The Nominees

MOVIES

<FAVORITE COMEDY OR MUSICAL>

• 22 Jump Street
  
• The Grand Budapest Hotel
• How To Train Your Dragon 2
• The Lego Movie
• Obvious Child

<FAVORITE ACTION/ADVENTURE>

• Captain America: The Winter Soldier
• Edge of Tomorrow
• Godzilla
• Guardians of the Galaxy
• Interstellar
• X-Men: Days of Future Past

<FAVORITE HORROR>

• As Above, So Below
• The Babadook
• Housebound
• Oculus

<FAVORITE DRAMA>

• Frank
• The Giver
• Gone  Girl
• Only Lovers Left Alive

<FAVORITE DOCUMENTARY>

• Citizenfour
• Free to Play: The Movie
• Looking For Group
• Video Game: The Movie

<WORST FILM>

• 300: Rise of an Empire
• Need For Speed
• The Purge: Anarchy
• Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles

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MUSIC

<FAVORITE SOUNDTRACK, MOVIE OR VIDEO GAME>

• The Amazing Spiderman 2, Hans Zimmer
• Destiny, Martin O’Donnell
• Godzilla, Alexandre Desplat
• The Grand Budapest Hotel, Alexandre Desplat
• The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug, Howard Shore

<FAVORITE NEW ARTIST/BAND>

• Alvvays
• Meghan Trainor
• MisterWives
• Sam Smith

<FAVORITE SONG>

• The Gospel of John Hurt, alt-J
• All the Time, Bahamas
• Love You Like A Burrito, The Doubleclicks
• Pretty Machines, Parquet Courts
• Divinity, Porter Robinson ft. Amy Millan

<FAVORITE ALBUM>

• This Is All Yours, alt-J
• Lost in the Dream, The War On Drugs
• Shatter Me, Lindsey Stirling
• Awake, Tycho
• Oh, What A Life, American Authors

<FAVORITE MUSIC VIDEO>

• We Exist, Arcade Fire
• Water Fountain, tUnE-yArDs
• Warriors, Imagine Dragons and Riot Games
  
• All About That Bass, Meghan Trainor

<MOST ANNOYING SONG YOU WANT TO MURDER>

• Let It Go, Frozen
• Shake It Off, Taylor Swift
• Magic!, Rude
• Anaconda, Nicki Minaj

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GAMES

<FAVORITE BOARD OR CARD GAME>*

• Cards Against Humanity
• Pandemic
• Seven Wonders
• Starcraft Risk

<FAVORITE MOBILE OR HANDHELD GAME>

• Deemo
• Pokémon Omega Ruby/Alpha Sapphire
• Ready Steady Play
• Theatrhythm Final Fantasy: Curtain Call
• Threes!

<FAVORITE CONSOLE GAME>

• Dragon Age: Inquisition
• Final Fantasy X/X-2 HD Remaster
• Naruto Shippuden: Ultimate Ninja Storm Revolution
• Super Smash Bros. for Wii U

<FAVORITE PC GAME>

• Dota 2
• Dragon Age: Inquisition
  
• League of Legends
  
• World of Warcraft: Warlords of Draenor
  

<WORST GAME>

• Destiny
• Sims 4
• Sing! Karaoke by Smule
• Sonic Boom: Rise of Lyric

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PEOPLE

<FAVORITE ACTOR IN TV OR FILM>

• Ralph Fiennes (as M. Gustave, The Grand Budapest Hotel)
• Martin Freeman (as Lester Nygaard, Fargo)
• Glenn Howerton (as Dennis Reynolds, It’s Always Sunny In Philadelphia)
• Joel Kinnaman (as Stephen Holder, The Killing)
• Nick Offerman (as Ron Swanson, Parks and Recreation)
• Kodi Smit-McPhee (as Jerome Holm, Young Ones)

<FAVORITE ACTRESS IN TV OR FILM>

• Mireille Enos (as Sarah Linden, The Killing)
  
• Jennifer Lawrence (as Rosalyn Rosenfeld, American Hustle)
• Tatiana Maslany (as “Multiple Roles,” Orphan Black)
• Rosamund Pike (as Amy Dunne Gone Girl)
• Amy Poehler (as Leslie Knope, Parks and Recreation)
  
• Tilda Swinton (as Mason, Snowpiercer)
  

<FAVORITE VOICE ACTOR>

• Jay Baruchel (How to Train Your Dragon 2)
• Bradley Cooper (Guardians of the Galaxy)
• Seth MacFarlane (Family Guy)
• Chris Pratt (The Lego Movie)
• Andy Serkis (Dawn of the Planet of the Apes)
• Kristen Wiig (How to Train Your Dragon 2
  

<FAVORITE WEB PERSONALITY>

• boffyrox
• Natalie Tran
• Nobbel87
• SirActionSlacks

<WORST ACTOR>

• Stephen Amell
• Matthew McConaughey
• Tyler Perry
• Taylor Swift

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TELEVISON

<FAVORITE WEB SERIES>

• Beaglerush – XCOM: War Within
• communitychannel
• Convos With My 2-Year-Old
• DeepSkyVideos
• HeirofCarthage – Total War: Rome 2 Online Battles

