The now-iconic game developer fit of company-branded t-shirt, ill-fitting sports coat, skinny jeans, and dripless sneakers has been so violently seared into my brain that I get hives at the mere thought of another middle-aged white man shambling onto that harshly lit stage,I Need To Tell You About This Pokémon Exec’s Shirt Right Now
Their fashion choices seem even more absurd when juxtaposed against the fits of the Hollywood actors in attendance. Last year we had Giancarlo Esposito wearing a perfectly tailored oxblood tuxedo jacket and matching dress shoes; Ming-Na Wen in a gorgeous rose-gold velvet jumpsuit; and Ella Balinska in a gown that looked like it was made of chainmail—all sharing a stage with the aforementioned Fares, who wore a super-tight T-shirt and skinny jeans.
Like who cares we are here for the games
L article but not a rare thing for Kotaku.
WTF with this note?
Looks like the bad guy from The Mask with the mask on.
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Scraping the bottom of the barrel for article ideas again
🤡 article
Maybe if the entire industry weren't run like a sweatshop people would have more time, money, and interest in being fashionable at these events.
Why would anyone take fashion tips from people that work at Kotaku?
Andrew Wilson always dresses up, and then looks like a parody of a corpo suit among them. It's a marketing show. They know what they're doing.
No one cares, it's not about they're wearing you Muppets
MohsenShekari loved video games. He'd definitely wanted to see his favourite game the GodofWarRagnarok get the game of the year award. Say his name at TheGameAwards
MauraPetes
Phil spencer dresses like a dad and that’s exactly how I expect him to.
The only crisis is that for some reason they invited you.
I for one love the more informal style of t-shirt, sports coat, and sneakers. It's about the games, not geeks vs glamour.
The all important fashion in game awards... not the merit of the game. Not the issues around games today like loot boxes pay 2 win, buggy launches, relying on sprints with hiring then firing devs... no... lets focus on the fashion.
Please by all means show us your peak fashion. Either that or shut the hell up.
Kotaku pls
This is the stupidest article ever
BRO ITS GAME DEVS. WE DRESS NORMAL! CAUSE WE ARE NORMAL! We don't want to dress up in suit and tie which is a waste of money. Let people dress how they like to dress. FFS.
If you wanted to report on fashion, perhaps you should get a job with Vouge. This is some shallow reporting.
You actually sat down and thought this would be a good idea to write. Utter trash
Another bad take by Kotaku. Who would've guessed. It honestly baffles me that they're still around. Kotaku is the (2011) Green Lantern of gaming media. Even ppl who were involved with it in the past are ashamed of it.
This is the shallowest thing I've stumbled upon today outside of that water drip that I stepped in with my fresh socks.
Kotaku making pointless articles over pointless topics again?
Is this a joke? Who gives a fuck about fashion on a game awards show, these people are not movie stars or celebrities
Just stop talking
I need compensation for reading this sad excuse for journalism. In the words of Marcus Fenix: “Just awful.”
Yeah if I won at the game awards i don't think I'd get out of my pyjamas
Yes, we need more pretentious, vacuous, narcissism in our award shows. Maybe one day the gaming industry could be as cringey and irrelevant as Hollywood.
Holy yikes to this article. So, let me get this straight: women are, rightfully, upset when men tell them how to dress. But a woman can tell a man how to dress, comparing to rich celebs, and that warrants an entire article demeaning them? This is not it. Horrible take
I dont want to see suits and dresses at the game awards lol. We are here for trailers and to pretend that the game of the year award means anything.
Absolute clown 🤡
They don’t work in fashion, why do you even make an article about this? That’s odd. Stop.
Angsty high school paper editorial energy.
I mean Phil Spencer is rocking some fire drip in that pic ngl im bout to get a series x just because of that drip
Horrible take with a confusing ending. This is poor writing.
The article was about fashion then suddenly and inexplicably began talking about race. People there appear to be dressed boring no matter gender or race. They never cite a specific example of where a POC's or woman's cloths dazzled, it just leaps to the assertion with no evidence
Who the fuck cares what someone wears at a GAMING show. Seriously.
You are a disgrace.
Ohhh sure, because the game awards is about fashion 🤣 just like the name suggests its about games not about people 🙄 how shallow you have to be to watch the game awards for fashion tips 😅🤣🤣
Wait, y'all don't go to work in a full suit with tie and leather shoes to stay 8h+ working on computer ?
Hey Kotaku. We're game devs. Not a-list actors, or fashion icons. We don't actually give a shit if it's not 'prestigious' enough for you. We're actually quite comfortable. Worry more about the games, yeh?
This is the stupidest idea for an article ever!
'Unsurprisingly, the best Game Awards fits outside of A-list actors have consistently come from people of color, femmes, and members of the queer community. Maybe it’s because they, unlike the white men who still dominate the highest positions in this industry'
This article sucks, there has to be something more worth while to cover in the industry, even if it’s an op ed piece, then what people wear to an award show.
Nah dude.
Intelligence chases you, but you are faster.
Hard hitting journalism as always, Kotaku
To see this website who are supposed to be so liberal and accepting making articles about people’s appearance? Pretty fucking sickening.
another dogshit kotaku take
What are you wearing to The Game Awards, ?
