Hugos for games?

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According to Locus Online,

L.A.con IV, the 64th World Science Fiction Convention to be held next August in Anaheim, California, has published its Hugo Awards nomination ballot, which includes a special one-time category for Best Interactive Video Game. See Progress Report #3 (PDF files), page 26, for details.


Not sure how I feel about this. On the one hand, Hugos are given out for dramatic presentations and for artwork, so why not? On the other hand, about the last thing the videogame field needs is another popularity-driven award. On the gripping hand (obligatory SF reference, No-Prize for whoever can pinpoint the source), SF fans tend to be a fairly educated bunch, and the Hugos have a pretty good track record.

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  3 Responses to “Hugos for games?”

  1. Friends says:
    January 1, 2006 at 7:25 am

    […] Current Mood: happyTags: baby, pictures, pregnancy, ultrasound(Leave a comment) 08:27 pmraphkoster[Link] Hugos for games?https://www.raphkoster.com/?p=235According to Locus Online, L.A.con IV, the 64th World Science Fiction Convention to be held next August in Anaheim, California, has published its Hugo Awards nomination ballot, which includes a special one-time category for Best Interactive Video Game. See Progress Report #3 (PDF files), page 26, for details. […]

  2. Dellaster says:
    January 1, 2006 at 7:52 pm

    On the gripping hand (obligatory SF reference, No-Prize for whoever can pinpoint the source)

    The Mote in God’s Eye by Larry Niven and Jerry Pournelle is the original source. The Gripping Hand, the sequel, rather obviously gives it away. Gimme the No-Prize! šŸ˜‰

    I’ve always respected the Hugo Award. Their picks match my taste far more than the Nebula Awards. Good luck to those in the running.

  3. Raph says:
    January 1, 2006 at 8:28 pm

    I hereby award a No-Prize!

    Nebulas are chosen by members of the SFWA, so basically by the writing community. Hugos are chosen by people who paid to join the Worldcon that year (some of them pay but don’t go).

    The Nebulas are therefore reliably somewhat artsy and possibly pretentious, whereas the Hugos are reliably populist and possibly taken in by hype. šŸ™‚

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