u/geoffmk

He was a long standing member of the Academy.

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no farming sims this year, sorry

lol yes on shorter show, not sure the rest is accurate to what i said....but you'll find out Thurs :)

Yes, that's correct so far as I know, although I haven't seen all the show ads.

Yep i finished it

Yep, we text every once in a while - he's a good dude

I appreciate the question and it's certainly something I think about...a lot.

I am proud of what I said on stage last year, and deliberately did not want to start shaming specific people or companies. I could have said whatever I wanted, no one approved the speech. I spent a lot of time thinking about what to say, and asked the advice of many people across the industry. It's sadly a larger, industry-wide issue. I thought it was important to mention it, and for everyone to think about it when they are deciding which games to buy, which games to play, which companies to support. There are some people on my team who didn't even want me to open the show on such a down note, but I did think something had to be said.

And look, it's totally fair if you think I didn't say enough or should have said something different. What would you have said?

To me, what I can do best is work on programs like our Future Class, which recognizes the next generation of talent, and also feature lots of awesome indie game or traditional games in our show that empower developers who don't work within these big mega-companies. I find that to be much more constructive, but you can feel free to disagree of course.

This is a really difficult subject to navigate. And I value the feedback. So feel free to chime in and we can discuss more!

It sort of depends on the year - we've got some great stuff for you at the beginning and end of the show this year I think, and great stuff in between too! Naturally the middle might feel a little less exciting, but hopefully the pacing is good!

Nope, we have zero interest in putting the show on traditional television.

I don't know it's bots - I think it's fan bases activating to support a game, or a game promoting its nomination to its fan base. This is part of the reason we don't have 100% fan voting in the main categories. It tends to be which companies promote their nominations and which fan bases activate the drive the voting. But we'll looking into this now!

Prob Monkey Island 2

Kyle is working on the show!

Which leaks are those? There was some bad/fake leak a few days ago of a poster of our "lineup" which was totally incorrect. People just make things up or "guess" what will be there. I'm sure people will accurately "guess" some things in the show.

We don't do the show on a calendar year setup. The Grammys and Tonys and Emmys aren't on calendar years either I don't believe. Usually most big games are out by Thanksgiving in the US (late Nov), so it's just how it works out. And oftentimes December games can be nominated for GOTY the next year.

Nope

Actually, the MASK IS COMING BACK next week. Reddit Exclusive. Stay tuned for details.

It's a balance, I don't know the exact timings of things. I'm sure there will be sections when we have lots of world premieres in a row. The audience continually tells us they want to see lots of new game content.

Hahah yes, I do miss that!

They are eligible in those categories - it's just what gets the most votes

I don't think we have that many CG trailers. There are a couple that I remember, but generally a lot of gameplay.

The main thing is that the people who vote on the awards know nothing about what's going on at the show -- who the sponsors are, which companies are involved or not. We don't even require people to pay a submission fee to be eligible, which a lot of other awards shows do.

The pre-show is being re-branded this year as the "Opening Act" to TGA. It's really the exact same show and stream. I don't host it, but it's from the theater, we have some HUGE announcements, etc. So I get the perception that it's lesser, but it really isn't. It's just more content. When you go to YouTube to watch the show after, the Opening Act is what you see first.