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Several members of our staff have taken the time to choose their favorite games in a number of categories.

Best Homebrew

Jason R:
Reggie! New Super Mario Bros. Wii Stage Editor. Runner-up: Riivolution

Nick:
Classic Controller Mod for DKCR

Chris:
Classic Controller Mod for DKCR

Best Menu Music

Kathrine:
Donkey Kong Country Returns. Can't beat that remix of the arcade Donkey Kong theme.

Jason R:
Pass

Chris:
I can't remember beyond the most recent ones, but I really like Epic Mickey's pause menu music.

Best Game I Never Bought

Kathrine:
Sonic Colours. I know it's gotten mixed reviews, but it still looks fun to me.

Jason R:
3D Dot Game Heroes

Nick:
Red Dead Redemption

Stanton:
Red Dead Redemption

Chris:
Red Dead Redemption, from what I'm hearing...

Jason H:
Red Dead Redemption

Nate:
Shantae on DSi

Best Game I'm Neglecting

Kathrine:
I still haven't cracked the shrinkwrap on Goldeneye 007 for Wii yet, which looks to be a pretty solid shooter.

Jason R:
StarCraft II: Wings of Liberty, I haven't played it since early September.

Nick:
Assassin's Creed Brotherhood

Stanton:
Red Dead Redemption

Chris:
Borderlands Expansions

Jason H:
Dead Rising 2

Nate:
Starcraft 2

Best Game I Didn't Finish

Kathrine:
There's a lot to do in Endless Ocean, such as finding all the treasures and earning the achievements, so much so that as much as I like the game, I haven't put in the time to finish it all.

Jason R:
Super Mario Galaxy 2

Nick:
Red Dead Redemption (so close!)

Nate:
Silent Hill: Shattered Memories

Best Game I Almost Started

Kathrine:
Pikmin for Wii. Opened it up, popped in the disc, but then got distracted and never did play it.

Jason R:
Star Ocean 4: The Last Hope International Version

Nate:
Overlord Dark Legend and X-Men Legends 2: Rise of the Apocolypse. Both have literally sat in the disc drives last year but I never got around to playing them

Best Game With Explosives

Kathrine:
Boom Blox Bash Party. Nothing beats watching the blocks from a carefully-constructed tower fly through the air.

Jason R:
Pass, I'm drawing a blank here.

Nick:
James Bond 007: Blood Stone

Best Game With Zombies

Kathrine:
The Zombies mode in Call of Duty Black Ops can be good for a laugh.

Jason R:
Scott Pilgrim vs. The World

Nick:
Dead Rising 2

Jason H:
Dead Rising 2

Best Game With Mopping

Jason R:
Tatsunoko vs. Capcom. I mop Chris off the floor using Roll all the time!

Chris:
I. Don't. Like. Roll.

Best Game Which Should've Had Birdo

Kathrine:
Super Mario Galaxy 2 of course. She could have easily been a swap for Yoshi, similar to how you can swap Mario with Luigi.

Jason R:
Pokemon HeartGold/SoulSilver

Nick:
Call of Duty: Black Ops

Chris:
Heavy Rain

Best Loading Screen

Kathrine:
Metroid Other M. Oh wait, those were cutscenes...

Jason R:
Pass

Chris:
They didn't come out this year, but those twirling items in Uncharted and Uncharted II were mesmerizing...

Strangest Game Title

Kathrine:
Rooms: The Main Building. Not only does the colon make me wonder how, exactly, the rooms relate to the main building, but the title makes it sound more like a room decorating game than a puzzler.

Best Hairdo

Jason R:
Max, from Max and the Magic Marker

Nick:
Sagat, Super Street Fighter IV

Chris:
King Slime, Dragon Quest IX

Best Hat

Jason R:
Professor Layton

Chris:
King Slime, Dragon Quest IX

Best Mistake of a Game of 2008 Hackers Are Still Trying To Make Right

Jason R:
Super Smash Bros. Brawl.

Nick:
Super Smash Bros. Brawl

Jason H:
Super Smash Bros. Brawl

Kathrine:
Super Smash Brothers Brawl. And it still isn't even close to what it should have been.

Nate:
Brawl

Best E3 Battle Cry

Jason R:
Skittles!

Chris:
The 3DS line begins OVER THERE!?

Best Concept Art

Kathrine:
The character art of Flip from Flip's Twisted World

Jason R:
Epic Mickey

Chris:
Epic Mickey

Nate:
Epic Mickey

Best Quest

Jason R:
Sarcastically, this award goes to Disney Epic Mickey's nearly recursive quest detailed in my review.

Kathrine:
Hey, I'm sure Monster Hunter has some quests that almost compare to the tedium of Epic Mickey. Who wants to collect mushrooms?

Best Theme Song

Jason R:
Final Fantasy XIII's theme (Yes, I'm being sarcastic. The thing plays nonstop through the game, over and over!)

Best Jest

Jason R:
Kane and Lynch 2

Best Pest

Jason R:
Chris, in any co-op game.

Most Played Game NOT Released in 2010

Nate:
Advance Wars: Days of Ruin

Biggest Accessory Words Have Been Eaten Over

Nate:
Kinect

Most Useful “Non-Game”

Nate:
4 Travellers - Play Spanish