"We sit down with Geoff Keighley, creator of The Game Awards, curator for Summer Game Fest, and long-time host of countless television and online video game shows. Did you know The Game Awards almost didn't happen and was saved by Britney Spears? Geoff lets us behind the scenes to understand how a beta tester out of Canada went on to create one of the world's most anticipated video game celebrations of all time.
Geoff starts off talking about where his career is now (01:30) before going to back to where it started with a fateful letter to Sierra On-Line (7:00). Dennis asks him about his super power (20:03), and Geoff talks about working his first video game award show in 1994 (33:37). He eventually joins with Spike TV's Video Game Awards show years later (40:49) in addition to starting with G4 (44:21). He discusses the conflict between the needs of television and the authentic needs of the gaming community (51:38) and how that led to Dorito-gate (55:54). Geoff shares his opinion on the VGAs and how they inspired The Game Awards (01:03:30), and how he invested all his money into what he believed (01:08:40) and nearly lost it all if it weren't for Britney Spears (01:12:02). Marcus asks about his relationship with Kojima (01:16:44). Dennis asks about the ESPYs for esports (01:22:50) and if The Game Awards will continue with COVID (01:38:34). With all the ups and downs, they talk about missing a fear gene (01:43:47)."
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