I've gotta say, Andea's assertion that a "simple" game can't be considered a game of the year contender really got me worked up.

Simplicity in any medium can be a sign of skill.

As a musician, I'm never impressed by the bands that play the most notes. I'm impressed by the bands that are able to play the fewest notes, yet make a powerful piece of music.

Yes, there is something truly impressive about a game as deep and complex as AC brotherhood or Mass Effect 2, especially when it comes all clicks.

But that takes nothing away from a simple, elagent idea, masterfully exicuted.

Angry Birds may or may not be a fair contender for Game of the Year. But I will say this: it captured more hours from me than Fable 3, Vanquish, Alan Wake, and a lot of other great games this year.

Andrea's dismissal of a game, purely because it is 'simple', is a truly ignorant and closed-minded way to look at the medium.