One of the newer traditions here at GameSpot, celebrating its first anniversary this week, is the "You Wanna Review What?!" email thread. I send an email around to all of our in-house reviewers (including those in the UK and Australia this year) and ask each of them for a list of the 10 games that they'd most like to review during the next 12 months. Inevitably there's some crossover (though not much), so simply having a game on your list doesn't guarantee that you'll get the assignment, but the process certainly makes figuring out who is going to review which games a lot easier for all of us.
It also makes for some interesting conversations at the office and, for me at least, it serves as a reminder of just how varied and eclectic the tastes of our reviewers are. Not everyone on the team has settled on their final lists yet, and it's worth noting that if a big game isn't mentioned it might be because the team already more or less knows who is working on it, but in case you're interested here are some of the lists--minus the names of the reviewers they belong to:
Beyond Good & Evil 2
God of War 3
Uncharted 2
Brutal Legend
I Am Alive
Halo 3 ODST
Scribblenauts
Infamous
Saboteur
Eat Lead: The Return of Matt Hazard
Heavy Rain
Resident Evil 5
Bayonetta
Star Ocean: The Last Hope
Madworld
BioShock 2: Sea of Dreams
Miles Edgeworth: Perfect Prosecutor
FEAR 2: Project Origin
House of the Dead Overkill
Sadness
Killzone 2
Dragon Age: Origins
Demigod
FEAR 2: Project Origin
Madworld
Afro Samurai
Ninja Blade
The Sims 3
Dawn of War 2
Dark Void
Flower
Chronicles of Riddick: Dark Athena
RacePRO
Bionic Commando
Wii Sports Resort
Burnout Paradise PC
Just Cause 2
HAWX
Pro Evolution Soccer 2010
FIFA 10
GTA IV: Lost & Damned
Tekken 6
APB
Batman: Arkham Asylum
Puzzle Quest: Galactrix
Diablo III
GTA Chinatown Wars
LA Noire
Fight Night Round 4
Uncharted 2
Beyond Good & Evil 2
Borderlands
Mass Effect 2
Half-Life 2: Episode 3
Halo 3: ODST
Wii Sports Resort
Red Faction Guerrilla
Infamous
Prototype
Dungeon Hero
Diablo III
Max Payne 3
Muramasa: The Demon Blade
Infamous
No More Heroes 2
Ghostbusters
Uncharted 2
Edge of Twilight
World in Conflict: Soviet Assault
Dante's Inferno
Clearly, some of us have opted to include games on our lists that aren't guaranteed to arrive in stores this year. Life on the edge!
EDIT: Reviewer #8 has finally settled on his list - did you really think we'd forgotten about his first pick? Also, I should have made it clear in the original post that some of the reviewers made their lists after seeing those submitted by colleagues and so deliberately avoided duplication.
Street Fighter IV
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2
Gran Turismo 5
Splinter Cell: Conviction
Madworld
GTA Chinatown Wars
Formula 1 2009
HAWX
Afro Samurai
Flower
UPDATE: u can has linx - Lark