Well, you certainly accomplished that...

@ Rei

That list means nothing. I guarantee you last year it would have been Final Fantasy XIII on top followed by Wii Music. This is best of show we're talking about, not most controversial.

Okay, but I will quote you. "It seems like gamers have a different opinion." If you don't like me sticking to that quote, you should never have said it. The main difference between the two is that the editors actually gave opinions, either thinking something is good or bad. These random collections of articles could have a variety of opinions, and only show how often something was mentioned. If Buzzstudy scans a number of sites and figures out which part of E3 got the most positive reactions (even by total number), then I'll be impressed.

   Do you really want to continue discussing this meaningless topic? Duh ..

   Sure Buzzstudy counts all kinds of opinions. But let's say there is one hundred (I am being conservative here) of blogs and articles on God of War 3 E3 showing. Let's say 90% of them are negative (that is impossible, but whatever) but 10 are positive. That already makes it 10 people vs 5 people (editors of 1up). Obviously, the majority rules, so I say Buzzstudy is closer to being objective.

Uncharted 2 deserved it
Project Natal is good too

GOW3 IMO is the best of the show...

So, they made it more violent, improved the graphics, let you control a cyclops and use a battering ram, and you suddenly like it? Ah well, I'm not objecting.

And GT5 wasn't eligible because it wasn't playable at E3- notice how it wasn't even nominated for best racing game.

Actually you're arguing populist means better then.  Personally I'm of the view for games, films, etc. that populist doesn't always mean best.

The whole things just the usual bit of fun anyway - mainstream sites/mags pick what title for them seemed the best on the avilable evidence, just as various mainstream sites/mags pick their favourites from film festivals.  In theory as the people picking are supposed to know the medium better their view is normally deemed interesting and to have some weight vs the average joe.

Both are subjective but to be fair the list you provided isn't just games its everything, and includes all views whether supposedly informed or not - i.e. its the populist/buzz view vs supposed experts, and therefore I'd say less relevant to the idea of game of show than the 1Up choice.

In the end it matters little anyway - we all make our own decisions based on our personal preferences.  For example I thought Uncharted 2 also looked like best title shown, until the Last Guardian trailer.  Now Last Guardian is the game I was most impressed by, closerly followed by Uncharted 2 - but that's just my tastes.  I can easily see Mass Effect 2 (looking great BTW), FFIII, God of War 3, etc. seeming the best for others and even understand on what basis.