My issue with Bioshock (the reason it's a great game but not my number 1) is that rather than create a whole new game all they did was copy paste System Shock 2, dumb it down (Less RPG, more shooter), and add pretty lighting and water effects in a new setting. System Shock 2 was such a great game that copying it still made Bioshock great, but it got a lot of undeserved credit simply because people hadn't played SS2 before thought it was original and unique.

Portal is a lot of fun. I can't wait to see what the PC mod community does with it.

BTW, how great is the end song? 

Very valid points. One point where BioShock outshines SS2 is the story IMO. I loved the setting and idea behind the entire game, I wish more devs would come up with thought-provoking settings for their games. There are too many "world in jeopardy, must save everyone" BS in gaming.

But I do agree; I think more RPG elements would have pushed BioShock into the "best game ever" discussion.

 Both good points: I'm also surpised there are less GoW mentions, and yes, Twilight Princess cannot be chosen. 

is there a halo 3 for pc??? TLOZ: TP is from 2006, GoW should be in the list too.

Top 5 (i only play 360 for now), but i think than the GoTy will stay in this console.

Bioshock.
Halo 3.
The orange box
TLOZ: PH
Heavenly Sword

This are the games until now, but mass effect will be the game of the year.

I have listened to that song so many times I've memorized it lol. It's on my iPod.

Anyway, this cake is great
It's so delicious and moist

Also, I agree that the setting and atmosphere of Bioshock was better than that of System Shock 2. The game at it's core though was nearly identical, so it wasn't nearly as fresh to me as it would have been if I hadn't already played SS2. Also, if it had had more RPG stuff it definitely would be near or at the top of my list.

So with Twilight Princess out of the discussion.

What are ya'll gonna replace it with?

Metroid Prime 3: Corruption
Legend of Zelda: Phantom Hourglass
Pokemon Diamond

^^^Only 2007 games I have got.

1. Mass Effect
2. Orange Box (because of Portal)
3. Super Mario Galaxy
4. BioShock

5. all the other good 2007 games (Halo 3, Metroid Prime 3, Call of Duty 4, Assassin's Creed, Uncharted, Crysis...)

What's with all the games mentioned above (Motorstorm, Resistance, Zelda, Excite Truck, etc.) that are not even 2007 games? And would it be considered "beating a dead horse" to point out that none of those pre-2007 titles are 360 games?

Ken Levine:

I'm fascinated by Objectivism. I think I gave it--I think the problem with any philosophy is that it's up to people to carry it out. It could have been Objectivism, it could have been anything. It's about what happens when ideals meet reality. If you had to sum up BioShock's story, that's what it is.

When philosophers write books, when they write fictional works like Atlas Shrugged, they put paragons in the books to carry out their ideals. I always wanted to tell a story of, what if a guy wasn't a paragon? What if his intentions were really good, but at the end of the day he was human? I think that's where the problem is.

It's not an attack on Objectivism, it's a fair look at humanity. We screw things up. We're very, very fallible. You have this beautiful, beautiful city, and then what happens when reality meets the ideals? The visual look of the city is the ideals, and the water coming in is reality. It could have been Objectivism, it could have been anything.