With how corrupt the gaming industry is, what do you guys think the chances of Mixtape getting a nomination spot in the 2026 Game Awards are? Or, God forbid, they manage to snag a few awards?
With how corrupt the gaming industry is, what do you guys think the chances of Mixtape getting a nomination spot in the 2026 Game Awards are? Or, God forbid, they manage to snag a few awards?
With how corrupt the gaming industry is, what do you guys think the chances of Mixtape getting a nomination spot in the 2026 Game Awards are? Or, God forbid, they manage to snag a few awards?
With how corrupt the gaming industry is, what do you guys think the chances of Mixtape getting a nomination spot in the 2026 Game Awards are? Or, God forbid, they manage to snag a few awards?
Now I'm just waiting for Democrat politicians to start shilling for Mixtape too. But which one would be the most likely to do so? AOC, despite trying to get gamer cred and failing miserably, i.e. the livestream she had with Tim Walz, doesn't seem to be the type to want to play this game.
Now I'm just waiting for Democrat politicians to start shilling for Mixtape too. But which one would be the most likely to do so? AOC, despite trying to get gamer cred and failing miserably, i.e. the livestream she had with Tim Walz, doesn't seem to be the type to want to play this game.
With how corrupt the gaming industry is, what do you guys think the chances of Mixtape getting a nomination spot in the 2026 Game Awards are? Or, God forbid, they manage to snag a few awards?
The Game Awards are in December—by that point, nobody on either side will even remember the game, and there's time for two or three other controversial games for journos to embarrass themselves over them. Unless they can keep the outrage ball rolling for 6 months, they aren't winning anything in any real category. Maybe Score and Music if Geoff is feeling particularly cheeky that day, but certainly not Best Independent Game. Recency bias is huge when it comes to the Dorito Pope awards.
That said, being a "big" Annapurna release usually guarantees at least one pity nomination spot, and it wouldn't surprise me if they tried to "gently persuade" Geoff & co. to force it into a couple extra categories.
It would be extremely funny if it won Innovation in Accessibility, though.
The Game Awards are in December—by that point, nobody on either side will even remember the game, and there's time for two or three other controversial games for journos to embarrass themselves over them. Unless they can keep the outrage ball rolling for 6 months, they aren't winning anything in any real category. Maybe score and music if Geoff is feeling particularly cheeky that day, but certainly not Best Independent Game. Recency bias is huge when it comes to the Dorito Pope awards.
That said, being a "big" Annapurna release usually guarantees at least one pity nomination spot, and it wouldn't surprise me if they tried to "gently persuade" Geoff & co. to force it into a couple extra categories.
It would be extremely funny if it won Innovation in Accessibility, though.
With how corrupt the gaming industry is, what do you guys think the chances of Mixtape getting a nomination spot in the 2026 Game Awards are? Or, God forbid, they manage to snag a few awards?
I think they'll have clips of it or honorable mentions. But I think they know how much vitriol this sack of shit stirred up.
Doesn't matter though the game awards is just a giant advertisement no one should watch to begin with.
Nobody lived this life. It does not exist. Even the Stand by Me type movies they obsess over don't do this. Not even Stranger fucking Things is this way.
It's guaranteed. Mixtape will win awards. The event has as much credibility as the Oscars at this point. In the same way that Emilia Pérez got 13 Oscar nominations while being a cinematic abomination, TLOU 2 got 11 award nominations while winning 7 of them, including GOTY. Hell, it's gonna be in the indie bracket despite being backed by the GDP of a small country.
Objective fact. Gollum doesn't have Mixtape's cringy dialogue and it has actual gameplay, horrible as it is. Strip the cutscenes from Mixtape and it has less than half an hour worth of player input.
Edit: Just for that extra bit of shitting on the awards, remember that they propped the fuck out of that worthless game Drunkman is making, "Intergalactic: The Bald Ugly Chick" or something.
Just for that extra bit of shitting on the awards, remember that they propped the fuck out of that worthless game Drunkman is making, "Intergalactic: The Bald Ugly Chick" or something.
Didn't the plot already leak and it was total ass? Not that I expect Druckman to make anything good, but it's gotta be extra ass for insiders to leak it that early like Wolverine.
Didn't the plot already leak and it was total ass? Not that I expect Druckman to make anything good, but it's gotta be extra ass for insiders to leak it that early like Wolverine.
