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We're moments away from the televised broadcast of the 2008 Spike Video Game Awards, live from Los Angeles, California. 

Now despite the fact that I am on the 2008 VGA Advisory Council this year, helping to pick both nominees and award winners, I'm not able to attend in person. That honor goes to our very own Chad Concelmo, who just a few moments ago text messaged me "ZOMG FAMOUS PEOPLE!" after seeing what I can only assume to be be actual "famous people."

And since you can't be there either, here's what we at Destructoid propose -- we all watch it together! The show is airing live on Spike TV (check your local listings) at 9 PM EST. If you don't have cable or are too lazy to turn on your television, you can also check the broadcast from four different angles online. 

Hit the jump for our full live blog, along with a list of nominees (and my own personal choices as a VGA Advisory Council member -- yes, I expect to get flamed for some of them).

Fun things are fun!

[Update: Long-time Dtoider and swell guy Electro Lemon will be streaming the broadcast live, and has set up a chat stream via Ustream.tv. We'll all be in there watching the show ... come join us!]

[Update 2: The show is over, as is the live chat, which quickly turned into close to 200 people just yelling at each other. Thanks for watching along with us. We'll be posting all of the world premiere trailers over the next day, so be sure to check back.

Winners (in bold) after the jump.]

Game of the Year
Grand Theft Auto IV (Nick's pick)
LittleBigPlanet
Fallout 3
Metal Gear Solid 4
Gears of War 2

Studio of the Year
Media Molecule
Rockstar North
Harmonix 
Bethesda Game Studios (Nick's pick)

Best Shooter
Far Cry 2
Resistance 2
Gears of War 2 (Nick's pick)
Left 4 Dead

Best RPG
Fable II
Fallout 3 (Nick's pick)
Warhammer: Age of Reckoning
The World Ends With You

Best Fighting Game
SoulCalibur IV (Nick's pick)
Mortal Kombat Vs. DC Universe
Super Smash Bros. Brawl
Dragon Ball Z: Burst Limit

Best Individual Sports Game
Shaun White Snowboarding (Nick's pick)
Tiger Woods PGA Tour 09
Wii Fit
Skate It

Best Handheld Game
God of War: Chains of Olympus (Nick's pick)
Professor Layton and the Curious Village
Patapon
Castlevania Order of Eccelsia

Best Graphics
Gears of War 2 (Nick's pick)
Fallout 3
LittleBigPlanet
Metal Gear Solid 4

Best Game Based on a Movie or a TV Show
Lego Indiana Jones: The Original Adventures
Quantum of Solace (Nick's pick)
Star Wars: The Force Unleashed
Naruto: The Broken Bond

Best Music Game
Rock Band 2 (MTV Games/ Harmonix) (Nick's pick)
Guitar Hero World Tour (RedOctane/ Activision Publishing/ Neversoft Entertainment)
Wii Music (Nintendo/ Nintendo)
SingStar (Sony Computer Entertainment/ SCE Studios London)

Best Driving Game
Burnout Paradise (Nick's pick)
Pure
Midnight Club: Los Angeles
Mario Kart Wii

Best Action Adventure Game
Grand Theft Auto IV (Nick's pick)
Dead Space
Mirror’s Edge
Metal Gear Solid 4

Best Team Sports Game
NHL 09 (Nick's pick)
Madden NFL 09
NBA 2K9
FIFA Soccer 09

Best Soundtrack
LittleBigPlanet
Grand Theft Auto IV
Rock Band 2 (Nick's pick)
Guitar Hero World Tour

Best Xbox 360 Game
Fable II
Gears of War 2
Grand Theft Auto IV (Nick's pick)
Fallout 3

Best Wii Game
Super Smash Bros. Brawl
Boom Blox (Nick's pick)
Wii Fit
No More Heroes

Best PS3 Game
Metal Gear Solid 4
Resistance 2
LittleBigPlanet (Nick's pick)
Grant Theft Auto IV

Best PC Game
Spore
Crysis Warhead
Warhammer Online: Age of Reckoning
Left 4 Dead (Nick's pick)

Best Original Score
Fallout 3
Spore
Metal Gear Solid 4 (Nick's pick)
LittleBigPlanet

Best Multiplayer Game
Gears of War 2 (Nick's pick)
Left 4 Dead
Resistance 2
Call of Duty: World at War

Best Performance by a Human Male
Michael Hollick as Niko Bellic in GTA IV
David Hayter as Old Snake in MGS 4
Stephen Fry as The Narrator in LBP
Jason Zumwalt as Roman Bellic in GTA IV (Nick's pick)

Best Performance by a Human Female
Nathalie Cox as Juno Eclipse in The Force Unleashed
Debi Mae West as Meryl Silverburgh: MGS 4
Paula Tiso as Silvia Christel in No More Heroes (Nick's pick)
Keeley Hawes Lara Croft in Tomb Raider Underworld

Best Independent Game Fueled by Mountain Dew (Chosen by viewers)
World of Goo
PixelJunk Eden
Braid
AudioSurf


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47 comments | showing # 1 to 47

Zombutler's Avatar - Comment posted on 12/14/2008 19:39
Zombutler
WOOOOO IRC
Necros's Avatar - Comment posted on 12/14/2008 19:50
Necros
Well, we all know it wasn't Nick who voted for Singstar to win best music game.
Exquisitor's Avatar - Comment posted on 12/14/2008 19:54
Exquisitor
That be a T-Mobile G1 phone.

