Eddie Inzauto, Jason Fanelli, Dan Crabtree, and Mike Murphy discuss the biggest winners at the massive 2012 Nodie Awards on this episode of VS Node. From audio/visual presentation, to world design, to emotional engagement, to divisiveness… all the way to game of the year, these nine games greatly impressed the GamerNode staff in 2012 and beyond.---------------------------------------Intro – 0:00Mark of the Ninja – 2:49Spec Ops: The Line – 8:55Far Cry 3 – 13:42Max Payne 3 – 21:15Assassin’s Creed III – 26:27Mass Effect 3 – 41:00Dishonored – 51:07The Walking Dead – 58:08Journey – 1:12:13Outro – 1:28:04---------------------------------------Versus Node theme, "Dungeon" by Koji Kondo for Nintendo’s The Legend of Zelda, 1987. Remixed by Brian Schulman and Charles Kantz, 2010. Outro, "Pleasure of Podcasting, Power and Pain of Copyright Law" by Eddie Inzauto, 2025.---------------------------------------Email us at [email protected]