Rodent Awards 2006 – This Thursday!
Small number of extra tickets squeezed out of some sort of magic ticket-making machine.
On Thursday the least fine of the world o'videogaming will be huddled together for warmth and mutual touching in a London pub basement.
Oh! It's the Original Spirit of Videogaming!
Preparations for the first ever Rodent Game Awards continue to race-ahead like a stone on fire. We've bought some frames from IKEA and are trying to work out how to make our printer make nice award certificates AS WE SPEAK.
Having filled our original allocation of 75 places we are pleased to announce that an additional dozen guest tickets are now available. Follow the link to snaffle these last few places: http://rodent.eventwax.com/rodent-game-awards-night
Confirmed guests include representatives of Sony, EA, Criterion, Introversion, Sega, Koch Media, BBC, Gamespot, thelondonpaper, Kotaku and The Guardian. As well as our mate Steve who works for Medway County Council. Join them!
A full list of Awards Categories and Nominees can be found below and at http://www.wayoftherodent.com/features/RodentAwards2006.htm
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Award Categories and Nominations for 2006 in full:
Game of the year 2006
New Super Mario Brothers (DS)
Ridge Racer 6 (360)
Black (PS2/Xbox)
Guitar Hero I/II (PS2)
Loco Roco (PSP)
Zelda: Twiglett Princess (Wii)
Gameplay: Best game level
Tivliz Asylum - Black
First Planet - Loco Roco
The Fenix Estate - Gears of War
Freebird - Guitar Hero II
Gameplay: Most Completed Game
Guitar Hero I
Loco Roco
Ridge Racer 6
Polarium (GBA version)
Gameplay: Most difficult moment in a videogame to explain to the missus
Dead Rising - Gay Cowboy Outfit
Xbox Live - Playing RR at 5AM across continents
We Love Katamari - Rolling around and that
Loco Roco - All of it
Gameplay: Best first day with a game
Guitar Hero
Dead Rising
Black
FIFA 2007 (360 version)
Gameplay: Best involuntary yelp
Black - Ending level three
Gears of War - Stumpy blood, blood
DEFCON - Oops! Sorry New York!
Loco Roco - All of it
Technical Achievement: Bestest Explosions
Black
Shadow of the Colossus
Chromehounds
Neon Wars
Technical Achievement: Most convincing virtual actor/actress
Alyx (HL2 Episode 1)
Marcus Fenix (Gears of War)
Makoto (Enchanted Arms)
Agent47 (Hitman: Blood Money)
Technical Achievement: Best polygon in a supporting wall
Big chunk of random road - PGR3
Big fucking Rocks - Gears of War
Weak-spot Indicator - Shadow of the Colossus
The space between the ball and the headers' head - FIFA2007 (360 version)
Best game for making you miss your bus stop
Elite Beat Agents
New Super Mario Bros
Every Extend Extra
Loco Roco
Best unexpectedly-good shoehorned license or existing IP
Mario Hoops 3 on 3
FIFA 2007 (360 version)
Lego Star Wars II (all versions except the awful unfinished DS and PC ones)
Marvel Ultimate Alliance
Best game to play with your mates
Guitar Hero II
Rayman Raving Rabbids (Wii version)
Ridge Racer 6
GoW
The 'Ooh, can I have a go please' award for most inclusive game
Wii Sports
42 All Time Classics
Guitar Hero I
Singstar Rocks
Best game with Rodent Magazine in the credits
Mercury Meltdown
Rodent Readers Award
Voting in progress - results TBA
Notes for Editors
An average 70,000 unique readers visit www.wayoftherodent.com every month to take a little dram of the original spirit of videogaming More than 100,000 readers downloaded our smash-hit Paper Arcade cut-out and stick arcade cabinet models Rodent is well-established as the first stop for thirty-something chaps spending serious money on their dirty little gaming habit The magazine launched in the autumn of 2003 and is published monthly Rodent features contributions from a global team of 80 writers Out at the beginning of every month at www.wayoftherodent.com Fresh, Fresh, Fresh! All content is available for syndication For further informationPlease contact Publisher Richard Hammond - Email: richard@smart-circle.com Telephone: 07971 600 936