda: Skyward Sword
Dark Horse: The Gunstringer

The Legend of Zelda: Skyward Sword is a fantastic game, aided in no small part by its motion controls, which turn every battle into a mini-puzzle, and give players new ways to interact with the world in ways that don’t suck even in the slightest. Child of Eden is too Japanese for the VGAs, despite Q Entertainment’s high pedigree, and Dance Central 2 seems too conventional a choice. This leaves The Gunstringer, Twisted Pixel’s quirky, surprisingly fun puppet-show shooter, with the best chance of raining on Link’s parade, but the odds aren’t in its favour.


Best Independent game


Nominees

Bastion Supergiant Games
Minecraft Mojang
Superbrothers: Sword and Sworcery EP Capybara Games
The Binding of Isaac Edmund McMillen

Predictions

Winner: Minecraft
Dark Horse: Bastion

To put this in perspective, more people have played Minecraft’s pre-release builds than many fully-finished games will ever see. Minecraft is the poster-child for how to build and market a successful indie game, and has this category positively on lock. Bastion has critical acclaim behind it, Superbrothers: Sword and Sworcery EP received awards acclaim earlier this year, and The Binding of Isaac merges deep themes with its Zelda-throwback gameplay, but all of the above thoughts on why Minecraft will win apply here.


Best Adapted videogame


Nominees

Back To The Future: The Game Telltale Games
Batman: Arkham City Warner Bros Interactive / Rocksteady Studios
Captain America: Super Soldier Sega / Next Level Games
Lego Star Wars III: The Clone Wars Lucasarts / Traveller's Tales

Nominees

Winner: Batman: Arkham City
Dark Horse: Lego Star Wars III: The Clone Wars

No contest. Arkham City is one of the best licensed games ever, and the idea that it would lose to the likes of Captain America: Super Soldier is quite laughable. And, though it features excellent use of the license, it’s unlikely the VGAs will warm up to Telltale’s particular brand of adventure game in favour of Arkham City. If Lego Star Wars has a chance at all, it’s only because it’s one of the best games in its series, but at this point it’s almost wishful thinking.


Best Song in a Game


Nominees

Build That Wall (Zia’s Theme) by Darren Korb, Bastion
Exile Vilify by The National, Portal 2
I'm Not Calling You a Liar by Florence + the Machine, Dragon Age II
Setting Sail, Coming Home (End Theme) by Darren Korb, Bastion
Want You Gone by Jonathan Coulton, Portal 2

Predictions

Winner: Want You Gone, from Portal 2
Dark Horse: I’m Not Calling You a Liar, from Dragon Age II

Unlike past years, this year’s Best Song in a Game category is free of licensed music, or at least music that wasn’t produced specifically for a game, and the crop of songs is rather strong. Bastion has two killer cuts; 'Build That Wall' builds a bluesy, stark atmosphere, whilst 'Setting Sail, Coming Home' evokes the sort of feeling of finality that fits its ending theme nature, plus a cameo from the former track. Florence + the Machine saw 'I’m Not Calling You A Liar', from their debut album Lungs, repurposed by Dragon Age II composer Inon Zur for inclusion on the game’s soundtrack, with Florence’s indie sound supplemented by symphonic touches and large-sounding percussion. In my experience, though, it’s unwise to bet against Jonathan Coulton, and 'Want You Gone' is a hell of an earworm, perfectly capturing GLaDOS’s sarcasm and character, whilst providing a rollicking drum-and-bass-influenced pop sound. Having said all that, there is no precedent to the inclusion of so much original material in this category to draw conclusions from, making Best Song in a Game anyone’s contest.


Best Original Score


Nominees

Bastion Warner Bros. / Supergiant Games
Batman: Arkham City Warner Bros. / Rocksteady Studios
Deus Ex: Human Revolution Square Enix / Eidos Montréal
Portal 2 Valve

Predictions

Winner: Batman: Arkham City
Dark Horse: Portal 2

Batman: Arkham City hits all of the dramatic notes that players have come to expect since Danny Elfman first gave the dark knight a theme in 1989, with a healthy dose of electronic undertones. By contrast, Deus Ex: Human Revolution is almost entirely electronic, which fits well with its gameplay themes. Bastion’s guitar-driven score matches its wanderer motif to a tee, as does Portal 2’s blip-bloopy take on its abandoned science facilities. There’s very little through-line between past Best Original Score winners, except perhaps a touch of 'biggest atmosphere wins', making Arkham City a reasonably safe choice.


Best Graphics


Nominees

Batman: Arkham City Warner Bros. / Rocksteady Studios
L.A. Noire Rockstar Games / Team Bondi
Rage Bethesda Softworks / id Software
Uncharted 3: Drake’s Deception Sony / Naughty Dog

Predictions

Winner: Rage
Dark Horse: L.A. Noire

Rage looks so good, it needed two discs to play on the Xbox 360. From its art direction to its buttery-smooth presentation, Rage is an absolute graphical beast, especially on consoles. If anyone can compete, though, it’s Rockstar’s L.A. Noire, with its exceptional facial animation technology that also spreads the experience across multiple discs on Microsoft's console. Compared to these two, Uncharted 3 and Arkham City’s graphical improvements are only subtle, and much less likely to capture the imagination of voters than their other competitors.


