Awards, Kudos, Honoraria, etc.

Cherry picked from the bag of brags

Highlights

Top 100 Game Creators of All Time IGN, 2009
IGN released a list of their top 100 game creators of all time (LINK), and they included me! And this was when Telltale was still new and not very well known. They called me David instead of Dave, though, like my grandparents used to.

The Smithsonian
My work has been on display at the Smithsonian. The Secret of Monkey Island was one of five playable games in its "The Art of Video Games" exhibition in 2012. Games were selected by public vote.

Top 20 Adventure Games of All Time (# 1 AND #3) Adventure Gamer, 2004
Day of the Tentacle and The Secret of Monkey Island

Games 100, three years running Games Magazine
My games made Games Magazine's annual "Games 100" list (a list of the best new games of all types, mixing board games, video games, and so on) three years in a row. (The Secret of Monkey Island, Monkey 2: LeChuck's Revenge, and Day of the Tentacle.)

By Title

The Secret of Monkey Island
Best Gameplay Computer Game Developers Conference
(this is what would later become known as the Game Developers Choice Awards)
Best Adventure Game Omni
Best Adventure Game MacWorld
Top 100 of All Time Game Players Magazine
Best Games of All Time (all genres), #19 Computer Gaming World

Monkey 2: LeChuck's Revenge
Adventure Game of the Year Computer Gaming World

Day of the Tentacle
Best... (no categories that year!) Computer Game Developers Conference
(this is what would later become known as the Game Developers Choice Awards)
Adventure Game of the Year CGW Premiere Awards
Computer Gaming World Hall of Fame Computer Gaming World

The Wolf Among Us
BAFTA nominee, Best Story British Academy of Film and Television Arts
NAVGTR nominee, Best Game, Best Original Adventure, Writing in a Drama, and 3 other categories National Academy of Video Game Trade Reviewers

The Walking Dead
BAFTA winner, Best Story British Academy of Film and Television Arts
BAFTA winner, Best Mobile/Handheld Game British Academy of Film and Television Arts
DICE Award, Adventure Game of the Year Academy of Interactive Arts and Sciences
DICE Award, Outstanding Achievement in Story Academy of Interactive Arts and Sciences
Best Narrative Game Developers Choice Awards
Game of the Year Spike Video Game Awards
Game of the Year Wired, Destructoid, GamesRadar, Official Xbox Magazine, Yahoo! Games, USA Today, and many many others

Pajama Sam: No Need to Hide When It's Dark Outside
Editor's Choice Award Newsweek
(this was back when Newsweek was a major magazine and the mainstream media didn't cover games much)
Software Magic Award Parenting Magazine
Game Hall of Fame MacWorld

Pajama Sam 2: Thunder and Lightning Aren't So Frightening
Best Interactive Story Best Educational Software Awards (BESSIE)
Gold Award Sesame Street Parents

Freddi Fish 4: The Hogfish Rustlers of Briny Gulch
Best Interactive Story Best Educational Software Awards (BESSIE)
Critic's Choice Award Family Life

Mr. Robot: The Daily Five/Nine
Best Writing The Webby Awards

Jurassic World Revealed
Best Writing nominee The Webby Awards

Sam & Max Save the World
Best Narrative nominee Game Developers Choice Awards

My Studios

Telltale Games
Studio of the Year Spike Video Game Awards, 2012

Earplay
Alexa Developer of the Year Alexa Awards (The Alexa Conference), 2019
Publishing/Storytelling Voice Developer of the Year Project Voice, 2020