Spike TV Videogame Awards

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I'm not a big fan of Spike. The "20 seconds of a hot chick" doesn't really do it for me between commercial breaks of MXC (even though I have to admit, they do make putting away dishes look very attractive). But I'll usually listen when there's gaming awards involved. Hearing the general concensus of an official board of gamer judges has to reflect some kind of sentiment of the gaming community.

And thank goodness for the Internet because at home, we like to keep our number of channels to a minimum--like 7, or 8 if you count the Spanish channel that I can't really understand. Simply, and without snarkiness, I dont have cable, satellite, what have you. So I found what I needed on Kotaku, Internet gods bless their little hearts. Here's what happened:

Game of the Year
BioShock
Halo 3
Mass Effect
The Orange Box

Best Shooter
Call of Duty 4: Modern Warfare
BioShock
Halo 3
The Orange Box

Best Action Game
Super Mario Galaxy
Assassin's Creed
God of War 2
Ratchet & Clank Future: Tools of Destruction

Best Rhythm Game
Rock Band
Guitar Hero Encore: Rock the 80s
Guitar Hero III: Legends of Rock
Jam Sessions

Best RPG
Mass Effect
Eternal Sonata
Final Fantasy Tactics: The War of the Lions
Shin Megami Tensei: Persona 3

Best Driving Game
Colin McRae: DiRT
Forza Motorsport 2
Need for Speed ProStreet
Project Gotham Racing 4

Best Military Game
Call of Duty 4: Modern Warfare
Ghost Recon Advanced Warfighter 2
Tom Clancy's Rainbow Six Vegas
World in Conflict

Studio of the Year
Harmonix
Bungie Studios
Irrational Games
Valve

Best Graphics
Crysis
BioShock
Call of Duty 4: Modern Warfare
Mass Effect

Breakthrough Technology
Portal
Crysis
Halo 3
Rock Band

Best PS3 Game
Ratchet & Clank Future: Tools of Destruction
Heavenly Sword
Uncharted: Drake's Fortune
Warhawk

Best Wii Game
Super Mario Galaxy
The Legend of Zelda: Twilight Princess
Metroid Prime 3: Corruption
Super Paper Mario

Best Xbox 360 Game
BioShock
Halo 3
Mass Effect
The Orange Box

Best PC Game
The Orange Box
BioShock
Crysis
World in Conflict

Best Individual Sports Game
Skate
Tiger Woods PGA Tour 08
Tony Hawk's Proving Ground
Virtua Tennis 3

Best Team Sports Game
Madden NFL 08
NBA 2K8
NHL 08
Winning Eleven: Pro Evolution Soccer 2007

Best Handheld Game
The Legend of Zelda: Phantom Hourglass
Final Fantasy Tactics: The War of the Lions
Syphon Filter: Logan's Shadow
Puzzle Quest: Challenge of the Warlords

Best Game Based on a Movie or TV Show
The Simpsons Game
Naruto: Rise of a Ninja
Stranglehold

Best Soundtrack
Rock Band
BioShock
Guitar Hero III: Legends of Rock
Tony Hawk's Proving Ground

Best Original Score
BioShock
God of War 2
Halo 3
Mass Effect

Best Multiplayer Game
Halo 3
Call of Duty 4: Modern Warfare
Rock Band
The Orange Box

Most Addictive Game Fueled by Dew
Halo 3
Guitar Hero III: Legends of Rock
Team Fortress 2
Wii Sports

--All results from Kotaku.com, not your.family.games

Congrats, to Bioshock on game of the year--it was well-deserved. I'm also really happy to see Portal and Rachet & Clank pick up some kudos.

And best of all, Halo 3 did not run the show. In fact, it only got one award because I refuse to accept something branded with Mountain Dew as an actual award. When they sold their special "gaming fuel" with Halo 3's launch that was fine and tolerable, but commercialism can only go so far. Halo's single-player mode is run-of-the-mill, but the multi-player is pretty fun and reason enough to purchase it for your HaloBox 360. I'm happy to see an over-rated game didn't sweep the show.