The GMAs

Thank you.

I sort of bumbled through a speech, hitting some of my standard riffs. Mainly, the awesomeness of Duncan McDonald’s Stunt Car Racer reviews and how games journalists are awesome – and certainly a damn sight more awesomely talented than they sometimes realise. I forgot to thank anyone, which I really should have (“thanks to anyone who’s ever corrected my spelling and grammar. In a real way, I owe you everything”). There was a cute little video, which didn’t include the PC Gamer logo, so I should have definitely thanked them. I would have, if I noticed, but I was too busy covering my eyes with my hands.

I also wanted to state something that is 100% true and doesn’t get said enough: writing on games in 2012 is better now than any time in history. The range of approaches being fruitfully explored now would have stunned my early-00s self. Frankly, I could have pointed to any of the winners last night to show that. There’s some stunning work being done here, and that’s just in this country.

Full winners here. Congrats to them all. Frankly, all of them have written pieces in the last 12 months that have left me bitterly jealous and feeling blessedly obsolete.

Onwards.