Thousands of joystick jockeys and a smattering of Hollywood stars descended upon downtown LA’s Peacock Theater on Thursday to celebrate the best and brightest in video games at the Game Awards.

The 11th annual ceremony is often called the “Oscars of gaming” — but the presentation of awards is where its similarities to the Academy Awards end. It’s a rowdy night that welcomes not just industry leaders, but real fans, who swap their gaming headsets for cocktail attire as they nerd out together.

And as the worlds of technology and tinseltown overlap more and more with high-profile gaming adaptations like “The Last of Us,” “A Minecraft Movie” and “The Super Mario Bros. Movie,” the Game Awards also attracted a menagerie of major Hollywood players.

The A-list cast of Paramount’s upcoming adapt

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