Let's Hear it for the Groovy Winners of the 22nd Annual AGS Awards
Well, it happened again: just like last year, I missed the live stream of the 22nd annual AGS Awards. No luck digging up a simulcast for this one either, sadly. But... many(!) groovy games were still made with Adventure Game Studio in 2022, and it's time to celebrate the victors.
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Oscar Nominee of All Time Tournament: Round 1, Group A
(info about nominees under the poll)
CATE BLANCHETT (1969-)
NOMINATIONS:
Lead- 1998 for Elizabeth, 2007 for Elizabeth: The Golden Age, 2015 for Carol, 2022 for Tar
Supporting- 2006 for Notes on a Scandal, 2007 for I'm Not There
WINS:
Supporting- 2004 for The Aviator
Lead- 2013 for Blue Jasmine
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MICHAEL V GAZZO (1923-1995)
NOMINATIONS:
Supporting- 1974 for The Godfather Part II
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Let Your Voice be Heard: It's Nomination Time for 'AGS Awards 2022'
Time waits for no one, and neither shall AGS Awards 2022 which has now moved beyond "play them games!" and onto "nomination time!". I'm sure you know what that means. If not, well, hope you managed to sample the goods, because the time has come to let your voice be heard, and across fifteen categories no less.
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Movies watched in 2023
Close (2022, Belgium/France/Netherlands)
Director: Lukas Dhont
Writers: Lukas Dhont & Angelo Tijssens
Mini-review:
What a beautiful, heartbreaking movie. It's such a sensitive, nuanced exploration of masculinity, friendship and grief. The story feels very realistic (some scenes have literally happened to me), and it is harrowing to see the painful ways these characters develop due to societal expectations and peer pressure. Tbh, I saw a lot of me in them. Also, I like that the movie never tries to define the characters' sexuality, cause that's not what it wants to talk about. What it wants to highlight is the way society makes boys terrified of being affective with each other, even though it should be completely normalized.
On top of that, the story is told with gorgeous cinematography and mindblowing performances from Eden Dambrine and Gustav de Waele. Although they are very young and neither of them had previous acting experience, their performances are flawless. Dambrine stands out more because he gets more screen time, and his eyes are incredibly expressive: you can always see in them his character's complex emotions and thoughts. But seriously, they are easily two of the best child actors I've ever seen. Émilie Dequenne and Léa Drucker also give beautiful performances as the boys' mothers. Anyway, Close is not an easy watch, but it does send a very important and powerful message.
P.S. The movie has some potentially triggering content which I'm not including here or in the tags because it would be a spoiler. Keep that in mind.
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As the Game Awards rapidly approaches, let us once more don our clown make-up and explore if we’ll see a brand new Dragon Age: Dreadwolf trailer this December! 🐺🔥🤡
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Awards 2022 : TV Shows
Third and last category: TV Shows that I’ve watched at least one complete season of this year.
We'll Make You Genuinely Care About This Character Award - Only Murders in the Building - Season 2 Episode 3 - 'The Last Day of Bunny Folger'
The best 'who dunnit' show around that finds a way to make you care about the characters, including the one that seems to only be a one dimensional old time bitch.
The Dawn Will Come Award - Dragon Age: Absolution - Season 1
"[...]The Herald of Andraste [...] the Inquisition [...]" Hey that's me!
Best Put You To Sleep Award - The Book of Bobba Fett - S1 / X Moon Knight - S1
It's very effective.
Best New Family Award - Ms Marvel - Season 1
How are they all so relatable, full of humanity and endearing? How?!?
Best Meta Show Award - She-Hulk - Season 1
If breaking the 4th wall is what it takes for me to smash Matt Murdock, then so be it.
Mr Gaiman Bring Me a Dream Award - The Sandman - Season 1
Probably the most faithful adapation of a comics ever. I loved them on paper, I love them on screen now.
Goodbye Award - Westworld - Season 4
Goodbye Dolores, Maeve & Co. Your show was interesting and asked good questions about humanity and what it means to be human. If only you had been more consistent.
At Least They Tried Award - Queer as Folk (2022) - Season 1
This show had the merit of being truly diverse and not for brownie points. If only it had more 'queer joy' and more balanced 'queer despair & resilience', maybe it would have gotten another season.
To Remind You That Fascism is Bad and Scary Award - Andor - Season 1
DO YOU GET IT NOW INCELS? DO YOU???
Best Dance Scene Award - Wednesday - Season 1
(o.o) \(o.o) (o.o)/ |(o.o)| w(o.o)w w (o.o)w w(o.o) w
Best Animated Show Award - Dead End: Paranormal Park - Season 1 & Season 2
Lots of excellent queer content this year and this show is no exception. Not only is it great representation but the characters and stories are really awesome and worth it, even for people that are not fans of horror like myself.
Best Queer Show Award - Our Flag Means Death - Season 1
I never would have expected that a pirate show could give us the best spectrum of queers this year and yet. Every single one of them is memorable and endearing. Can't wait for season 2.
Best Comedy Award - What We do in the Shadows - Season 4 / Abbott Elementary - Season 1
Two for the price of one! Both shows have a lot of heart with characters that you can't help but like (even if they can hurt you sometimes #JusticeForMarwa). And both have queer characters (special mention to Guillermo coming out scene).
Best Drama Award - Hearstopper - Season 1
The definitive feel-good like a warm blanket show of the year. It also made me wish I got to live something more like this during my high school years, at least I would still retain memories of that time, oh well. More shows like this please.
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