{"id":2785,"date":"2004-03-25T13:02:21","date_gmt":"2004-03-25T17:02:21","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/aderack.com\/journal\/?p=2785"},"modified":"2021-03-27T16:53:18","modified_gmt":"2021-03-27T20:53:18","slug":"the-2004-game-developers-choice-awards","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/aderack.com\/journal\/2004\/03\/the-2004-game-developers-choice-awards\/","title":{"rendered":"The 2004 Game Developers Choice Awards"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"initial-letter\"><p><b id=\"header\">by [name redacted]<\/b><\/p>\n<p>I watched the Academy Awards for the first time, a few weeks ago. The MPAA&#8217;s screener ban (instituted in part to cut down on indie competition, under the ruse of piracy prevention) had apparently backfired, as the 2003 nominees consisted of perhaps the most well-chosen bunch of the right movies, for the right awards, that the Academy had ever selected. I thought, hey. 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