Readers of my recent post about the Spike TV Video Game Awards may recall my speculation that the show's Adivsory Board was "probably made up of members of the nominated magazines and Web sites, but I'm not sure." (emphasis added) If I had done just a tad bit more research, I'd have found a Nov. 10 press release that indeed reveals members of 1up.com, GameSpy.com, IGN, CNet (GameSpot's parent company) and the Official Xbox Magazine as judges for the shows non-journalism--related categories.
Among these and other myriad media members (including CNN/Money's Chris Morris, who pointed me to the release), you'll also find Spike TV's senior vice president of development and talent (who better to judge video games?) and the head of the Academy of Interactive Arts and Sciences (who, as an organization, have their own, slightly more respectable awards to worry about) on the Advisory Board. Interesting, to say the least.
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