Game of the Year Awards

For the next month or so, we'll be running our GOTY Awards right here at Games You Should Buy. As long as the game has been released at some point, in some territory this year, it is eligible (for example Rock Band, which came out last year in North America). It can be on any platform, and we'll dole out the awards by genre before the final three games are named between Christmas and New Year (giving us time to storm through any possible Christmas purchases). Please remember, GYSB is mostly just one guy, who doesn't own every platform under the sun, so for now, PS3, DS and PSP games will have to go unmentioned (although some may be included if they recieve glowing report cards from said guy's friends and online hangouts). Each genre will have a best game and one runner up, but the final award will have both a second and third best. Let's get started!