In the dramatic final moments of the Gamestop Awards for Games (GAG) 2008, there was only silence as Gamestop President Jeff Gerstmann announced the GAG GotY 2008:
"With due consideration given to all factors that make a game truly great, including How Much Money the Publisher Bribed Us With, Whether The Game Can Be Used As a Case Study To Bash The Wii and Whether I Am Likely To Be Fired For Giving This Game a Bad Score, I am pleased to announce the shortlist:"
Lair (PS3)
Synopis: "An excellent game that deserves 17/10 simply due to the quality of advertising reviews of it are often displayed next to. Buy this game or I will kill you and eat your mother."
Kane & Lynch: Dead Men (Xbox 360, PS3, PC)
Synopsis: An excellent game that deserves 17/10 simply due to the quality of advertising reviews of it are often displayed next to. Buy this game or I will kill you and eat your mother.
Heavenly Sword (PS3)
Synopis: An excellent game that deserves 17/10 simply due to the quality of advertising reviews of it are often displayed next to. Buy this game or I will kill you and eat your mother.
Kane & Lynch: Dead Men (Xbox 360, PS3, PC)
Synopsis: An excellent game that deserves 17/10 simply due to the quality of advertising reviews of it are often displayed next to. Buy this game or I will kill you and eat your mother.Haze (PS3)
Synopis: An excellent game that deserves 17/10 simply due to the quality of advertising reviews of it are often displayed next to. Buy this game or I will kill you and eat your mother.
Kane & Lynch: Dead Men (Xbox 360, PS3, PC)
Synopsis: An excellent game that deserves 17/10 simply due to the quality of advertising reviews of it are often displayed next to. Buy this game or I will kill you and eat your mother.
Kane & Lynch: Dead Men (Xbox 360, PS3, PC)
Synopsis: An excellent game that deserves 17/10 simply due to the quality of advertising reviews of it are often displayed next to. Buy this game or I will kill you and eat your mother.
"I will now announce the winner."
ioi (PC)

"And here is the runner-up."
ioi (PC)

"And here is the consolation prize winner..."
ioi (PC)

"And here is the Wooden Spoon award, dedicated to Ken Kutaragi's Giant Enemy Crab."
ioi (PC)

"Well, ioi had to win", said Mr. Gerstmann. "VGchartz.com gave my editor a free holiday in Hawaii to do it."
Before he exited the stage, bids for who would win the GAG GoTY 2009 from attendant publishers had reached over 100 billion trillion dollars.












