Game of the Year

Pretty much all this. I mean... their best handheld game is Ghost Trick, Mario, and two random iOS games (ok, yes, not "random", but still... those games aren't exactly amazing). While I voted for Ghost Trick, because I loved that game, is that... is that really the best they could come up with? I mean, Ghost Trick probably doesn't even deserve to be on there.

Also, wow, ok DID THEY REALLY PUT "WWE ALL STARS" UP FOR BEST FIGHTING GAME INSTEAD OF BLAZBLUE OR SOMETHING LIKE THAT? Or, I dunno, SF3:Third Strike OE? Or anything else that's actually a fighting game? Also: why MvC3 and not UMvC3, since that's, you know, even out already? Speaking of which, KoF XIII isn't out yet either.

I was expecting Best Independent Game to produce a lot more rage from me than it did, though. But Bastion, Minecraft, Sword and Sworcery EP, and Binding of Isaac are all great games. It's just that, you know, Minecraft's only "this year" on a technicality and To The Moon should be there (and also for Best Original Score) because that's really the second or third best game I've played this year.

tl;dr: bias is horrible and stupid and To The Moon is wonderful

Also, Portal 2 is much better than Portal 1. I mean, seriously, even the writing is amazingly improved, and I really liked Portal 1's writing to begin with.

There wasn't a Blazblue release this year though, unless you count Extend getting released in arcades, which you know Spike doesn't know what the hell an arcade looks like. I'm surprised that SSFIV:AE didn't get a nomination. Also, there's people fighting in WWE. It's therefore a fighting game to mainstream gaming peoples sadly =\

I'm surprised and glad that MW3 isn't getting much recognition from Spike. I believe it was only nominated for best shooty.