Saturday, September 1, 2012

The 2011-2012 Whitfies



Hello everyone and welcome to the first annual Whitfie Award Blog Post!

The Whitfies (pronounced “whit-fees”) are handed out to the winners of various nonsensical categories. Stuff that was released between August 2011 and August 2012 are eligible for one of my theoretical awards.

FAQ

Q: Why are the awards called the “Whitfies”?
A: Because it’s my blog’s awards and the “Whitfields” sound too much like a terrible CBS sitcoms from the 1950s. “Whitfie” comes from my GMU email address; those bastards were too cheap to afford those last two letters, but it’s grown on me over these last few years.

Q: Why is the award show now, just a few months after the year’s halfway point?
A: So I can pit games/films/stuff that normally would never be forced to compete with each other. Finally a chance for the “The Witcher 2: Assassins of Kings” (released May 2011) and “Deus Ex: Human Revolution” (released August 2012) to compete for a meaningless award! So many potential flame wars!

Q: What are the categories and how are they judged?
A: Since only I’m in charge of the Whitfies, the categories could be anything I want, and they’ll be judged any way I want. The “Best Box Art” award could go to “Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim” because I liked how Bethesda released a gimped version of it for the PS3, just sending forums ablaze with rage. It’s a dictatorship, I do what I want for whatever reason I want.

Right then, onto the actual awards: