Game of the Year Award Thing 2012: Other and Game of the Year

This is it. The final episode of the Disembodied Voices Game of the Year Award Thing 2012. You can soon let out that breath you've been holding since early January, but not before two more hours of riveting entertainment that just might send chills down your spine. All the awards that couldn't find a home among previous categories congregate in the Other segment as one, big party before stepping aside for the second phase: Game of the Year itself. This intense discussion quickly begins to resemble the interrogation scene from The Dark Knight as two games in particular are grilled under the spotlight of destiny. Which game will take away this grand honor? Don't scroll down to not find out! [audio http://dl.dropbox.com/u/78114951/DVGOtYAT%202012%20-%20Other%20and%20GotY.mp3]

The Winners of Other and Game of the Year:

Best First Impression:

  • Darksiders II
  • LEGO Lord of the Rings
  • Borderlands 2
  • Thomas Was Alone

A winner is... Darksiders II

Best Surprise (In a Good Way):

  • The Walking Dead (Cameron)
  • Nintendo Land (Bryan and Stephen)
  • Spec Ops: The Line (Zachary)

A winner is... All of them!

Best Japanese Developed Game:

  • Dragon's Dogma
  • Xenoblade Chronicles
  • Nintendo Land
  • Sonic & Sega All-Stars Racing: Transformed

A winner is... Dragon's Dogma

Game of the Year: (!!!)

  • Darksiders II
  • Dishonored
  • Dragon's Dogma
  • Thomas Was Alone

A winner is... Dishonored

Game of the Year Award Thing 2012: Visuals

Round 2! Fight! Or, at the very least, engage in a rousing and civil discussion about video games. The topic rotates around visual splendor in the Disembodided Voices Game of the Year Award Thing 2013, so expect a lot of inadequate adjectives about the way stuff looks as two hours of quality podcast material unfold. The competition is fierce, pitting the most beautiful of landscapes against the most jaw-dropping of action sequences, and Season 3 of My Little Pony was inches away from taking home the prize. Enjoy the show, and feel free to be opinionated in the comments! Also feel free to be totally quiet. Your extroversion preferences are respected here at Disembodied Voices. [audio http://dl.dropbox.com/u/98302924/DVGOtYAT%202013%20-%20Visuals.mp3]

The Winners of Visuals:

Best Stuff You Look at Technically:

  • Dear Esther
  • Max Payne 3
  • Battlefield 3: Armored Kill
  • Assassin's Creed 3

A winner is... Assassin's Creed 3

Best Stuff You Look at Overall:

  • Journey
  • World of Warcraft: Mists of Pandaria
  • Darksiders II
  • Gravity Rush

A winner is... Darksiders II

Kirby and Meta Knight Present... Best Character Design:

  • LEGO Lord of the Rings / LEGO Batman 2: DC Heroes
  • Assassin's Creed III
  • Dragon's Dogma
  • Thomas Was Alone

A winner is... Dragon's Dogma

Niftiest Visual Aside (props to Stephen for the name and correcting Bryan):

  • Sand Physics - Journey (Bryan)
  • The Panoramic Gamepad - Nintendo Land (Stephen)
  • Blinking - Dishonored (Cameron)
  • Griffon on Fire - Dragon's Dogma (Zachary)

A winner is... all of them!