The lack of Dragon Age is disturbing.

If there's one game deserves to be on that list, it's Mario & Luigi: Bowser's Inside Story. 
 
Not surprised they didn't nominate it, though; games with budgets below 'huge fucking pile of money' never get nominated for these kinds of awards. Just look at the recently revealed Annual Interactive Achievement Award winners: not only did Uncharted 2 win the 'Outstanding Achievement in Art Direction' award, Muramasa: The Demon Blade, the game that literally looks like a moving painting, didn't even get nominated(Modern Warfare 2, however, did).

• Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2, Written by Jesse Stern, Additional Writing Steve Fukuda, Story by Todd Alderman, Steve Fukuda, Mackey McCandlish, Zied Rieke, Jesse Stern, Jason West, Battlechatter Dialogue, Sean Slayback; Activision 
  

" @tiwi:   But still, doesn't rewarding Uncharted 2 for its movie-like plot sort of reinforce negative traits? Shouldn't we focus on distancing ourselves from movies and other mediums rather than emulate them? We're already seeing this with Mass Effect 2, whose commercials are more reminiscent of a movie than any sort of game. "

Dragon Age hasn't a very good writting. It ripped off  most The Lord of the Rings trilogy combined with the previous games from Bioware, and it gets boring often, with too much pointless detail given to the world. 
 
I was suprised to see Wet and X-Men there.

" @finmon said:

"

• Assassin's Creed II
  
• Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2
  
• Uncharted 2: Among Thieves
  
• Wet
  
• X-Men Origins: Wolverine
  

"

 What a terrible list. None of those deserve to be there. "

" Why didn't AC2 get it? Why Uncharted 2? The "movie you can play" thing? It's that, isn't it? "

Why didn't AC2 get it? Why Uncharted 2? The "movie you can play" thing? It's that, isn't it?

"

• Assassin's Creed II
  
• Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2
  
• Uncharted 2: Among Thieves
  
• Wet
  
• X-Men Origins: Wolverine
  

"

At least it didn't go to Modern Warfare 2.  That was bat-shit crazy and by the end I couldn't make heads or tails of what was going on and honestly I didn't care.  That's fine for game play, but it also reflects on the silliness of the writing.   I can live with Uncharted 2: Among Thieves.  While the story was still a bit of a disappointment to me, I completely enjoyed the dialog between the characters.
 
@nanikore:  :-D great gif.

I've got a feeling that nominees have to join the SWG   and then put themselves forward. 
Its likely the dragon age/Arkham Asylum/other good game writers didnt bother to do this.

"  @finmon said:

" Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2, Written by Jesse Stern, Additional Writing Steve Fukuda, Story by Todd Alderman, Steve Fukuda, Mackey McCandlish, Zied Rieke, Jesse Stern, Jason West, Battlechatter Dialogue, Sean Slayback; Activision  "

  

 

"

dragon age isnt even nominated so the whole thing is rendered moot in my opinion

But MODERN WARFARE 2! It had so many plot twists and exciting moments you were close to dying from loss of blood from orgasms and ejaculation

 @finmon said:

" Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2, Written by Jesse Stern, Additional Writing Steve Fukuda, Story by Todd Alderman, Steve Fukuda, Mackey McCandlish, Zied Rieke, Jesse Stern, Jason West, Battlechatter Dialogue, Sean Slayback; Activision  "

 

" So, it's been proven.  Uncharted 2 is the Avatar of gaming.  Unoriginal script with massive sugar-coating. "

Wolverine and MW2's nominations are a joke.

" i thought this was some kind of award by/for star wars galaxies "

i thought this was some kind of award by/for star wars galaxies

How did Wet and Wolverine get nominated for best writing ? Where's Silent Hill & DRAGON AGE ? Gah, nevermind. Uncharted 2 is the deserving winner anyway. Amy Hennig is a brilliant writer and this recognition is long overdue.

So, it's been proven.  Uncharted 2 is the Avatar of gaming.  Unoriginal script with massive sugar-coating.

Wow, thats just sad. And Shattered Memories is missing.

 X-Men Origins: Wolverine, Script Writer Marc Guggenheim; Activision    

Well, better than last year's I guess. 

Screen Writers Guild of America have decided on the best video game writing of last year:  

VIDEOGAME WRITING WINNER

Uncharted 2: Among Thieves, Written by Amy Hennig; Sony Computer Entertainment

http://www.wga.org/awards/awardssub.aspx?id=1517     
 
And a reminder of those nominations again:  
 

• Assassin's Creed II, Story by Corey May, Script Writers Corey May, Joshua Rubin, Jeffrey Yohalem; Ubisoft Entertainment 
  
• Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2, Written by Jesse Stern, Additional Writing Steve Fukuda, Story by Todd Alderman, Steve Fukuda, Mackey McCandlish, Zied Rieke, Jesse Stern, Jason West, Battlechatter Dialogue, Sean Slayback; Activision 
  
• Uncharted 2: Among Thieves, Written by Amy Hennig; Sony Computer Entertainment
  
• Wet, Written by Duppy Demetrius; Bethesda Softworks 
  
• X-Men Origins: Wolverine, Script Writer Marc Guggenheim; Activision    
  

[Edited to add: Yay!  I spun this post off in to an acknowledged tip in Joystiq]