Gary Whitta

right yeah now but to see that get nominated everyone goes swings hard the other way oh that's outrageous how dare you nominate that it's just because it's dlc i don't know where i stand on this it was interesting to see the pendulum swing back so hard the other way i'm somebody who i think before this whole conversation i was i've always been very much of the mind of like yeah dlc should be nominated for game of the year it's you know especially if it's substantial if it's impactful if it's legitimately as good as standalone games yeah why not

Right, Golden Joysticks puts DLC in its own category. They have a different set of rules and that's fine.

Right, Golden Joysticks puts DLC in its own category. They have a different set of rules and that's fine.

So the question is, is Erdtree as legitimately as good as, if not better than, all the other standalone games And I would say, yeah.

So the question is, is Erdtree as legitimately as good as, if not better than, all the other standalone games And I would say, yeah.

But Barrett, you said Erdtree would be the one that would upset the most people if it won, right?

But Barrett, you said Erdtree would be the one that would upset the most people if it won, right?

That's another fantastic deal.

That's another fantastic deal.

This year is stacked as well.

This year is stacked as well.

If they had released God of War Ragnarok as a DLC that required the first game to play but was the same game, would you view it differently?

If they had released God of War Ragnarok as a DLC that required the first game to play but was the same game, would you view it differently?

We can't just keep doing it this way. Let me go into Jeff Goldblum in Jurassic Park mode, if I may. I'll tell you the problem with the system that you have here. Uh-huh. And all awards have this. And I think games, for some reason, it's particularly thorny, but film, television, you name it, all kinds of awards can have this issue.

We can't just keep doing it this way. Let me go into Jeff Goldblum in Jurassic Park mode, if I may. I'll tell you the problem with the system that you have here. Uh-huh. And all awards have this. And I think games, for some reason, it's particularly thorny, but film, television, you name it, all kinds of awards can have this issue.

It forces you to categorize games into boxes in an art form in which many games defy that kind of easy characterization. And it's also true of film and television. Remember the Golden Globes when the Martian won for Best Musical or Comedy? the fuck is that? Yeah. It's weird, right?

It forces you to categorize games into boxes in an art form in which many games defy that kind of easy characterization. And it's also true of film and television. Remember the Golden Globes when the Martian won for Best Musical or Comedy? the fuck is that? Yeah. It's weird, right?

Yeah, and that's a weird delineation as well.

Yeah, and that's a weird delineation as well.

But like, you know, we are in this position now where like, again, we're arguing over the fact, had Tears of the Kingdom been, or God of War Ragnarok been released as is, but as DLC, where you needed the original game to play, or if Erdtree had been released as Elden Ring 2, or Elden Ring 1.5, or whatever it could be, as a standalone release, that somehow means we have to view it differently.