I just had the honor of hosting the 13th annual DICE awards at Red Rock Casino in Las Vegas. Basically, the DICE awards are the Oscars for video games. Gamers from all over the world (England, Japan etc..) come to Las Vegas to pay tribute to one another.

 This was my fifth time hosting and I must say the awards show has come a long, long way. The first time I hosted was at The Joint inside the Hard Rock Casino. About 500 or 800 people were milling about and then shuffling on stage to accept awards. Then the show was moved to a casino off the strip that I have since forgotten the name of. The past few years, the DICE awards have been held at Red Rock Casino. I think it’s appropriate that all of the world’s best gaming minds are in a hotel 15 miles off the strip. It is cool that they don’t have to share it with anybody.  I love that for at least one week of their lives, they are all surrounded by their peers. There are no interlopers (except me!).

 To stand in front of a room filled with now 2,000 people and be able to host this awards show is so gratifying. I have watched the gaming industry explode in just the 5 years that I have been involved. This year, IFC was broadcasting the show. So, now television is involved. Which is a great thing.

 It is high time that the rest of the world are able to put faces to the games they have been playing for hours and even days at a time. I said this on stage and I will say it again. As long as I live, I will never be as good at anything as the gaming industry people are at their jobs. What a great group of people.

 Thanks for having me back to help hand out incredibly deserved awards. If you’ll have me, I will do this forever.

 jay