Write an article on payment in the industry instead and it'd produce better results than this lol
How men dress in games is embarrassing But... Let people dress how they wanna dress. It falls under body autonomy innit But... There is a point about who gets away with dressing like this. And those that don't
Kotaku knows fashion now 🤣 that's what this industry needs. Dior and models
Real problems right here
This is stupid
Imagine going to school to spit this drivel out into the world…
I don't want the people who present games wearing suits. These events are already horribly inauthentic. Suits would just make them feel even more like a big business jerk session than they already are
Written by someone who also dresses like shit, what a shocker
No it doesnt
The person who wrote this is kind of cunty.
What about the smell?
Why do you want people in fancy suits? Do you want to see some slaps?
Leave King Phil alone thanks
Written by this apparent fashion expert.
drip is temporary. good games are forever
SarahDaniels
Amazing journalism, your Pulitzer is in the mail! :)
This is the most useless article I've ever seen omg
And it’s time to unfollow kotaku lol
Judging TGA fashion is like, half the fun of it
I enjoy getting decked out up when I can, and I've seen others do it as well-- they just don't get stage time so that could be part of it too.
did someone say fashion
This article highlights the decline of videogame journalism.
Nobody cares about that. We have a bigger crisis in paying premium prices for unfinished games.
If we were all compensated how we should be, I'll buy a suit and attend Kotaku.
Kotaku is just trying to be a poor version of Harddrive Mag by this point, right?
Alaraxia_A
Why is this even a freaking article. Man kotaku has gone waayyyyyyy down hill.
I honestly don't know why I haven't stopped following ypub, yet
Y’all are really running out of things to write about aren’t you 😂😂😂
I think this is a fun article and I agree with it. Is it the most vital of breaking news? Obviously not and the people being like “why are you talking about this instead of ______” are missing the fucking point. And if you don’t care about fashion, don’t fucking read this.
Good (for me personally? great) core concept, article kind of unproductive, loved the referenced pokemon presenter article I'd honestly love to see the game awards get a bit bolder altogether in terms of not only fashion but presentation and execution. kind of mid as it stands
We watch to see games. Not clothes.
Aww yes let's do this when being a journalist for gaming and not Hollywood. This makes you seem to be regretting became gaming journalist and not a Hollywood journalist.
'...and The Game Awards are not the Oscars. Like the titans of the tech industry, so many of gaming’s bigger (and older, and whiter) personalities have doggedly refused to accept...' STOP BEING RACIST AGAINST WHITE PEOPLE
Kotaku once again proving everyone they employ is utterly worthless.
Still a more reasonable article than anything else Kotaku has published this year
At least Kotaku doesn't try to talk about video games anymore. Nature is healing ❤️
I cant sleep thinking this.
Wait, we're supposed to look fashionable tomorrow? It's a show to celebrate video games, not a fancy wedding
alyssa_merc Thank you for being brave enough to call out the real issues in the gaming industry: What people are wearing.
I can only imagine what your editorial staff looks like
Another dumb cringe kotaku 'article' LMAO
How are you guys still a thing Now that's a crisis
Shallow people always find the strangest things to complain about.
All the people in here complaining that Kotaku should be writing about buggy games maybe have a shred of motivation and click the 'home button' while reading the linked article. They have more than one journalist you insufferable troglodytes.
I don’t particularly care but it undersells the prestige of what Keighley is trying to build up The Game Awards as. On the one hand, it makes them more “relatable” to the average gamer. On the other, it looks like they couldn’t be bothered to give a shit that morning.
I still love when the head of EA comes out and looks like a super villain. That guy can dress.
Trash post.
I didn't take acid for all the 80's to care what anyone wears anywhere. Your holes protected from sitting on something sharp or infectious? Good job you're dressed.
Let's leave it to the pros on this topic
This is why we should lobby to get moleclub and astralberryy sent to TGA every year.
Or, you know, let people wear what they're comfortable with and stop judging?
Yes because we need another article about women hating men.
Why are you still exist kotaku? Is anyone even reading this? Smh...
I hope no one goes in sandals and dad shorts. You might have a heart stroke. Fashion is the most irrelevant thing here, come on.
Why did this opinion piece go from clothing to white men being privileged and colored and queer people. I thought this was a gaming news outlet, I don't care about how well they dress.
Yes, this is what's wrong with the gaming industry.. Not the games that launch broken, not the amount of microtransactions and lootboxes, not the crunch culture, not the video game actors who don't get residuals, not the sexism, harassment and discrimination. It's their drip.
When I think of crisis in the gaming industry it's usually shit like the amount of crunch and workplace abuses not how little drip some company executives have
Another piss poor take from Kotaku
jasonschreier. I miss you.
Yeah causes that's what I pay attention to, not the games that get announced during the show. Typical Kotaku crap.
You all look like murder hobos, buy a shirt that fits.
Most may be uncomfortable addressing a crowd. Why would they add to it by wearing anything else than what they suits them?
This should have been a post on her social media. Who gives a fuck about fashion on a VIDEO GAME SHOW. Grow up, what others wear is not your business.
*frantically searches through eyeroll GIFs*
gamers dress comfortably to get even better. function over form hoodie and shorts season baby
When I think of gaming, I think of fashion for sure.