don't complain about spoilers!!! i tried my best to avoid them but couldn't at parts!!!
lil' awards!!!
best game i didn't play but still have in the shrink wrap!!!: gears of war 3!!!
best game that was supposed to be announced this year but wasn't!!!: rock band not-4!!!
series that needs to take a break for a few years!!!: assassin's creed!!!
biggest game!!!: skyrim!!!
game i sunk over a hundred hours into in a month!!!: skyrim!!!
biggest disappointment!!!: pokémon white (and black i'm sure)!!!
biggest not-disappointment!!!: saints row the third!!!
best licensed soundtrack!!!: saints row the third!!!
best original soundtrack!!!: skyrim!!!
best arcade game!!!: the baconing!!!
funniest game!!!: saints row the third!!!
most badass game!!!: saints row the third!!!
most improved sequel!!!: skyrim!!!
best not-sequel!!!: l.a. noire!!!
best (and most) downloadable content!!!: rock band 3 (specifically nirvana pack 04)!!!
best downloadable content for a game that doesn't win every year!!!: l.a. noire!!!
most uni
que game!!!: l.a. noire!!!
best choices that actually effect things!!!: l.a. noire!!!
most steam lost!!!: l.a. noire!!!
best storytelling!!!: dragon age ii!!!
worst storytelling!!!: l.a. noire!!!
best ending!!!: assassin's creed revelations!!!
worst ending!!!: l.a. noire!!!
best story!!!: spider-man edge of time!!!
worst story!!!: l.a. noire!!!
best plot twist!!!: spider-man edge of time!!!
most unoriginal gameplay elements thrown into a blender so that an amazing original game comes out!!!: deus ex human revolution!!!
developer of the year!!!: harmonix (even though they didn't release any games [dance central doesn't count])!!!
developer of the year that doesn't win every year!!!: team bondi (r.i.p.)!!!
best voice acting (game)!!!: saints row the third!!!
best voice acting (character)!!!: female hawke (dragon age ii)!!!
best serious dialogue!!!: adventuring (dragon age ii)!!!
best original character!!!: zimos (saints row the third)!!!
best returning character!!!: british main character (saints row the third)!!!
worst original character!!!: aveline (dragon age ii)!!!
worst returning character!!!: that bitch in origins who i killed but she miraculously came back in time for the sequel (dragon age ii)!!!
most ruined character!!!: TIE: anders (dragon age ii)!!! shaundi (saints row the third)!!!
best returning boss!!!: through the fire and the flames (rock band 3)!!!
best boss fight!!!: the last two intertwined bossfights (spider-man: edge of time)!!!
most dramatic not-death!!!: female hawke (dragon age ii)!!!
least dramatic death!!!: johnny gat (saints row the third)!!!
most retarded death!!!: orsino (dragon age ii)!!!
worst dramatic dialogue!!!: anders (dragon age ii)!!!
remember!!!
i have removed all hope of compromise because there is no compromise!!!
In great games (and sequels), the flaws are more pronounced. You'd notice a single tear in an immaculate blanket, but couldn't pick just one out in a raggedy old shirt. Technically speaking, the better the game, the worse the flaws, because they just seem so out of place.