From its debut, these Video Game Awards shows (the VGAs if you will) have been mothing more than a shallow attempt to pander to the simpler minded gamers, while providing an overdrawn extravagance with its unnecessary filler. Aside from the very first VGAs (which actually featured WWE superstars Rey Mysterio and Trish Stratus against Chris Jericho and Victoria in an intergender tag team match), this so-called yearly stage for gaming excellence has been anything but excellent. Just when you think the bottom of the barrel has been scraped, Spike TV and the shows producers seem to unearth another layer below that barrel. Although the first show can still be considered the worst, since 2004 the steady decline of quality, genuine care for the matter at hand, and the unknown process for most of the nominations and nominees have lead to panning across the board, making this award show a virtual joke. I’m sure most of us can gather together why the VGAs are an unfaithful representation of awarding excellence to developers and publishers. So lets take this opportunity to do so; why aren’t the VGAs properly representing games, gamers and gaming as a whole?

Leave some suggestions as to how you would change the VGAs for the better, but submitting a comment at the end of the article.

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