Credit where credit’s due: The Game Awards 2017 was genuinely good. There have been things to like about the show ever since Geoff Keighley went independent with it, but it finally felt like the event reached its full potential last night, with a good balance of entertainment, major reveals, and some lovely segments spotlighting big industry names like Carol Shaw and Andrew House.
But the biggest winner had to be Josef Fares, who blundered into Keighley’s interview booth screaming obscenities, before finally getting around to introducing A Way Out – his awesome looking co-op adventure game. Fares railed on pretty much everything, but he had a few choice words for the Oscars – as well as his publisher EA, who he was complimentary of in a backhanded way.
The real funny thing here is that an internal email leaked out of the publishing giant recently, in which the firm noted that Fares has a great personality but is prone to making controversial comments. Well, this clip will have been exactly what EA feared, but watching Keighley squirm as he goes wildly off-topic was well worth it. We should say there is a lot of bad language in the embedded clip, so you’ve been warned.
[source youtube.com]
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When it happened I didn't know if I should be laughing or cringing.
Zachary Levi pulled off the best comment right at the start.
I see a lot of people saying that they liked what Josef said during the awards. I think I'm in the minority. All that hate towards the Oscars, do you think he's salty about something? I read that he's also a film director.
Unreal
@WanderingBullet I don't think he was even really thinking to be honest. I dunno, maybe there was some calculated criticism in there, but he just seemed to be hyper and shouting words without any real meaning.
@get2sammyb Hmm... I did find it funny that he was having a go at EA but at the same time defending them as well regarding the lootbox fiasco.lol
Anyways, I rewatched one of the A Way Out trailers and noticed that one of the characters looked and sounded like him.
What a hero. Nice to have a release date for A Way Out as well amid the "it's gonna get delayed" rumours. Of course it still could, but yeah.
@WanderingBullet I think it's his brother.
@get2sammyb Oh, I see..
18 year old me would've found it hilarious. 33 year old me found it utterly obnoxious. Had to mute it after a while
This guy is a fool and a liability. I hope his irresponsible comments do not fall on keighly. The validity of what he said is not the point. It was not the time and place.
Really enjoyed the show
He is right...F*** the Oscars.
Josef for president 2020
Dude was high as a kite.
Got to agree with get2sammyb on this one. I mean the game does sound interesting, but he's over presenting himself with nonsense. Come on he sounds more like the Uwe Boll of the game industry here :/
Every question about the game was brushed aside and he just kept going back himself, "it's my time to shine".
Love it. What a nutter.
"Publishers f up sometimes, EA with all that lootbox sh!+"
Give that man an oscar. Bravo.
This was really funny but yeah, he needs to calm down a little.
Get ready for an EA press release next week stating Fares is being removed from the project
unless someone can prove to me that he's always like that i will just assume that he was super high
He's getting hate, but I rather enjoyed it. I'm not a fan of the profanity and arrogance, but I appreciated his excitement over his game, over the event, and over how good EA has been to him. It brought a smile to my face.
It was totally inappropriate--no question--and yet still managed to be the highlight of the evening.
This was amazing!!
And this is why the gaming industry continues to not be taken seriously because at our equivalent of the Oscars a guy comes out, swears then plugs his game then berates another award organization. But instead of ridicule for making an idiot of himself it gets praised as "showing passion".
I don't necessarily think the Oscars should be held up as an exemplar of how an award ceremony should be conducted.
The Oscars are too po-faced and self important and quite frankly, they are as boring as f***. It's all about the actors, and super stars rather than a celebration of the medium and is all very shady as far as the voting process is concerned.
These games awards are in their infancy by comparison and I think that the tone and sincerity is much better and you also have a more transparent voting system. It recognises talent from all over the world and not just the output of one city in the US.
The awards are getting better each year in my opinion.
@SoulChimera It would've been even funnier if one of the nominees in that (Best Action Game) category was an EA game.XD
Ok now about the game, is it just me or does it not seem to be all that. Impossible to have a real opinion just yet but to me it seems just meh
As much as I dislike the Oscar's I can see how Josef's behavior, opinions, and demeanor was unacceptable. He had to have been drunk, high, or both.
Although the conspiracy theorist in me thinks that maybe this was calculated by the corporate suits in EA to distance the game from the outrage, so that more informed gamers would feel more comfortable purchasing anything with the EA logo on it. Maybe, but probably not.
I don't care if the degenerates in Hollywood take gaming seriously. As sentiments go I can agree with Josef Fares on that.
Yeah, OK, **** the Oscar's.
I was dead when it happened
That there is a man high as kite on cocaine. Absolutely no question. The signs are abundant.
You can even see the moment Geoff realises just how bad it is.
It's certainly a reason for me to not buy the game.
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