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VGN for December 2nd, 2005

Video Game News:

VGA on Spike TV December 10th:

The Nominees:

Game of the Year God of War, Resident Evil 4, Call of Duty 2, World of Warcraft, F.E.A.R.

Best Action Game Resident Evil 4, Peter Jackson's King Kong: The Official Game of the Movie, The Warriors, 50 Cent: Bulletproof, God of War

Best Individual Sports Game Tiger Woods PGA Tour 06, SSX On Tour, Tony Hawk's American Wasteland, Top Spin, EA Sports Fight Night Round 2

Best Team Sports Game Blitz: The League, Madden NFL 06, NBA 2K6, World Soccer Winning Eleven 8 International, NBA Street V3

Best First Person Action Call of Duty 2, Far Cry: Instincts, F.E.A.R., Battlefield 2, Perfect Dark Zero

Best Graphics Peter Jackson's King Kong, Call of Duty 2, F.E.A.R., PGR 3, Resident Evil 4

Best Handheld Game Grand Theft Auto: Liberty City Stories, Lumines, Nintendogs, Meteos, Burnout Legends

Best PC Game Call of Duty 2, F.E.A.R., Sid Meier's Civilization IV, World of Warcraft, Battlefield 2

Winners:

LOS ANGELES, Nov. 19 /PRNewswire/ -- Winners were announced earlier tonight during the 3rd annual Spike TV "Video Game Awards 2005" ceremony held at the Gibson Amphitheatre in Los Angeles, CA. Hosted by Samuel L. Jackson, the two-hour "game vs. game" extravaganza will premiere on Spike TV Saturday, December 10 (9:00-11:00 PM, ET/PT).
Resident Evil 4 (Capcom) took away the Vector Monkey trophy for "Game of the Year" as well as "Best Graphics." Peter Jackson's King Kong: The Official Movie of the Game (Ubisoft) won three awards including, "Best Performance by a Human -- Male" for Jack Black; "Best Game Based on a Movie" and "Best Cast." World of Warcraft (Blizzard Entertainment) won four awards including "Best Multiplayer Game" and "Best PC Game."

The Spike TV "Video Game Awards 2005" ceremony featured musical performances by 50 Cent, Def Leppard and Missy Elliott and show appearances by Charlize Theron, Kiefer Sutherland, Jack Black, The Red Hot Chili Peppers, The Rock, Vin Diesel, Carson Daly, Donald Faison, Jaime Pressly, Josie Maran, Snoop Dogg, Xzibit, Carmen Electra, Natasha Bedinfield and Dane Cook, among others.

The show also featured the Television World Premieres of 24: The Game (2K Games), Spyhunter: Nowhere to Run (Midway Games) and Star Wars: Empire of War (Lucas Arts) Scarface (Vivendi Universal) as well as a 25th anniversary comic tribute to Pac Man (Namco).

    Categories and winners for the Spike TV "Video Game Awards 2005" are:

    GAME OF THE YEAR
     -- Resident Evil 4 (Capcom)

    BEST ACTION GAME
     -- God of War (Sony Computer Entertainment America)

    BEST INDIVIDUAL SPORTS GAME
     -- Tony Hawk's American Wasteland (Activision, Inc.)

    BEST TEAM SPORTS GAME
     -- Madden NFL 06 (Electronic Arts)

    CYBER VIXEN OF THE YEAR
     -- Maria Menounos as Eva in James Bond 007: From Russia With Love
       (Electronic Arts)

    BEST GAME BASED ON A MOVIE
     -- Peter Jackson's King Kong: The Official Game of the Movie (Ubisoft)

Clinton/Lieberman To Introduce Video Game Act

The Family Entertainment Protection Act aims to prohibit the sale of mature titles to minors in the US...
Posted: 11:09 on 30 Nov 2005
By: Jon Wilcox

US Senators Hilary Clinton and Joe Lieberman are to introduce their Family Entertainment Protection Act to the Senate when the body reconvenes in a fortnights time. If passed, the Act, a response by the two Democrats to the Hot Coffee scandal earlier in the year, will prohibit the sale of Mature and Adult Only ESRB games to under 17 year olds.

The Act will also ensure that the ESRB system undergoes an annual independent analysis so that content is accurately rated, as well as allowing the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) to execute random retailer audits – so-called mystery shoppers – to discover how easy it is for minors to purchase mature titles. A recent survey announced that 42% of boys under the age of 17 had been able to purchase M for Mature rated games. The Act would extend the powers of the FTC to investigate misleading ratings on titles to discover how inherent the problem actually is.

What I've been playing:

Gun.  Only Gun.  Must play more Gun.

Anime news:

Christmas Eve Movies and New January Schedule

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On Saturday December 24 at midnight (Early morning December 25th) the first two InuYasha movies will air back-to-back, with Affections Touching Across Time at midnight and Castle Beyond the Looking Glass at 2:30 a.m.

Starting on Saturday January 7 the Saturday night (Early Sunday morning) schedule will feature new episodes of Fullmetal Alchemist at midnight, Ghost in the Shell: 2nd Gig at 12:30 a.m. Repeats of Neon Genesis Evangelion at 1 a.m. and Cowboy Bebop at 1:30 a.m.

As of January 2 the weeknight schedule will feature s-CRY-ed at 1 a.m. slot, followed by Lupin the 3rd at 1:30 a.m. The 12:30 a.m. slot will rotate programming every day, with FLCL on Mondays (Tuesday morning), premieres of InuYasha on Tuesdays, premieres of Samurai Champloo on Wednesdays and Neon Genesis Evangelion on Thursdays.

I'll try to get a photo of Tasha next week.  Maybe a tattoo or two, too.:)

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