As you know, the Giant Bomb Golden Anniversary Year-End Awards Extravaganza Spectacular Celebrating 50 Years of Coverage of Excellence in the Fields of Electronic Entertainment and Taxidermy are currently going on, so I decided I'd weigh in with my choices for each of the categories the fine folks at Giant Bomb have set up. I'll spare the reasons why I chose what I chose in order to keep this blog post somewhat short. Well, here we go.

• Best Explosions - Battlefield: Bad Company
• Best Classic Revival - Bionic Commando Rearmed
• Best Multiplayer Game - Rock Band 2
• Best Premise - Spore
• Character(s) I'd Most Like to Party With - Bill and Louis (Left 4 Dead)
• Character Whose Phone Calls I'm Least Likely to Return - The Announcer from You're In The Movies
• Best Debut - LittleBigPlanet
• Most Satisfying Sequel - Metal Gear Solid 4: Guns of the Patriots
• Best Graphics - Metal Gear Solid 4: Guns of the Patriots
• Best Use of User-Generated Content - LittleBigPlanet
• Best "Games-As-Art" Game - Braid
• Best Downloadable Game - Bionic Commando Rearmed
• Best PSP Game - Patapon
• Best DS Game - Apollo Justice: Ace Attorney
• Best Game I Didn't Play - Professor Layton and the Curious Village
• Soulja Boy Award for Games to Play if You Drink and Get Drunk or Smoke and Get High - Braid
• Take a Break Award - Sonic the Hedgehog
  
• Most Disappointing Game - Mercenaries 2: World in Flames
• Best Xbox 360-Only Game - Banjo-Kazooie: Nuts & Bolts
• Best Playstation 3-Only Game - Metal Gear Solid 4: Guns of the Patriots
• Best Wii-Only Game - Super Smash Bros. Brawl
• Best PC-Only Game - Crysis Warhead
• Best Multiplatform Game - Grand Theft Auto IV
• Best Product from Someone the Giant Bomb Staff Used to Work With - World of Warcraft: Wrath of the Lich King (Bob Colayco)
• "Game" of the Year - Playstation Home
• 2008's 2007 Game of the Year - Super Mario Galaxy
• Game of the Year - Metal Gear Solid 4: Guns of the Patriots

2008 was definitely a great year for games and I hope 2009 is too. Killzone 2 looks pretty rad.