0:00 - The Game Awards 1:25 - A sequel that outdid its predecessor 3:26 - A beautiful, smart puzzler 5:12 - The indie that surprised me 6:33 - Rethinking an earlier video 8:07 - A game DEMO?! More writing at https://MattHorton.live -- I enjoy the Game Awards. It's often a great show. I enjoy what Geoff Keighley is trying to do for the games industry, and honestly, the orchestra is what keeps me coming back every year, ever since their rendition of the Animal Crossing New Horizons theme made me cry back in 2020. But I have to admit that the choices, both for nominees and for winners, often leave me scratching my head. Video games like any art form are subjective. You have your opinions, I have mine, and the people nominating things for the Game Awards clearly have theirs. For example, they seem to hold the opinion that the 12th biggest games publisher in the world can have a game nominated for best independent game. But precisely because art is subjective, and because the G...