fully agree that not enough time was spent on game devs this year (again) and way too much time was spent on movie stars. game devs were just brushed off and their awards were announced in spitfire commentary between elite cameos and matthew fucking mcconaughey for some reason. more games, less movie-adjacent projects. someone tweeted, "if you make games, you get 30 seconds to talk at the Game Awards. If you make movies, you get 5 minutes to talk at the Game Awards." more celebrating the people who work tirelessly behind the scenes instead of receiving next to nothing when it comes to acknowledgement at an awards show meant for gaming. don't shoo them off stage because you need to make more time for hollywood actors.
it's been a few days (and eight years since his initial speech) but I am still thinking about greg miller's acceptance speech from when he won for trending gamer in 2015. he thanked nicole tan, an environmental artist from the tomb raider series whose name he saw when the credits rolled, and went on to acknowledge how tirelessly she and others work. more of that, less focus on special appearances.
@ TGA, celebrate your fucking industry instead of trying to pull more views by having big names drop by. we don't care, and clearly you don't care about the heart of it.