Max Payne 3's soundtrack was so good. Also Halo 4 is my GOTY (obviously).

Best Game- Telltale's The Walking Dead Best Shooter- Halo 4 Best Indie Game- Fez Best Mobile/Tablet Game- Angry Birds: Star Wars Hero of the Year- Master Chief (Halo 4) Villain of the Year- Charles Lee (Assassin's Creed III) Most Memorable Character- Vaas Montenegro (Far Cry 3) Best Narrative- Mass Effect 3 Best Sountrack- Max Payne 3 Best Snack for Gaming- Popcorn Best Drink for Gaming- Diet Mountain Dew Most Time Spent in Multiplayer- Borderlands 2 Worst Character- Jake Muller (Resident Evil 6) Most Disappointing Game I Expected More From- Gotham City Imposters Worst Game I Played All Year- I AM Alive

Best Game- Dishonored Best Shooter- Max Payne 3 Best Indie Game- Journey Best Mobile/Tablet Game- Punch Quest Hero of the Year- Corvo (Dishonored) Villain of the Year- Vaas (Far Cry 3) Most Memorable Character- Martin Walker (Spec Ops: The Line) Best Narrative- Spec Ops: The Line Best Sountrack- Max Payne 3 Best Snack for Gaming- Muncheez Spicy Best Drink for Gaming- Steel Reserve 40 Oz. Most Time Spent in Multiplayer- Borderlands 2 Worst Character- Any AI partner in RE 6 Most Disappointing Game I Expected More From- Tony Hawk's Pro Skater HD Worst Game I Played All Year- AMY

Matt how do you snack on pistachios while gaming, they have freaking shells! Do you de-shell them before you game? That would be too much work.

This is not an official list since Im not finished playing some games yet(Hitman, Max Payne, Kingdoms Of Amalur and Sniper Elite v2) Best Game: Far Cry 3 Best Shooter: Borderlands 2 Best Indie Game: Minecraft* Best Mobile/Tablet Game: Dont play mobile games Hero Of The Year: ClapTrap Villian Of The Year: Hoyt Volker(Far Cry 3)** Most Memorable Character: Vaas(Far Cry 3) Best Narrative: The Walking Dead Best Soundtrack: LEGO Lord of the Rings Best Snack For Gaming: Middlesworth BBQ Chips Best Drink For Gaming: Unsweetened Iced Tea Most Time Spent In Multiplayer: Stronghold Crusader Worst Character: Citra(Far Cry 3) Most Disappointing Game I Expected More From - Assassin's Creed 3*** Worst Game I Played All Year: Fable Heroes *Minecraft was my choice as it was the only Indie Game I play, I dont have a ps3 so I couldnt pick Journey, which I want to play. **Vaas was also a great villian, I liked Hoyt more, however. Sam Becker was also a great character even though he wasnt a villian. ***In my opinion, most of the big games this year were lacking in some area of gaming. Dishonored was really short, Assassin's Creed 3 was missing a living world, Mass Effect 3's shooter mechanics seemed to be weaker than Mass Effect 2, Borderlands 2 felt a little repetative.

Best Game: Halo 4 Best Shooter: Halo 4 Best Indie Game: Journey Best Mobile/Tablet Game: N/A Hero of the Year: Master Chief Villain of the Year: Handsome Jack Most Memorable Character: Handsome Jack Best Narrative: The Walking Dead Best Soundtrack: Mass Effect 3 Best Snack For Gaming: Lays BBQ Chips Best Drink For Gaming: Root Beer Most Time Spent in Multiplayer: Call of Duty Black Ops 2 Worst Character: Jake in Resident Evil 6 Most Disappointing Game I Expected More From: Call of Duty Black Ops 2 Worst Game I've Played All Year: Resident Evil 6 (I was very disappointed)

This is a great list Matt. Here's mine:

Best Game: Journey

Best Shooter: I don't play a lot of shooters

Best Indie Game: Journey (although I played a crap ton of The Legend of Grimrock too)

Best Mobile/Tablet Game: Angry Birds Space

Hero of the Year: Jill Valentine (Resident Evil: Revelations)

Villain of the Year: Dagran (The Last Story- I really liked that game)

Most Memorable Character: Death (Darksiders II)

Best Narrative: The Last Story

Best Soundtrack: Journey (no contest for me)

Best Snack for Gaming: I don't snack when I game. It takes time away from gaming.

Best Drink for Gaming Sessions: Diet Coke

Most Time Spent in Multiplayer: Journey (Let it be known that I generally don't like multiplayer but playing online in this game was amazing)

Worst Character: Noel (I can't get over his horrible MC Hammer pants)

Most Disappointing Game I Expected More From: Mass Effect 3 (nothing else even comes close)

Worst Game I Played All Year: The Amazing Spider-Man (still a decent game. I avoid bad games as much as possible)

jason brody wasn't that bad

Best Game: Assassin's Creed 3

Best Shooter: Call of Duty: Black Ops 2

Best Indie Game: Journey

Best Mobile/Tablet Game: Angry Birds Space

Hero of the Year: Master Chief

Villain of the Year: Vass Montenegro

Most Memorable Character: Clementine

Best Narrative: The Walking Dead

Best Soundtrack: Max Payne 3

Best Snack For Gaming Sessions: Almonds

Best Drink For Gaming Sessions: Diet Coke

Most Time Spent In Multiplayer: Call of Duty: Black Ops 2

Worst Character: Jason Brody

Most Disappointing Game I Expected More From: N/A

Worst Game I Played All Year: N/A

I don't have a long list of new games this year but I enjoyed them. I didn't play much of assassin's creed 3 but intend to. My Favorites this year/only games I played; Far Cry 3, Dishonored, Borderlands 2, Forza Horizon, Max Payne 3, Lollipop Chainsaw.

