A guy playing an alto flute in The Game Awards orchestra won the night
by Ash Parrish from The Verge - All Posts on (#66NQF)
Image: The Game Awards
Tonight's Game Awards was probably one of the more entertaining showcases in the event's 10-year history and it has nothing to do with any of the games that swept the awards and everything to do with a guy and his flute.
Al Pacino started the show, not with a bang but with a poorly legible whimper as the celebrated actor struggled to read the no-doubt tiny words of the teleprompter. Then Christopher Judge, in accepting the award for Best Performance for his incredible, soulful, and heartening performance as Kratos, rambled for a good handful of minutes longer than he should have. Though his speech was a bit awkward and long-winded, I firmly believe Mr. Keighley let Judge go on for as long as he did in order to keep the rest of the show...