Instead of watching the Game Awards, today, we’re turning back the clock!
We digitized a copy of the 1999 Annual Interactive Achievement Awards, organized by the Academy of Interactive Arts & Sciences. The nominations this year were stacked. Half-Life and Ocarina of Time competing for Game of the Year! Pokémon Red and Blue up against Metal Gear Solid for best story! Gran Turismo versus F-Zero X!
Coolio is there too, for some reason!
To our knowledge, nobody has preserved this yet!
It's a fun watch and a fun time capsule, but maybe you're not feeling like watching this for two hours while you're at work. So tonight, I'll be counter-programming tonight the Game Awards tonight by streaming the 1999 IAA awards! Come join at 5pm Pacific 12/7 if you want a break from tonight's pageantry and you want to watch 24-year-old pageantry instead.