Yes, it's that time again . . .

Nominations are up, and I'm one of the selected voters again this year. Of course, most of the nominated games, I've never played.

So I'd appreciate if anyone reading this could take a look at the nominees, and let me know your opinions?

Oh, and my usual caveat: I'm not interested in comments such as "This game was really cool," or "Everyone I know plays this game." I'm more interested in things such as production values, best original game character, excellence in audio, level design, and so forth.

If you'd like to throw in your $0.02, please have comments to me, either by posting a reply here or sending an Email to elonka@aol.com, by February 21st, 2005.

Thanks much,

Elonka :)

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Best Game

Burnout 3: Takedown (Criterion Games / Electronic Arts)
Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas (Rockstar North / Rockstar Games)
Half-Life 2 (Valve Software / Vivendi Universal Games)
Katamari Damacy (Namco)
World of Warcraft (Blizzard Entertainment)

New Studio

Cryptic Studios (City of Heroes)
Crytek (Far Cry)
inXile entertainment (The Bard's Tale)
Obsidian Entertainment (Star Wars Knights of the Old Republic II: The Sith Lords)
the Behemoth (Alien Hominid)

Audio

Call of Duty: Finest Hour (Spark Unlimited / Activision)
Doom 3 (id Software / Activision)
Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas (Rockstar North / Rockstar Games)
Halo 2 (Bungie Software / Microsoft Game Studios)
Katamari Damacy (Namco)

Character Design

Half-Life 2 (Valve Software / Vivendi Universal Games)
Katamari Damacy (Namco)
Prince Of Persia: Warrior Within (Ubisoft Montreal / Ubisoft)
Sly 2: Band Of Thieves (Sucker Punch Productions / Sony)
World of Warcraft (Blizzard Entertainment)

Game Design

Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas (Rockstar North / Rockstar Games)
Half-Life 2 (Valve Software / Vivendi Universal Games)
Katamari Damacy (Namco)
Pikmin 2 (Nintendo)
World of Warcraft (Blizzard Entertainment)

Technology

Burnout 3: Takedown (Criterion Games / Electronic Arts)
Doom 3 (id Software / Activision)
EyeToy: AntiGrav (Harmonix Music Systems / Sony)
Far Cry (Crytek / Ubisoft)
Half-Life 2 (Valve / Vivendi)

Visual Arts

Doom 3 (id Software / Activision)
Half-Life 2 (Valve Software / Vivendi Universal Games)
Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door (Intelligent Systems / Nintendo)
Prince Of Persia: Warrior Within (Ubisoft Montreal / Ubisoft Entertainment)
World of Warcraft (Blizzard Entertainment)

Writing

Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas (Rockstar North / Rockstar Games)
Half-Life 2 (Valve Software / Vivendi Universal Games)
Leisure Suit Larry: Magna Cum Laude (High Voltage Software / Vivendi)
Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door (Intelligent Systems / Nintendo)
Star Wars Knights of the Old Republic II: The Sith Lords (Obsidian /
LucasArts)

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