Yesterday's Best of E3 finalists announcement gives you a sense of what the several dozen official Game Critics judges thought of the show.

But it doesn't really point any fingers. Fortunately, a lot of people have been posting up their ballots for the nomination process. I posted ours and MTV's Totilo's last week. Now we get to peek at Newsweek's N'Gai Croal and The Merc's Dean Takahashi's. I've posted excerpts and links after the jump.

Dean Takahashi's list was also very similar, though with a few notable differences like Legendary: The Box and the Looney Tune game. Again with the Zapper? Was I looking at the wrong thing?

Best of Show:
1. Call of Duty 4: Modern Warfare
2. Legendary: The Box
3. Halo 3
4. Wii Fit
5. Mass Effect

Best Original Game:
1.
2. Wii Fit
3. Little Big Planet
4. Fracture
5. De Blob

Best Game, Console:
1. Call of Duty 4: Modern Warfare, Xbox 360
2. Legendary: The Box, Xbox 360
3. Halo 3, Xbox 360
4. Wii Fit, Wii
5. Mass Effect, Xbox 360

Best Game, Handheld:
1. Legend of Zelda: Phantom Hourglass
2. Silent Hill Origins, PSP
3. Looney Toons: Duck Amuck

Best Game, PC
1. Crysis
2. Brothers in Arms: Hell's Highway
3. World in Conflict
4. Enemy Territory: Quake Wars
5. Stranglehold

Best Hardware/Peripheral:
1. Wii Zapper
2. Wii Balance Board
3. Wii Wheel
4. Microsoft Big Button Remote
5. PlayStation Portable redesign

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