Off Topic: Game critics narrow down Best of E3
Journalists from 37 North American publications
meld minds to vote on best of E3 2006; Gears of War, Nintendo lead
pack. Winners announced next week.
In the wake of the Electronic Entertainment Expo, the only thing almost as abundant as the trinkets and schwag being sold on online auction sites
are the Best of E3 lists touted by various publications. However, one
set of awards stands out from the rest as it represents a large sample
of the gaming press.
The Game Critics Awards, first held in 1998, is decided by a
group of dozens of journalists from different media outlets. This year,
37 judges participated in deciding the best games and hardware from E3
2006. Leading gaming editors culled from publications such as Newsweek, CNN/Money, The Los Angeles Times, Rolling Stone, and GameSpot chimed in on what they thought were the highlights of the conference.
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