HIGH FIVE!
JiR INC's Avatar - Comment posted on 12/14/2008 19:54
JiR INC
i seen the pre show and It was a waste of time... i wish i could watch the full thing but ineed sleep... but was funny to see 50 get he ass pwned on super mario bro's XD and some hot chick managed to do it flawlessly afterwards good luck all there... night ^^
TheBigFeel's Avatar - Comment posted on 12/14/2008 19:58
TheBigFeel
I'm here on the west coast (you know... the same coast as LA, where it's being held?), and spike isn't broadcasting it for another 3 hours. "Live" - I don't think it means what you think it does.
q-pa's Avatar - Comment posted on 12/14/2008 20:12
q-pa
Hate to be a party pooper, and I apologize, but...
No.
Pacopaco's Avatar - Comment posted on 12/14/2008 20:17
Pacopaco
As long as Gamecock doesn't show up, I'll be happy. :D
JTHomeslice's Avatar - Comment posted on 12/14/2008 20:36
JTHomeslice
WORLD OF GOO WON FUCK YEAH!
Projectexodus's Avatar - Comment posted on 12/14/2008 20:45
Projectexodus
Uhm, Electro Lemon kicked me out of the room for writing "fap fap fap". XD
grafkhun's Avatar - Comment posted on 12/14/2008 21:08
grafkhun
yawn, like all goty, it's a competition between 5 or so games. sheesh, wish they would open it up more.
RawwrBag's Avatar - Comment posted on 12/14/2008 21:21
RawwrBag
Since when does Destructoid allow racist 10-year-olds to shit all over the frontpage? Not impressed, watching elsewhere.
Nethrazim's Avatar - Comment posted on 12/14/2008 21:28
Nethrazim
Whoever is making sounds and always talking, it's annoying as hell!!

Way to go buddy, you screwed it up.
kingnothing997's Avatar - Comment posted on 12/14/2008 21:30
kingnothing997
CHATBOTS GET
Professor Pew's Avatar - Comment posted on 12/14/2008 21:30
Professor Pew
For some reason I thought this year had more good games :/
Jonathan Holmes's Avatar - Comment posted on 12/14/2008 21:49
Jonathan Holmes
Putting Boom Blox, which is a fine little game, before Super Smash Bros and No More Heroes for Wii game of the year is a MADNESS.

It's madness, I tell you!
GoS-CPT-Stewart's Avatar - Comment posted on 12/14/2008 21:53
GoS-CPT-Stewart
How can Gears 2 beat GTA4 for Best 360 game but GTA4 can be game of the year? That doesn't make sense.

If GTA4 was a better game it would have won for 360 right? You know what, forget it. Award shows are stupid anyway.
ChronosWing's Avatar - Comment posted on 12/14/2008 21:55
ChronosWing
god that was the biggest pile of horseshit I've ever seen. 6 fucking years of this so called "awards" show... how in the fucking hell has it lasted this long? It's fucking terrible. TERRIBLE! WHY WON'T IT GO AWAY!!!!!!!!!!!!
Mirax's Avatar - Comment posted on 12/14/2008 21:57
Mirax
What Jonathan Holmes just said.

Show was horrible. I usually like Jack Black, but he was annoying the hell out of me.
Even the GoW3 footage was too short to redeem the show. Looked good though.
Mirax's Avatar - Comment posted on 12/14/2008 21:59
Mirax
Forgot to mention, Colette's coments and Lemon rick rolling everyone made it all worthwhile.
Colette Bennett's Avatar - Comment posted on 12/14/2008 22:07
Colette Bennett
Aw, thanks Mirax. :)
Qraze's Avatar - Comment posted on 12/14/2008 22:08
Qraze
shit was horrible.
akathatoneguy's Avatar - Comment posted on 12/14/2008 22:17
akathatoneguy
Waaaaay too many categories. I know they have to fill a few hours of TV time, but come on. The "soundtrack" category is going to be lame as long as they count rhythm games in. Nine times out of ten the game that won "Best Music Game" is gonna win, anyway.

