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Suck It, Tom Hanks!

Posted on Friday, December 14 @ 15:51:45 Eastern by


I can't take credit for that hilariously bad/excellent pun of a front page description that lured you here—that was courtesy of our very own Kevin Schaller. By now you know my love for puns, so I couldn't let a reply to an email thread like that go unseen.

That particular email thread went around last night between the staff here at GameRevolution, because we just heard the news that GameRevolution's 'The Grind' webseries took home the award for Best Original Scripted Video Show/Series at the 2012 Digiday Video Awards Gala in New York City.

You may be wondering why all of the hate on Tom Hanks...we truly love and respect Tom Hanks and his work throughout the years. Which is why this accomplishment of winning this award is all the more satisfying. The Grind went up against the Tom Hanks-created, Tom Hanks-produced Electric City, a post-apocalyptic science fiction webseries [When have you not heard of those before? ~Ed. Nick] with characters voiced by Hollywood talent such as Paul Scheer, Ginnifer Goodwin, Chris Parnell, and surprise-surprise, Tom Hanks.

So while we wish Mr. Hanks no ill will, we can't help but be sore winners and do as much virtual face-rubbing as possible.

If you haven't seen The Grind, make sure you check out the entire series at: http://www.gamerevolution.com/tag/the-grind

Congratulations to the good folks here at GameRevolution, Evolve Media Corp., our host Marisha Ray, the writers, and the production crews at Brilliant Morgan Entertainment. (And I would like to thank Belgium for not interfering with our award.)

[Image Credit: Hollywood.com]


Comments
  • Sourdeez
    Sourdeez
    Joined: Feb 2012
    Posted: Dec 14th, 2012 at 4:09 pm
    Congrats GR :)
    0 3
  • UghRochester
    UghRochester
    Joined: Jun 2006
    Posted: Dec 14th, 2012 at 4:14 pm
    Congrats again.
    0 3
  • danielrbischoff
    danielrbischoff
    Joined: Nov 2009
    Posted: Dec 14th, 2012 at 4:29 pm
    Hanks has enough awards. It's time for the Big boys to take over.
    0 1
  • Bras
    Bras
    Joined: Jul 2008
    Posted: Dec 14th, 2012 at 5:54 pm
    Please make up an acceptance speech for the next GR Radio.
    0 1
  • Klandathu
    Klandathu
    Joined: Apr 2008
    Posted: Dec 16th, 2012 at 12:58 am
    Was capitalizing the 'b' in "Big" another Tom Hanks pun?
    0 1
  • danielrbischoff
    danielrbischoff
    Joined: Nov 2009
    Posted: Dec 16th, 2012 at 12:56 pm
    Yes! I guess it wasn't as tough to crack as the Da Vinci Code.
    0 0
  • usaglory
    usaglory
    Joined: Mar 2009
    Posted: Dec 14th, 2012 at 4:41 pm
    When can we expect season 2?
    0 2
  • Anthony_Severino
    Anthony_Severino
    Joined: Oct 2010
    Posted: Dec 14th, 2012 at 5:28 pm
    Hopefully we'll get to do another season soon - and hopefully we can all be cast for roles.
    0 1
  • drathbone
    drathbone
    Joined: May 2011
    Posted: Dec 15th, 2012 at 3:17 am
    Community included?!
    0 3
  • UghRochester
    UghRochester
    Joined: Jun 2006
    Posted: Dec 16th, 2012 at 8:12 am
    Yes, UghRochester is included.
    0 1
  • LawnGnome
    LawnGnome
    Joined: Apr 2007
    Posted: Dec 14th, 2012 at 5:19 pm
    Electric City sucked.
    0 1
  • Anthony_Severino
    Anthony_Severino
    Joined: Oct 2010
    Posted: Dec 15th, 2012 at 8:17 am
    Never saw it, but you'd think it would be decent enough considering all of the talent behind it. Still, no match for our talent :)
    0 1
  • LawnGnome
    LawnGnome
    Joined: Apr 2007
    Posted: Dec 15th, 2012 at 11:37 am
    It had a bad plot, story, and laughably bad dialogue. The voice acting generally sucked too, surprisingly. I think Woody may literally be the only voice over that Hanks is suitable for.
    0 1
  • Jobin_Wendy
    Jobin_Wendy
    Joined: Mar 2012
    Posted: Dec 14th, 2012 at 5:29 pm
    Niiiiiiiice. Wilson ain't got **** on GR.
    0 2
  • DaVillain
    DaVillain
    Joined: Apr 2011
    Posted: Dec 14th, 2012 at 6:31 pm
    HA! Congrats GR! I hope you got a statue and it looks like the Game Revolution Derby Car from days of old.
    0 2
  • Guernica
    Guernica
    Joined: Mar 2009
    Posted: Dec 14th, 2012 at 7:32 pm
    Hey Congratulations! Good work guys!
    0 2
  • Zajix
    Zajix
    Joined: Nov 2012
    Posted: Dec 14th, 2012 at 7:42 pm
    Congrats and good luck on your future seasons!
    0 2
  • Heath_Hindman
    Heath_Hindman
    Joined: May 2011
    Posted: Dec 14th, 2012 at 11:27 pm
    Momma always said, life is like a box of chocolates...
    ...and she also mentioned that chocolates are incapable of recording and editing videos, because they can't even read.

    Hanks now knows to leave this to the professionals.
    0 4
  • drathbone
    drathbone
    Joined: May 2011
    Posted: Dec 15th, 2012 at 3:18 am
    Congratz GR! Woohoo
    0 2
  • tinymhg
    tinymhg
    Joined: Jun 2011
    Posted: Dec 15th, 2012 at 10:30 am
    The same from me too.
    0 1
  • elmoreoocyte
    elmoreoocyte
    Joined: Apr 2012
    Posted: Dec 15th, 2012 at 11:47 am
    I'm really happy for you guys. Congrats!

    I guess I'm the only person alive who watched a couple episodes of The Grind and disliked it.
    0 2
  • Mi_llamo_es_Loco
    Mi_llamo_es_Loco
    Joined: Mar 2012
    Posted: Dec 15th, 2012 at 10:51 pm
    Yo tambien. Hola.
    0 1
  • UghRochester
    UghRochester
    Joined: Jun 2006
    Posted: Dec 16th, 2012 at 8:13 am
    Como esta! Where the f*ck have you been?
    0 1
  • R0ADK1LL
    R0ADK1LL
    Joined: Jul 2009
    Posted: Dec 16th, 2012 at 2:24 pm
    How is it that I've been visiting this site for several years & never watched an ep of this show?
    You guys need to promote this better. If you could send Marisha to knock on my door & personally notify me each time a new ep come up, I'd be ok with that.
    1 0
  • UghRochester
    UghRochester
    Joined: Jun 2006
    Posted: Dec 16th, 2012 at 4:59 pm
    Well, it appears you never checked out "The Grind" thread in the forums. Daniel would notify the forum users when a new episode aired. Also, do you follow GR on Twitter? That's one of the best ways to stay informed. GR had a new episode posted on the main page every week. Do you scroll down and see news you missed?
    0 1
  • R0ADK1LL
    R0ADK1LL
    Joined: Jul 2009
    Posted: Dec 19th, 2012 at 10:27 am
    No, I don't do twitter & I rarely look at the forums, I mainly follow links from the home page. I will try to be more observant in future though.
    0 0

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