It’s that time of the year again! When you hunker down with family and celebrate life, each other, and the Griefed! Podcast! We have an extra special, extra long episode for you this week full of joys, wonders and merriment. Join Alex and myself as we give out our first round of awards to some of our favorite, and least favorite, games this year. Recorded on December 19th 2012.

If you don’t want to bother listening, here are some of the awards and winners in this episode:

“We’re impressed this game came out” – Sleeping Dogs

Best Tony Hawk Game – Tony Hawk HD

Best Most Adventure Game Adventure Game – Resonance

Best Strategy Game – X-Com: Enemy Unknown

Best Retro Game – Hell Yeah! Wrath Of the Dead Rabbit

Worst Strategy Game – Call of Duty: Black Ops 2

Biggest Surprise – Theatrythm Final Fantasy

Biggest News – Kickstarter

Most Disappointing – Resident Evil 6

Best Portal Game – Gateways

Best Super Japanese Game – Persona 4 Arena

Best HD Remake – Zone of the Enders HD

Best Art Style – Journey

Best Game Hardest To Qualify As a Game – Xbox Live Comedy Night

Best Non-Video Game Game – Cards Against Humanity

Grittiest Game of the Year – Max Payne 3

Best Vita Game – Sound Shapes

Best 3DS Game – Crashmo

Best PS3 Exclusive – Twisted Metal

Best Xbox Exclusive – Halo 4