And why the redundant categories for best game for each platform and then Game of the Year? It gives you a weird situation where Gears 2 beats GTA IV for Best Xbox 360 Game, but loses to GTA IV for game of the year. I know WHY it happens (because other system's exclusives take votes away from Gears in the GoTY voting), but it still makes the whole thing look like a farce. Which it is.
Jawmuncher's Avatar - Comment posted on 12/14/2008 22:19
Jawmuncher
So many more games deserved game of the year other than GTA4
ChronosWing's Avatar - Comment posted on 12/14/2008 22:24
ChronosWing
Although I have to admit Uncharted 2 looked sexy as fuck.
zanthox's Avatar - Comment posted on 12/14/2008 22:25
zanthox
Agreed, GTA4 game of the year? seriously? SERIOUSLY?
GohanGVO's Avatar - Comment posted on 12/14/2008 22:26
GohanGVO
The World Ends With You was robbed.
Saint Demon's Avatar - Comment posted on 12/14/2008 22:48
Saint Demon
Less of an award show, and more of a giant commercial featuring performances by bands that haven't produced good music in the last five years, Weezer and Jack Black excluded of course.
welkstar's Avatar - Comment posted on 12/14/2008 22:49
welkstar
Did everyone forget that Lost Odyssey came out in February of this year? I've heard zero mention of it from all these year-end award things. :(
wfolse1's Avatar - Comment posted on 12/14/2008 23:56
wfolse1
yeah, lost odyssey pretty much sucks. maybe the worst 30 bucks i've ever spent.
akathatoneguy's Avatar - Comment posted on 12/14/2008 23:59
akathatoneguy
@ Saint Demon-

Um...but Jack Black hasn't produced good music in the last 5 years. The D has clearly taken a permanent backseat to his acting career (which is understandable, if disappointing) and the soundtrack to the movie was a let-down.
garison's Avatar - Comment posted on 12/15/2008 00:23
garison
wfolse1 must be new to the internet.
nebones's Avatar - Comment posted on 12/15/2008 00:32
nebones
FUELED BY MOUTIAN DEW
CelicaCrazed's Avatar - Comment posted on 12/15/2008 01:02
CelicaCrazed
Burnout Paradise won Best Driving Game!? High-Five!!

Also, is it safe to assume NHL09 got best team sports game?
Krow-Kupo's Avatar - Comment posted on 12/15/2008 01:15
Krow-Kupo
ARRRRRRRGH.



RAGE!

GRAND THEFT AUTO 4 IS NOT A BETTER ACTION ADVENTURE GAME THAN METAL GEAR SOLID 4!

Sorry, I'm just a little peeved by the whole affair, and my dick is so hard for Kojima.
rbrooks's Avatar - Comment posted on 12/15/2008 01:31
rbrooks
man...anyone see weezer at the end...i love them...but what the fuck was rivers como (lead singer) doing. He was acting like a retard.

And yes GTA4 is much better than MGS4...much much better...you're comparing a game to a movie you realize.
Funktastic's Avatar - Comment posted on 12/15/2008 01:43
Funktastic
Joke award show is joke! Simply put, it's a stupid publicity stunt, and is a "casual" gamer and stupid "sports/big explosion 'manly'" award show. Has been ever since it started, and continues Spike's theme of mediocrity.
Resonance's Avatar - Comment posted on 12/15/2008 02:55
Resonance
Such a limited group of nominations, depressing really.
Krow-Kupo's Avatar - Comment posted on 12/15/2008 03:18
Krow-Kupo
@rbrooks

I just don't consider Grand Theft Auto an "action-adventure" game. That's all.
cartman08's Avatar - Comment posted on 12/15/2008 05:47
cartman08
what a waste of space, Spike awards don't mean shit. What surprises me is that any destructoid journalist would taint them selves by showing up at these. oh well enjoy wiping the shit outta ya clothes.
Rosseh's Avatar - Comment posted on 12/15/2008 07:06
Rosseh
What awards mean shit?

I've come to the realisation that they are all as worthless as eachother (Since Juno won a fucking Oscar). They are supposed to be a sybol of recognition but everyone treats them almost like a fact, as if to say "Well opinions are subjective, but if you make a shiney object to go with that opinion, it becomes something more."

You can barely say Spike awards are worth less than any other award. There is no presitige. It's all just dressed up opinion. Some are dressed more classy than others. All it takes is to get some statues made, a venue booked and agents, the more money you have the more prestige you can buy.

"You're nothing with an award if you can't be something without one" - (Paraphrased) John Candy, Cool Runnings haha! Can't argue with that.
necrozen's Avatar - Comment posted on 12/15/2008 09:56
necrozen
Wow, people actually watch these? So who bought best game?
silvain's Avatar - Comment posted on 12/15/2008 10:35
silvain
I find it funny that GTA4 got GOTY, but it didn't win GOTY for 360, PS3, or PC.
bottled dark's Avatar - Comment posted on 12/15/2008 11:01
bottled dark
Fable II?
wtf?
Corak's Avatar - Comment posted on 12/15/2008 12:21
Corak
Completly underwhelming. Aside from the console sex this was...man I'm drawing a blank. Whatever. I should have skipped it and watched the footage of new games this morning.
Dexter345's Avatar - Comment posted on 12/16/2008 14:21
Dexter345
Which game won Best Team Sports? Oh that's right, nobody cares.
parrothead's Avatar - Comment posted on 12/16/2008 16:57
parrothead
Another list to argue about. Overall pretty solid choices.
KyleGamgee's Avatar - Comment posted on 12/16/2008 17:41
KyleGamgee
Boom Blox?

Awesome.
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