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Hey everybody! We’re going to have a two-part awards special on our fledgling Internet television show. We put together the nominees pretty quickly, and have encouraged the Destructoid staff (our voting pool) to use write-ins as often as often as they like. Just because you don’t see a game listed here doesn’t mean it might not win as a write in.

So please, check out our categories and nominees below. I can’t wait to hear what you think of them. There is also a reader’s choice nominee for you to get on.

This exciting as hell! I’m sort of freaking out.

1) Best Polygon-based Graphics

Mass Effect 2Kirby’s Epic YarnGod of War 3Halo: ReachEnslaved

2) Best Non-polygon-based Graphics

Shantae: Risky’s RevengeBlazBlue: Continuum Shift
Cave Story WiiWare
Limbo Scott Pilgrim Vs. The World

3) Best Co-op experience

Monster Hunter TriLara Croft and the Guardian of LightKirby’s Epic YarnRock Band 3 Halo: Reach

4) Hardest to put down

Super Meat BoyBit.Trip RUNNERStarCraft 2Fallout: New VegasWorld of Warcraft: Cataclysm

5) Best Virtual Acting

Red Dead Redemption No More Heroes 2EnslavedAlan WakeMass Effect 2

6) Best Storytelling

Heavy Rain EnslavedMass Effect 2999: 9 hours, 9 persons, 9 doorsAlan Wake

7) Biggest Disappointment

Force Unleashed 2Call of Duty: Black OpsOther MEpic MickeyKane and Lynch 2

8) Best DLC
Red Dead Redemption: Undead Nightmare
Super Meat Boy: Teh Internets
Dead Rising 2: Case Zero
Wario Ware: D.I.Y. (free games by famous developers)
Monster Hunter Tri (free quests with unique weapons, free online in U.S.)

9) Best Score

Super Meat BoyAssassin’s Creed: BrotherhoodSuper Mario Galaxy 2Scott Pilgrim Vs. The WorldRed Dead Redemption

10) Most improved series

Dragon QuestNo More HeroesAssassin’s Creed Dead RisingScribblenauts

11) Best New Intellectual Property

DarksidersBayonettaDeadly PremonitionMajin and the Forsaken KingdomEnslaved

12) Best remake/revival

Persona 3: PortableGoldeneyePokemon HeartGold/SoulSilverDonkey Kong Country ReturnsPac-Man Championship Edition DX

13) Best competitive experience

Halo Reach Super Street Fighter 4 GoldeneyeCall of Duty: Black OpsTatsunoko Vs. Capcom

14) Most surprising announcement

Duke Nukem Forever is real now
Treyarch to make the next Call of Duty
Inafune leaves Capcom
Nintendo announces 3DS/3DS has a gigantic line-up of games
Marvel Vs. Capcom 3 is finally happening

15) Reader’s choice

OK, so here’s how this is going to work. To vote tweet ” My @dtoid game of the year vote is: #dtoid-(blank) ” but without the quotation marks, and with the name of your game in place of (blank). Spell your name in all lowercase, with no spaces or punctuation (Example: #dtoid-haloreach).

If you can’t remember what games came out this year, check out GotY post for a nice list. You have until this Sunday to vote, you can only vote once, so get cracking!

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