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Sunday Comics: Dead Island Even though I left the Rocky Mountain News to run Kotaku fulltime awhile back, I still write for the newspaper. Mostly because I like the idea of being able to expose a very mainstream audience to gaming.
First a thing about the name: I didn’t pick it. I think it’s hilarious, but I’d never name an award after myself, it’s obnoxious… and quite funny. Which is what I think the Rocky was going for. There are quite a few closet smart-arses over there. :)
So my annual pick for best video game ran in the Rocky Mountain News today and I picked Call of Duty 4: Modern Warfare as the overall winner. The game beat out The Orange Box, Bioshock, Super Mario Galaxy and Uncharted: Drake’s Fortune.
Here’s why I decided to pick a war-time first-person shooter sequel over the splendor of a dystopian society, amazing character interaction of Uncharted and innovative design of Galaxy and Orange Box:
