Anna and Gentlemen, allow me to introduce to you The Feel Good Story of The Year Award. This is an award I invented strictly for the purpose of me saying the phrase "The feel good story of the year". Last years winner was another terrific story, one of courage, honour and uhh..uhh, a white wolf with a sword? And a poker game?

Yes! It was the story of a little known Polish company rising from the ashes to deliver one of the best RPG games in year - no not Oblivion put down that hatchet. The Witcher! And yeah then they uhh sold out to console. Anywho...

I would like people to vote for their favourite story. If you have your own story to nominate please state what it is and give me a synopsis.

UPDATE: The Winner is...

[spoiler] Mass Effect: A really fantastic port and an overall solid game. Probably my first choice for PC GOTY this year. [/spoiler]

The nominees for "The Feel Good Story of the Year 2008" are:

Huckleberry Hound: Hot Potato's Sick Dog.

The story of Hot_Potato's terminally ill dog was a touching one. It took the hearts and wallets of many Australians to stand together with lit candles to spell the pooch's name out. This along with prayers from the Gamespot community raised the hounds spirits and he has lived on to see out the rest of the year. There will be no refunds given on the candles.

I'm allowed to wear it. I'm a college student.

A story straight from my own backyard. I was accepted into Sydney University, regarded as the best University in the world. Even better than Yale! Many of you will remember the photos that I placed up from the very first day! Take a look!

A Port with Mouse Support?! Blasphemy!

Mass Effect. Forget the "Press Start button". Its a new precedent for ports on PC.

A cinematic and action packed RPG with superb writing and awesome visuals which combine to create a very fun experience. Its my first nomination for PC GOTY. And yes I chose Liara! Ha! Okay I may have tried Ash as well...

Too Much Teal!! The Devil is building his army and Max Payne is looking for something that God wants to stay hidden...that line still doesn't make any sense does it?

The announcement of Diablo 3 was one of the worst kept secrets in gaming history. It was not a matter of if but when was it coming. Blizzards website hyped up the annoucement with a photo that they unveiled day by day. I am sure that there were many of you - like myself - that believed this would be the long awaited game based on the movie Love Actually with all of the characters from the movie voiced by Alan Rickman! Sadly this was not the case, and Diablo 3 was also booed by some babies for its bright lights. Many who complain about a game being too bright before they've played it are unlikely to have been outdoors. To contain them: vote for Diablo 3 this year!!

(That looks like me after I saw Max Payne: The Movie!)

Runners Up/Honourable Mentions:

- My New Computer.

- Police unable to explain disappearance of director J. Moore.

- Uwe Boll quits movie making, joins Church.

- Crytek drops charges and endorse fan idea for Crysis 2: Legend of Psychos Son

- Director Uwe Boll believed to be missing.