Everybody’s Gonna Get Awards
The British Writers’ Guild Awardsis an annual event where the best of British writing across TV, film, radio, stage, and video games are acknowledged and celebrated. For those in the industry, it’s a fairly big deal. This year, the big award went to Russell T. Davies, the guy who successfully broughtDoctor Whoback from the dead in 2005, for his “outstanding contribution to writing.”
The ‘Best writing in a video game’ award may not have been the main event of the show, but there was still some stiff competition between the nominees, as both the critically acclaimedHer Storyand the cult hitSunless Seawere in the running to win it.
The eventual winner of the award was The Chinese Room’s fantasticEverybody’s Gone to the Rapture, written by Dan Pinchbeck.
Personally, I’m really glad about it winning, as the writing inEverybody’s Gone to the Rapturewas one of the main reasons why I awarded it my personalgame of the year. It managed to effortlessly weave multiple narrative threads together in a really interesting, subtle, and non-linear way. It was a bit of a slow burner, sure, but I really liked it nonetheless.
Honestly, I’m surprised an event like this evenhasa video game award. Usually, games in the UK are constrained to their own events, such as the BAFTA Game Awards, so it’s nice to see them considered on par with other mediums for a change.
