New Statesman videogame writers Helen Lewis and Phil Hartup have been nominated in the Games Media Awards.
Lewis is shortlisted for mainstream magazine writer of the year, and Hartup in the blogs category for Killing Time, where he has written about being embedded in Eve Online, the secret of scary games, and asked: what if you feel sorry for the people you’re shooting?
New Statesman contributors Simon Parkin and Cara Ellison have also been nominated. You can read Parkin’s essay on game violence and Ellison’s satirical “There’s No Sexism in Gaming” on the New Statesman site by following the links.
Lewis said: “People thought it was weird when they first started noticing articles about videogames in the New Statesman. But we treat television, film and theatre as serious cultural subjects, so why not games? It’s been a pleasure to publish so many talented writers over the last year, in a range of styles. The best videogame writing is up there with anything else other genres produce. Phil’s blog has been a huge success for us and his articles are regularly among our most-read. It shows there’s an appetite for funny, incisive, intelligent commentary on games, even if the games themselves are sometimes quite silly.”
The winners will be announced on 10 October. Here are the nominations in full:
SPECIALIST WRITER – PRINT
Michael Gapper, Edge
Rich McCormick, PC Gamer
Gillen McAlllister, Gamereactor
Matthew Castle, ONM
Jason Killingsworth, Edge
Joel Gregory, OPM
SPECIALIST WRITER – ONLINE
Christian Donlan, Eurogamer
Jon Blyth, OXM
Keza MacDonald, IGN
Simon Parkin, Eurogamer
Andy Kelly, CVG
Steve Hogarty, PCGamesN
Rob Crossley, CVG
Oli Welsh, Eurogamer
NATIONAL NEWSPAPER WRITER
Matt Kamen, The Observer
Keith Stuart, The Guardian
David Jenkins, Metro
Lee Price, The Sun
Dan Silver, Sunday Mirror
Talal Musa, Daily Mail
GAMES MAGAZINE
PC Gamer
Edge
GamesTM
Xbox 360: The Official Xbox Magazine
Gamereactor
Retro Gamer
MAINSTREAM MAGAZINE WRITER
Rory Buckeridge, Nuts
Julia Hardy, Front
Matt Hill, T3
Daniel Nye Griffiths, Wired
Simon Ward, Zoo
Helen Lewis, New Statesman
Jonathan Pile, Shortlist
GAMES WEBSITE
IGN
Eurogamer
Videogamer
Rock Paper Shotgun
Pocketgamer
CVG
PCGamesN
VG247
GAMES BLOG
Midnight Resistance
Killing Time
Ready Up
Fifasoccerblog.com
Average Gamer
The Game Jar
GAMES VIDEO
OXM Breakdown
Videogamer TV
The Blurb
Feedbackula, Gamespot
PlayStation Access
SB.TV
Yogscast
GAMES RADIO/PODCAST
Adam Rosser, Radio Five Live
Guy Cocker’s Podcast
This is my Joystick
IGN UK Podcast
Gamespot UK Podcast
OneLifeLeft
COVERAGE BY A MAINSTREAM WEBSITE
Askmen
Digital Spy
BT Games
Sci-fi London.com
Sabotage Times
Huffington Post
RISING STAR
Daniel Krupa, IGN
Bex May, AskMen
Sam White, Future
Vaughn Highfield, Pocket Gamer
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Ben Griffin, CVG
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