God of War and Twisted Metal designer David Jaffe let loose with a post-Oscar rant today, calling out Academy of Interactive Arts & Sciences head Jospeh Olin whose recent game industry bar-lowering quotes from the LA Times got Dave's junk in a bunch. Jaffe calls Olin's realization that games are "kids table" stuff "bullshit" and pushes for alternatives to the masturbatory Hollywood antics on display.

One option Jaffe proposes is an MMO-meets-Burning Man mash up game awards ceremony:

We need to embrace the very tech that we are celebrating! We need to take our awards online because THAT is where the fans will meet us; that is where the folks will care. That is where people will WANT to see Lord British give a speech upon being inducted into the Academy Hall of Fame; that is where people will WANT to see the game gods walking a red carpet (albeit a virtual one) and get the chance to chat with them in real time.

As long as it's not some eyesore played out in Second Life. I don't think I can take a low poly model of a body-painted, rat-tailed Richard Garriot, but I suppose it's better than bloated speeches from screenwriters. Scratch that. It's the stuff of nightmares! Michael McWhertor

Oscar Is Dead! [JAFFE'S GAME DESIGN]

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