Dear Spike TV: Stop helping

What's worse than letting Spike TV pick the best video games of the year?

Letting Spike TV pick the nominees, then letting Spike TV viewers vote on which game should win each category.

You wind up with "best voice acting" nominees that were clearly chosen based on the name recognition and the physical attractiveness of the actor, rather than their performance. And then the viewers swoop in and vote for Hugh Jackman in his awful Wolverine game, or Megan Fox in her awful Transformers game. Because it's Hugh Jackman and Megan Fox.

The game of the year didn't even win its own genre subcategory. But, hey, there was music and celebrities.

It's hard enough to get the mainstream to take gaming seriously as an art form. Having an awards show like this in the spotlight every year isn't helping.

Maybe Spike's just ahead of its time with this approach. Maybe three years from now Academy Awards will be decided by whoever looks best in a swimsuit.