GDC awards thing

Posted: Tue Feb 15, 2005 1:55 pm

[Community -> Update] - More info on Person: Chris Avellone | More info on Person: Brian Fargo

I wasn't going to post this as it didn't seem relevant, but since it's a relatively slow news day, here are the Game Developers Choice Awards.

New Studio

Cryptic Studios (City of Heroes)
- Michael Lewis
Crytek (Far Cry)
- Avni Yerli, Cevat Yerli, Faruk Yerli
inXile entertainment (The Bard's Tale)
- Brian Fargo, Matthew Findley
Obsidian Entertainment (Star Wars Knights of the Old Republic II: The Sith Lords)
- Chris Avellone, Chris Jones, Darren Monahan, Chris Parker, Feargus Urquhart
the Behemoth (Alien Hominid)
- Tom Fulp, Brandon LaCava, Dan Paladin

...

Writing

Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas (Rockstar North / Rockstar Games)
- Dan Houser, James Worrall
Half-Life 2 (Valve Software / Vivendi Universal Games)
- Marc Laidlaw
Leisure Suit Larry: Magna Cum Laude (High Voltage Software / Vivendi Universal Games)
- Matt Entin, Ed Kuehnel, Eric Nofsinger
Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door (Intelligent Systems / Nintendo)
- Nate Bihldorff, Ryota Kawade
Star Wars Knights of the Old Republic II: The Sith Lords (Obsidian Entertainment / LucasArts Entertainment)
- Chris Avellone

Well done Chris Avellone and Brian Fargo for getting nominated. I'm not too bothered about who wins, as long as Magna Cum Laude loses.

Spotted @ Blues News

Posted: Tue Feb 15, 2005 6:21 pm

Brian Fargo can die, Bard's Tale was shit.

Posted: Tue Feb 15, 2005 7:33 pm

Leisure Suit Larry for writing? This is like a sign of the apocalypse isn't it?What's next, Penthouse Forum for the Pulitzer Prize. Granted I haven't played this one, but I remember some of the earlier ones. Dude, the titty jokes are so tired, and the cheezy double entendre has all the subtlty of a sledgehammer. Real sophisticated shit.