The Gamertag
I was watching the VGA awards last night. Except I wasn’t really, I was watching the so called ‘Pre-Show’, the equivalent of hounding the stars on the red carpet, complete with annoying presenter and stupid gimmicks. Essentially, they grabbed whoever was remotely famous (had been in a film or sung on a CD), asked them why they were there, and made them play the first level of Super Mario Bros. without dying. In all fairness, it wasn’t as stupid as it could have been, except that the presenter (a woman who couldn’t seem to shut up… ever) immediately opened with the question ‘Are you a gamer?’ This would seem to be the main problem preventing gaming from becoming as accepted as film or music.