Spike TV's Video Game Awards show seems to improve a bit every year. This year's show kicks off on Dec. 11 with a very strong line-up of contenders for a myriad of awards.

What were our favorite games of E3 this year? Let's take a look!

I went through yesterday's list of nominations for our annual Game of the Year awards and tallied the games to come up with a short list of finalists for us to vote on.

There are two ways to approach Game of the Year awards.