Best Performance by a Human Male


Nominees

J.K. Simmons as Cave Johnson, Portal 2
Mark Hamill as The Joker, Batman: Arkham City
Nolan North as Nathan Drake, Uncharted 3: Drake’s Deception
Stephen Merchant as Wheatley, Portal 2

Predictions

Winner: Mark Hamill
Dark Horse: Stephen Marchant

Arkham City is ostensibly Mark Hamill’s last stint as The Joker, and if this is true, he picked a hell of a high note to go out on, with a masterfully-voiced performance balancing equal notes comic and menace. The Joker also has the advantage of being a known role, which sometimes helps at the VGAs. Strong, too, is Stephen Merchant’s Wheatley, whose loose, almost improvisational delivery makes Wheatley’s performance sound alarmingly personal. J.K. Simmons’ Cave Johnson is a hoot, but doesn’t have enough time to shine in the game compared to Wheatley, and Nolan North’s umpteenth (though still enjoyable) performance as Nathan Drake will likely not be as noteworthy as the other nominees. That said, the Best Performance by a Human Male award last year was a set-up to a horrific comedy routine as Neal Patrick Harris argued with himself, so we’ll see if Spike plays it 'for real' this time.


Best Performance by a Human Female


Nominees

Claudia Black as Chloe Frazer, Uncharted 3: Drake’s Deception
Ellen Mclain as GLaDOS, Portal 2
Emily Rose as Elena Fisher, Uncharted 3: Drake’s Deception
Tara Strong as Harley Quinn, Batman: Arkham City

Predictions

Winner: Ellen McLain
Dark Horse: Emily Rose

Unlike the male category, Human Female was treated as a legitimate award last year, with Tricia Helfer winning for her performance as Sarah Kerrigan in StarCraft II. Emily Rose’s Elena Fisher covered many different emotional notes, with her best one being a quiet, intimate moment with Drake near the end of the second act, and her presence both in the game and as one of gaming’s strongest female characters are enough to make her a consideration. When it comes to memorable female roles, though, few can top the unsettlingly sarcastic GLaDOS, who has practically become the face of the Portal series. Tara Strong’s filling-in for Arleen Sorkin is note-perfect, though perhaps a little melodramatic (which actually suits the character well), and Claudia Black’s Chloe gets shuttled off too quickly to make a lasting impression.


Best Downloadable game


Nominees

Bastion Warner Bros. / Supergiant Games
Insanely Twisted Shadow Planet Microsoft Studios / Fuelcell Games
Stacking THQ / Double Fine
Iron Brigade (previously Trenched) Microsoft Studios / Double Fine

Predictions

Winner: Bastion
Dark Horse: Stacking

We really liked Bastion when we reviewed it this year, and newcomer Supergiant Games’ debut title’s inventive art and narrative direction should help it to take home a VGA. Insanely Twisted Shadow Planet boasted some of the most unique art of the year, but its basic (though still fun) Metroidvania design was less praised by critics. Trenched - recently renamed Iron Brigade - offered a unique, more action-oriented approach to tower-defence games, but was critically mixed. Double Fine’s other title, Stacking, has perhaps the other biggest chance to win Best Downloadable game, with a lengthy storyline, charming old-timey art direction and diabolically clever point-and-click adventure gameplay.


Best DLC


Nominees

Old World Blues for Fallout: New Vegas - Bethesda
Arrival for Mass Effect 2 - EA
Freddy Krueger for Mortal Kombat - Warner Bros.
Peer Review for Portal 2 - Valve

Predictions

Winner: Arrival for Mass Effect 2
Dark Horse: Old World Blues for Fallout: New Vegas

It is rare that a piece of DLC expands on a game’s single player mode, and rarer still is one that succeeds as well as Arrival, which not only acts as a satisfying chunk of standalone content, but also helps to bridge the gap between the current title and its sequel. Peer Review was free, but often lacks the magic of Portal 2’s initial campaign, and Mortal Kombat’s Freddy Krueger was about as close to fighting game horse armour as one could get. Old World Blues adds a quirky, 1950’s B-picture element to Fallout: New Vegas’ campaign, but its episodic nature could compare unfavourably to Arrival’s near-essential playing status.


Finally, after eight years, the VGAs have a nominee list that is one hundred percent respectable, with nary a 50 Cent: Bulletproof-calibre gaffe in sight. If Spike can get its collective hormones in order, without trying to pander to its previous notions of what ‘gamers’ will want to watch, this may well be the first year that watching the VGAs was actually worth my time.

The Spike Video Game Awards air live on Saturday, 10 December on Spike, MTV2 and Spike.com at 8:00pm EST.

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