Alot of sites, reviewers and magazines aren't going to give SMG the award for Game of the Year, but alot also will. It's very rare that there is an across the board consensus of Game of the Year (with exception of Grand Theft Auto III).
The fact of the matter is, there are alot of games this year that appeal more to the Hardcore than Mario ever will. I honestly can't remember a year that there have been more Testosterone driven Male 15-25 demographic games released.
Halo 3
Bioshock
Call of Duty 4: Modern Warfare
Assassin's Creed
The Orange Box
God of War 2
Mass Effect
Warhawk
Call of the Juarez
Uncharted: Drake's Fortune
Stranglehold
Crysis
Lair
Heavenly Sword
Ghost Recon Advanced Warfighter 2
Tom Clancy's Rainbow Six Vegas
World in Conflict
Syphon Filter: Logan's Shadow
Bullet Witch
The Darkness
Not that these are bad games, its just hard not to think of gaming in 2007 without visualizing the quintisential gamer as being anything other than an intoxicated red faced fratboy wearing a sweat stained football jersey and screaming at the TV screen while mashing a video game controller in potato chip soiled sweaty hands.
The only thing this year was missing was another DOA Volley Ball Game.
