Golden Joysticks 2008 voting open now
May 19th, 2008 @ 16:57

Future’s announced voting’s now open for this year’s Golden Joysticks awards.
For those of you unaware, “the Joysticks” is a chance for everyone in the British games industry to sit in a room and try to drink each other to death.
Categories for this year’s “show” are:
- Ultimate Game of the Year
- The Sun Family Game of the Year
- Nuts All Nighter Award
- Soundtrack of the Year
- Bliss Handheld Game of the Year
- Editor’s Choice
- The One To Watch Award
- 4Talent Mobile Game of the Year
- Nintendo Game of the Year
- Online Game of the Year
- PC Game of the Year
- PlayStation Game of the Year
- Xbox Game of the Year
- Publisher of the Year
- Retailer of the Year
- UK Developer of the Year
Apparently more than 750,000 votes were cast from the UK last year’s awards, so get involved and push for the million, achievement fans.
There are £10,000’s worth of prizes on offer for those that vote, so don’t be shy. It all closes on June 23, so get on with it. No date’s been announced for the awards ceremony as yet.
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May 19th, 2008 at 5:11 pm
/looks at list
Wii game, wii game, wii game, wii game, DS game, wii game, wiiware game, DS game converted to mobile phone game, wii and DS game, wii game, PC game converted from Wii game, PS3 game converted from Wii game, Xbox game converted from Wii game, Nintendo, Nintendo Euro Online store, Kuju (they develop Wii games).
May 19th, 2008 at 5:11 pm
That’s not a personal set of preferences btw, just what I expect to happen when you let the filthy unwashed public vote on games and gaming.
May 19th, 2008 at 5:22 pm
What’s a sun family?
May 19th, 2008 at 5:34 pm
Hah you’re kidding, right?
May 19th, 2008 at 6:04 pm
Is it a Mayan thing?
May 19th, 2008 at 6:08 pm
The Sun - Family Game of the Year
How’s that?
May 19th, 2008 at 6:11 pm
You spoil all my fun. =(
May 19th, 2008 at 6:13 pm
It’s the only reason I’m here, tbh.
May 19th, 2008 at 6:13 pm
I have a Golden Joystick award!! An old-skool EMAP one.
May 19th, 2008 at 6:15 pm
I’ve actually never been to one, oddly.
May 19th, 2008 at 8:02 pm
Get some tickets, we’ll go. It’ll be funny.
Maybe.
May 19th, 2008 at 9:47 pm
So, there’s only about one question that comes to mind.
Does the “drunk-to-death” guy win or lose?