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Darryn Bonthuys

The DICE Awards 2013: What the hell is going on?

February 8, 2013 at 3:30 pm | 23 Comments

And not just the band either. With the Dice summit underway in fabulous Las Vegas, we’ve seen a few exciting conferences from industry professionals, floating around new ideas, games and Hollywood partnerships. Screw all that though, because the event is better known for its awards that reward the best of the best in the industry. Except this year, some of the choices in various fields are just downright baffling.


Darryn Bonthuys

The Lazygamer Awards 2012 – Round up edition

December 24, 2012 at 9:00 am | 22 Comments

And with another year of gaming over and done with, we’ve celebrated the best of the best, in that digital domain. If you missed out on any of those awards though, or just feel like posting more comments about how Call of Duty Black Ops 2 should have won Best Game not about shooting people in the face, then here’s a list of all the posts which featured a shiny awards banner.


Darryn Bonthuys

The Lazygamer Awards 2012 – Game Of The Year

December 21, 2012 at 3:00 pm | 1 Comment

So here we are, this is the end, my beautiful friends…Ignoring that bit of reference from The Doors, this is the final award that we have to give out this year. It’s for the game that blew us away, that stole hours upon hours from our life, and gave back phenomenal gameplay and fun in return. And the Lazygamer game of the year 2012 award goes to…


Darryn Bonthuys

The Lazygamer Awards 2012 – Most Underrated Game

December 20, 2012 at 3:00 pm | 16 Comments

 

Not every game that hits shelves is guaranteed to be an overnight success. What sounds great on paper, may not translate into instant sales, as is the case with several games this year. We’ve seen some real niche titles, games that attempted to go their own way but failed to capture an audience, while other big budget productions have fallen to the wayside to be tragically forgotten. And the most underrated game of the year is…


Gavin Mannion

The Lazygamer Awards 2012–Best Sports Game

December 20, 2012 at 12:00 pm | 12 Comments

If there is one thing the team here at Lazygamer knows nothing about it’s sports, in our voting document for the awards these are the votes collated by this wonderous team...


Darryn Bonthuys

The Lazygamer Awards 2012 – Best Driving Game

December 20, 2012 at 11:15 am | 10 Comments

 

I live my life a quarter vote at a time. It wasn’t the most tightly contested genre in gaming this year, but when it came to racing games, there were quite a few games scrambling to reach the finish line. Only one of them could take the top spot on the podium though, and that speed demon was…


Darryn Bonthuys

The Lazygamer Awards 2012 – Best Voice Actor

December 19, 2012 at 2:00 pm | 21 Comments

If there’s one thing that gaming attracts, it’s talent. Skilled people from all walks of life have contributed to this medium in one way or another, and that’s something that really shines in the voice acting department. So, who had the best vocal chords to create a believable performance this year? That answer, was easy as the award goes to…


Darryn Bonthuys

The Lazygamer Awards 2012 – Best new IP

December 19, 2012 at 12:45 pm | 5 Comments

We’ve had plenty of sequels as usual this year, but nowhere near as many rule of three games as what 2011 saw. But mixed in with those twos, threes and fours were plenty of new games, ranging from action through to puzzle. But out of all those new intellectual properties, only one of them could be the best, and that brand spankin’ new future franchise is…


Darryn Bonthuys

The Lazygamer Awards 2012 – Best RPG

December 18, 2012 at 1:30 pm | 27 Comments

Twas the season to equip boots of +5 award-winning! 2012 was a big year for RPGs, as we saw the Diablo 3 finally released, alongside the likes of Guild Wars 2 and Kingdoms of Amalur. Some scored big, some failed hard and some were practically meh. But only one of those genre games could stand head and shoulders above the rest. And that winner is…


Darryn Bonthuys

All the winners of the Spike VGAs, right here!

December 10, 2012 at 12:30 pm | 58 Comments

The annual marketing event that was the Spike VGAs concluded this week, as the best of 2012 earned itself a few awards over the weekend. New trailers, new footage and Samuel L Jackson being a badass mother-lover made the show a step up from last year though, with the event making gaming acceptable and cool. Here’s a look at who won what at the glitzy event.


Darryn Bonthuys

All the teasers for the VGA Awards, right here!

December 6, 2012 at 5:00 pm | 25 Comments

Teasers. Teasers for trailers, which are in fact teasers for something bigger. Man, whoever came up with that idea, should be flogged, beaten and shot,  with brief snippets of that torture broadcast at various intervals to any agency who gets a similar idea in the future. The Spike VGAs are on this weekend, and like every year before it, it’s promising a few new debuts. Here’s a round up of all of them so far, because dedicating entire posts to just ten second clip would be lazy, amirite?


Gavin Mannion

Holding thumbs for TheBookmarks tonight

November 1, 2012 at 3:45 pm | 21 Comments

The what now? The Bookmarks is a local awards ceremony that is held every year and is currently sponsored by the BBC and FNB amongst others. The goal of the ceremony is to highlight the best media houses in the country and give them some reward for all their hard work.


Darryn Bonthuys

The Golden Joystick Awards 2012 – All the winners, right here!

October 29, 2012 at 3:30 pm | 38 Comments

The 2012 Golden Joystick awards was more than just your usual collection  of games being honoured this year, as the event celebrated a milestone 30th year in business. It was glitz, glamour and appreciation towards the games industry that night, or at least I think so. I’m blacklisted from the event, after that incident back in 2010 where I set a Guitar Hero band on fire. Jimi Hendrix told me to do it! Anyway, here are the winners, all listed below.

It's just us two.. and all those other freaks

Gavin Mannion

Game Critics Awards nominations are out

June 20, 2012 at 7:45 am | 29 Comments

One of the big post events of E3 is the Game Critics awards which are the awards given to games by the mainly American game critic nomination board which is made up from a selection of the largest gaming and entertainment publications in the industry.


Geoffrey Tim

Here are the Academy of Interactive Arts & Sciences’ best games of last year

February 10, 2012 at 1:30 pm | 17 Comments

Thought the world was done  bestowing accolades on last year’s games? You thought wrong - but the Academy of Interactive Arts and Science’s awards are a little different. Instead of winners being selected by the public or the gaming media, they’re voted on and chosen by the organisation’s 20 000-strong membership, made up of developers, artists, engineers, animators, game designers et al within the industry; the peers of those nominated.

Here are the winners of the 15th Annual Interactive Achievement awards:

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