Why are game award events so cringy?

rly dont care

I'm just not seeing what's "cringy" about it, I guess.
I'm enjoying the show.

Should I feel cringy because I'm (quite a bit) older than you? You didn't mention older people. :X

Me and Jaye were just saying that!

The bit with the moving robot razor trying to teach the presenter how to get a "close shave"....eeeek....

So cringy i don't even watch them cause i would feel like a total nerd with no friends and want to kill myself.

Mostly, the cringe just happens whenever someone's shilling a product.
My guess is our brains are just reacting to the "dishonesty" (a sort of trust betrayal since your head knows that they're just showing it to you because the sponsor paid them money, and not because they really think it's a great product).

There's certainly geeky personality stereotypes around too, but that part doesn't really bother me (unless they start going creeper over a girl).

(I'm older than you, though, so sorry, not a young-person opinion.)

I'm more worried about the cancerous chat. Oh... and the band selection is just... let's just say, not gaming related.
But nothing will ever beat the cringe of Sonic Birthday Party

I think it's because it's the way old rich dudes that own certain gaming related companies have to look "hip" and "cool" to a younger audience. Cringey af.

I've 25 years old and played games all my life (and had to answer "No, you are just an old fuck." because of your options... age is not a problem, the biggest market in gaming is above 30 years old, so people need to quit those generic ideas).
Really enjoy these kind of shows (where could we had a moment like we had at the begining with Hideo Kojima?) and i'm glad that they've one show that got near Oscars since when they tried to do some different things it always went so wrong... The gaming market also needs a show to honor the creators with a touch of class. "Cring"y was last years with actors and only famous people outside gaming world, that is not needed. It's true that there are great gaming shows like PSX, Blizzcon, etc... even Nintendo Direct is a great way to promote their products but at the end of the year i think a show like this is great to establish gaming (and nowadays get even better with the big promotion of esports and streaming everywhere, giving many people another way of living).

well, at least they didn't showcase any anime with little girls.

i hope?

Because as much as it thinks it is, the gaming industry is nowhere near as mature as it wants to be no matter if it sits on top of revenue and the testbed for most "innovation" in the entertainment and arts industries. Its audience is also its problem yet is a byproduct of it.

It'll start being "more serious", or rather broader or credible when the creators will start originating from a wider set of creators and developers and not "people of gaming". (no I don't mean the toxic crowds that "want to be heard" no matter where they find themselves on an ideological standpoint)

To be honest though, I work strategy in the independent music industry and most award shows are still a huge pile of self-congratulatory backhanded bullshit.

well i didn't care pretty much about the whole thing, i was happy to see the new gameplay of andromeda.

It's cringey because it's made for normies, not actual gamers.

They're so cringey I can't actually watch them. I turn them off almost as soon as they begin.

You guys remember VGX 2013? Yeah, that one was a mess.

Cringey? I'd say it was pretty normal..

Maybe ya need to get out more.. :D

They are definitely not perfect but I love seeing video games being given the spotlight, they should be appreciated more by the mainstream media in some way as an art form, just like movies, music and such. Sadly this means they have to do something similar to the Oscars or whatever to appeal the regular folk, which, I don't know if you noticed but the Oscars and Emmy's can be cringey too :P

Thanks to CrowbCat

2015 VGX Awards cringe
2016 VGX Awards cringe