Friday, December 7, 2012

VGA by misterarnie
So, the You Don't Know Jack Facebook game was nominated for a Video Game Award (Best Social Game). The competition was pretty stiff, big games with much bigger player bases (Draw Something, Marvel Avengers Alliance, Sim City Social...) so we didn't expect to win, but a few of us went to Sniffen's place to watch the ceremony on Spike TV.

And... it was weird. In two hours they only gave out four awards, mostly televising "world premiere" trailers for upcoming video games, and occasionally trotting out celebrities like Jessica Alba. And after it was over, they never did announce the winners for more than half the categories, including ours.

Me: Uh... now what? How do we find out who won?

Then I got this text from our General Manager who was there at the show: "HOLY SHIT WE WON!!!"

It took me a while to figure out if it was true or, I don't know, some elaborate prank, but... apparently it's true. Best Social Game 2012: You Don't Know Jack.

Holy shit. We won.

2 comments:

Anonymous said...

That's fantastic, congratulations.

chicago foodie girl said...

Awesome! Congratulations! My boyfriend & I both love it -- I'm especially thrilled when I actually beat him (he's one of those masters of random trivia/facts). :-)

BTW -- you're now living in our neighborhood! I know that probably sounds super creepy, but seeing as I've been in the Andersonville/Edgewater area for the last 13 years, I easily recognize your photos from the 'hood.