If there ever was a piece of news that was received with less interest, I probably wasn't interested enough in noticing it. The academy has spoken, children, and as expected - a big, fat frog jumped out of its throat. Officially,  the game of the year is Half Life 2. A great victory for hype (read why here)! The rest of the winners are also pretty ridiculous - I would like to hear what was so damn innovative in HL2 (and if anyone says physics I will commit ritual suicide - having it does not excuse the sloppy implementation).
I am, of course, not shocked at all, since all these academy awards (in any industry) are generally bullshit. They either give the award to someone who is too old to know the difference and probably should have received the award ages ago, or to whatever generates the most hype. Seen any Oscar winning movies lately? They all suck, trust me. I laughed when I read the mission statement of the academy - find it here (looks like they have a lot to do in their life, that's probably why they always get it right :))

I am switching to misanthrope mode.