Editing Vidya Gaem Awards

The '''Vidya Gaem Awards''', also known as the '''/v/GAs''', is an online-based award show for video games. Originating in 2011 as a response to the Spike Video Game Awards, the nominations and voting process are entirely fan-voted and showcase positive and negative award categories. The first event was published through YouTube on February 11, 2012.

==History==

The Vidya Gaem Awards were founded in late-2011 as a response to the negative reception of the 2011 Spike Video Game Awards. Most of the criticism towards the latter was directed towards the excessive use of marketing and celebrity appearances overshadowing the ceremonies themselves.

==Reception==

The Vidya Gaem Awards have been featured in Niche Gamer, Kotaku, Cinema Blend, and N4G. Companies and individuals featured in the show have also shared their thoughts on their nominations or awards; such as Running With Scissors, Supergiant Games, Geoff Keighley (producer of the Spike Video Game Awards), and Markus Persson (creator of Minecraft). Lucas Pope, creator of ''Papers, Please'', provided a skit for the 2013 award ceremony.



==Show Listing==

Here is a listing of all ceremonies of the Vidya Gaem Awards.

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! Year !! Theme !! Least Worst Game of The Year !! YouTube
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|2022 Vidya Gaem Awards || Dreamcast-Punk / Urban Graffiti || ''[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Elden_Ring Elden Ring]'' || https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0ZGGgaydyVA
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|2021 Vidya Gaem Awards || Web 1.0 || ''[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Metroid_Dread Metroid Dread]'' || https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7yLPkl6TNh4
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|2020 Vidya Gaem Awards || Conspiracy Theories || ''[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hades_(video_game) Hades]'' || https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QbUtmpSKMGg
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|2019 Vidya Gaem Awards || Mecha || ''[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sekiro:_Shadows_Die_Twice Sekiro: Shadows Die Twice]'' || https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jRuBpY40iyQ
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|2018 Vidya Gaem Awards || eSports / China || ''[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Super_Smash_Bros._Ultimate Super Smash Bros. Ultimate]'' || https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NEr4ZeLmDFc
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|2017 Vidya Gaem Awards || Commercialism || ''[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nier:_Automata Nier: Automata]'' || https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1hyRHdEteto
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|2016 Vidya Gaem Awards || Cyberpunk || ''[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Doom_(2016_video_game) DOOM]'' || https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Gh9DdRKk_4I
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|2015 Vidya Gaem Awards || 1990s || ''[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Witcher_3:_Wild_Hunt The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt]'' || https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HceF1alMnPw
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|2014 Vidya Gaem Awards || Grunge/Urban || ''[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bayonetta_2 Bayonetta 2]'' || https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jqHdj8uVggY
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|2013 Vidya Gaem Awards || Minimalism || ''[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Metal_Gear_Rising:_Revengeance Metal Gear Rising: Revengeance]'' || https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bDA_lIHkdDE
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|2012 Vidya Gaem Awards || 1980s || ''[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Walking_Dead_(video_game) The Walking Dead]'' || youtube| https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6MxWMJCOKSY
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|2011 Vidya Gaem Awards || Contemporary || ''[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Deus_Ex:_Human_Revolution Deus Ex: Human Revolution]'' || https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mOGRDuY0DFI
|}