The Cutting Room Floor: Why Your Vote Doesn't Count at The Game Awards

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🔍 What Got Cut

The Facts That Didn’t Make It

1. The Complete BAFTA Games Awards System

I mentioned GDC, BAFTA, and Golden Joystick as “legitimate award shows” but didn’t dive into how they actually work. BAFTA Games Awards is particularly interesting - they have a two-stage voting process: first a longlist from the Academy, then public nominations, then Academy voting again. Plus, you have to be a BAFTA member to vote, which requires industry experience and peer approval.

Why it didn’t make it: The video was already long, and the comparison to Oscars was enough. Adding BAFTA’s full system would’ve been another tangent.

The deeper story: BAFTA actually requires members to have “substantial professional experience” in games. It’s peer-reviewed expertise, not just “history of critical game evaluation.” The Game Awards doesn’t require any gaming industry experience to vote - just journalism credentials.