Thank you? Haha. I'm not sure what I did, but I suppose it's nice to have a fan.

I could write a whole ton here about why I think art is mostly subjective, which is an interesting discussion, but it might triple the size of this post and is ultimately tangental to my real point, so I won't. I'll agree to disagree about that. But if you think something is objectively better, then you have a…

Fancy Claps didn't really say it with tact (or respect), but I agree with him. People who hate on indie music/hipsters/whatever seem to care way more about the fact that it is indie/hipster then people who actually like it. Like what you want, let other people like what they want. If you don't like it, say why and…

You're probably right, but really people shouldn't be defensive about their favorite video games in the first place.

Probably because there aren't enough games with great writing, not to mention good writing AND voice acting. It has a lot of personality, and it is different from the average FPS/adventure game/RPG. Also, people like Valve. People probably play Portal who wouldn't play many other puzzle games because it was made by…

This would be the point where I point out the reasons I wouldn't make this my GotY, but honestly, unless you nominate some other stuff it'll probably be my favorite game that gets nominated. Kirk's response pretty much nails how I felt about this game. As far as the common GotY picks go, this is my favorite one.

I'm sure you aren't the only one. I'm really just confused because you said you didn't like it, but you spend the whole post saying how it had good puzzles and dialogue... :p

I wouldn't be surprised, honestly. He seems like the kind of guy who talked to Cliff Brezinski once at E3 and now drops his name whenever he wants something, so it wouldn't seem beyond him to leave out details like that.

"'It hasn't affected my business yet,' he said. 'Clients have brought it up, but they've mainly laughed about it. I haven't lost any clients.'"

On a certain level I kind of get this. This year did feel like "year of the polished sequel," and occasionally "year of the very flawed games with good intentions," to me. Which doesn't mean they are bad games, but for me that isn't what game of the year is about. But...at the end of the day, if you're going to have a…

I think this whole discussion is meta-meta. We're infinitely self-referential!

Well, of course there is no criteria. There is no criteria for the best movie or song either, that's part of what the discussion over game of the year is about. Whether a game is "good" or not is inherently subjective, so what game is "best" is obviously even more subjective.

If those were the kind of things that decided the games of the year, then Minecraft should be getting tons of overall Game of the Year awards, and not just for best indie game.

What you've written is hypocritical, yes, but I disagree that it what people are actually saying. I'm over this though, I don't really want to type out a well-written reply, heh. The short version is that they/we (insert whatever pronoun makes sense) aren't criticizing them because teabagging is a meme, we're…

Kumbaya, or something like that? :)

I think that's fair. I mean I don't think you should be supporting a game that you didn't like; if you didn't like it there's no reason to call it a game of the year. I'm just frustrated with the general trend of people panning something because it went over their head, even though it probably just wasn't their kind…

Hearing about this game always makes me sad that I don't have an iPad or an iPhone. :(

Heh, maybe! I guess if I can wait that long, I can wait a few months longer.

Well what does "put the code together" mean? If, as you say, the assets were created at Konami, and Silicon Knights just "put the code together" there are several things that could mean:

I'm just telling you what the law is. I'm not trying to sound condescending by saying that, but I'm not really sure what you are basing your opinion on. I've studied copyright law in law school, and we specifically covered ownership of copyright in commissioned works. Unless Konami and Silicon Knights dealt with the…