<FAVORITE SERIES, SHORT-FORM>

• Attack on Titan
• Brooklyn Nine-Nine
• It’s Always Sunny in Philadelphia
• The Legend of Korra
• New Girl
• Parks and Recreation

<FAVORITE SERIES, LONG-FORM>

• Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D.
• Game of Thrones
• Homeland
• The Killing
• Sherlock
• The Walking Dead

<FAVORITE COMMERCIAL>

• Halo: The Master Chief Collection Cinematic Trailer, Xbox
  
• Most Shocking Second A Day Video, SaveTheChildren
  
• Old Spice (Dadsong, #SmellcometoManhood), Old Spice
• This is EVE (2014), Eve Online
• Volvo: The Epic Split, Volvo Trucks

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BOOKS

<FAVORITE FANFICTION>

• All Roads Lead to Denerim, Sparrow Nightrunner
• Elysium, Laora
• Hitchups, The Antic Repartee
• Team 7’s Ascension: Blood Wings, Eilyfe

<FAVORITE SCI-FI/FANTASY>

• Annihilation, Jeff VanderMeer
• Cibola Burn, James S. A. Corey
• Lock In, John Scalzi
• Nyctophobia, Christopher Fowler

<FAVORITE NON-FICTION>

• Console Wars, Blake J. Harris
• The Future of the Mind, Michio Kaku
• The People’s Platform: Taking Back Power and Culture in the Digital Age, Astra Taylor
• What If?: Serious Scientific Answers to Absurd Hypothetical Questions, Randall Munroe

<FAVORITE INSTRUCTION MANUAL>

• Ichiban Toys Lego Swordfish
• Owner’s Manual for Hyundai Elantra SE
• PUR Water Filter Instructions Manual
• Super Smash Bros. for Wii U

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INTERNET

<FAVORITE GIF>

• “Extreme Japanese Apologizing”
• “Shaq and Cat Wiggle”
• “Dolphin Scaring Kids”
• “Fireworks”

 <FAVORITE VIDEO>

• BEST CLASSROOM APRIL FOOLS PRANK EVER, Josh W.  and Aquinas College Students
• Ghost Waltz, Player Piano
• Harry Potter VS Star Wars, RackaRacka
• If Disney Princes Were Real, BuzzFeedVideo
• Killer Clown Scare Prank!, DmPranksProduction
• Ronald McDonald Chicken Store Massacre, RackaRacka

<FAVORITE PICTURE>

• All Planets can fit between earth and the moon, Universe Today
• Cloud 9 Playboy Feature Article, Gavin Bond
• Majestic Mouse
• Size Comparison – Science Fiction Spaceships, DirkLoechel
• Unfiltered iPhone picture of a nuclear reactor’s blue glow, aka Cherenkov radiation

<FAVORITE WEBSITE/BLOG>

• Dragon Age Subreddit, Reddit
• Post Secret, WordPress
• Something Delightful, Tumblr
• Wy IndieG4m3z, WordPress

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COSPLAY

• ??? (as Beariel, the Little Furmaid)
• Fiendle (as  Skull Kid)
• Lonstermash (as Wolverine)
• MissSinister (as Orochimaru)
• Santatory (as Margaery Tyrell)

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ALWAYS SOMETIMES VILLAINS

<FAVORITE ASV POST>

• Game Attunement (Or, An Excuse to Reminisce), Brian Pham
• The Grand Budapest Hotel Review: “Did He Just Throw My Cat Out the Window?”, Christine Rolfes
• Introducing “Dr. Lovett”: The Doctor Is In!, Alexander Unrein
• Pokemon Ruby & Sapphire: More Than Just Trumpets and Surfing, Tyler Bauer
• A Rain-Soaked Namesake: Reminiscing on 3 Seasons of The Killing, Philip Pham

<FAVORITE ASV WRITER>

• Tyler Bauer, Staff Writer
• Jeremiah Holland, Staff Writer
• Christine Rolfes, Film Editor
• Brian Pham, Game Editor
• Philip Pham, Editor-in-Chief
• Alexander Unrein, Staff Writer

<FAVORITE VILLAIN HAIKU>

• The Homunculus
  Wants to understand the world
  Hates the nothingness
  Laura Elson (Homonculus, FMA)
•  A king he betrayed
  sought redemption for his wrongs
  ends with the dragon
  Jeremiah Holland (Loghain, DAO)
• A bright flash of light
  Nature roars her dominance
  Reclaiming her child
  Brian Pham (Azula, The Last Airbender)
• Amazing Amy
  is getting fucking married.
  Where will that girl go?
  Philip Pham (Amy Dunne, Gone Girl)
• Lost little giant
  Closes red eyes and laughing
  Gives into madness
  Christine Rolfes (Loki, The Avengers)

<FAVORITE VILLAIN>

• Amy Dunne, Gone Girl
• Lorne Malvo, Fargo
• Moriarty, Sherlock
  
• Zaheer, The Legend of Korra

<WORST GRAMMATICAL WRITER>

• Tyler Bauer, Staff Writer
• Jeremiah Holland, Staff Writer
• Brian Pham, Game Editor
• Philip Pham, Editor-in-Chief
• Christine Rolfes, Film Editor
• Alexander Unrein, Staff Writer