Best Drink= Monster Absolute Zero or Water.

Best Snack- Don't have one. Suggestions? I normally eat 4 or 5 small meals a day with no snacking in between.

My "Most Disappointing Game I Expected More From" would be Dishonored.

I only put games that I've played to full completion in the list. I don't think my opinions would change either way, since I've played 95% of the games released this year. The ones worth playing that is. No genre is safe from my gaming addiction.

Game of the Year 2012: Journey

Best PS3 Exclusive: The Unfinished Swan

Best 360 Exclusive: Trials Evolution

Best Wii Exclusive: Kirby 20th Anniversary

Best PC Exclusive: Slender

Best 3DS Exclusive: Resident Evil Revelations

Best Wii U Exclusive: New Super Mario Brothers U

Best Shooter: Sine Mora

Best Platformer: Fez

Best RPG: Dust An Elysian Tail

Best Adventure: The Walking Dead

Best Racing: Sonic Racing Transformed(Wii U)

Best Action/Stealth: Mark of the Ninja

Best Gaming Drink: Starbucks Double Shot

Best Gaming Snack: Haribo Gummy Bears

Biggest WTF Moment: PS Wonderbook

Biggest Disappointment: Zombi U

Biggest Surprise: Dishonored

The Moment My Mind Was Blown: The first random meetup in Journey

Best Trophy/Achievement: Minimalist(Unfinished Swan)

Best XBLIG: Escape Goat

Best Free Game: Street Fighter X Mega Man

Best Steam Greenlight: Fly'N

Best Innovation: Wii U Gamepad

Best Tablet Game: The Room

Best Vita Game: Tales from Space - Mutant Blobs Attack

Best Cellphone Game: Granny Smith

Indie Title to Checkout: Incredipede

Best Moment in Gaming: Wii U Launch

This is my standing as of right now. I'm currently playing Dishonored (not really feeling it at the moment much to my surprise) XCOM: Enemy Unknown (which would get the award for "game I'm enjoying the heck out of that I didn't think I'd have the slightest big of interest in" if there was one) and the Walking Dead (which I'm only just starting) Doesn't look like I'll get to pick up Far Cry 3 till the new year but I'm itching to play it.

Best Game- Mass Effect 3 (haters can hate all they want)

Best Shooter- Borderlands 2

Best Indie Game-Journey (But Mark of The Ninja was a VERY close 2nd!)

Best Mobile/Tablet Game- Jet Pack Joyride (I know It probably came out last year, but I have an android phone)

Hero/Villain/Worst Character of the Year- Captain Martian Walker (Spec Ops: The Line)

Most Memorable Character- Handsome Jack (Borderlands 2)

Best Narrative- Spec Ops: The Line

Best Sountrack- Borderlands 2

Best Snack for Gaming- Cheez-It

Best Drink for Gaming- Water (gotta keep hydrated)

Most Time Spent in Multiplayer- TIE: Borderlands 2 and Mass Effect 3 (aka the only multiplayer I play)

Most Disappointing Game I Expected More From-Max Payne 3

Worst Game I Played All Year-Amy (I couldn't even finish the first two chapters)

couldn't agree more with you on ac3 bertz i expected so much better ... my goty goes to sleeping dogs ... not flawless but it made me happiest without disappointing at all

I disliked assassins creed 3 because all of the major assassinations were cutscenes.

Best Game: Halo 4

Best Shooter: Halo 4

Best Indie Game: Journey

Best Mobile/Tablet Game: Angry Birds Space

Hero of the Year: Master Chief

Villain of the Year: Raul Menandez

Most Memorable Character: Clementine

Best Narrative: The Walking Dead

Best Soundtrack: Max Payne 3

Best Snack For Gaming Sessions: Tortila Chips

Best Drink For Gaming Sessions: Strawberry Milkshake

Most Time Spent In Multiplayer: Halo: Reach

Worst Character: Jason Brody

Most Disappointing Game I Expected More From: Medal of Honor: Warfighter

Worst Game I Played All Year: League of Legends

Agreed. Except my best taking session drink has to be Mountain Dew. Who doesn't want that double Halo 4 xp?

I agree with Dishonored as GOTY, but I think Max Payne's story was also excellent and deserved more recognition. Just wondering, while agree that Jason Brody wasn't a great character (his dialogue was very awkward at times), what exactly made you think he was the worst of the year?

Best Console Game: Halo 4 (X360) *: Honorable mention: Xenoblade Chronicles (Wii)
Best Portable Game: Resident Evil: Revelations (3DS) (coming to PS3 & X360 in 2013) *: Honorable mention: Kingdom Hearts: Dream Drop Distance (3DS)
Best Port to Console: Minecraft Xbox 360 Edition (X360)
Best Port to Portable: MGS: Snake Eater (3DS & PSV)
Best Multiplyaer: Halo 4 (X360)
Best Campaign: Xenoblade Chronicles (Wii) *: I'm not done, but I'm getting close.
EDIT: Here's some more of my opinions:
Biggest Dissapointment: Resident Evil 6 (X360 & PS3) *: It wasn't bad, but I expected more, especially from Jake's part of the campaign. I may not have gotten far, but from the 1st level of each campaign, Jake's was a lot weaker than everyone else's.