I would have chosen a few things differently, but overall I agree with their GOTY list. I'm glad MW2 didn't win everything.
Uncharted 2 blows away any game compared to it, there's nothing really exclusive to that about Gears 2. The only game I would put near Uncharted 2's campaign is Batman and there's still a gap between them.
Game publishers do have way too much control over websites. I'm not big into reading reviews, but if I do it's usually someone I feel like I know, which is usually due to them being on a podcast. I'd trust what Shawn Elliot (formally of 1up) would say, because seemed neutral and intelligent. Shockingly a lot of the "journalists" for big websites are known fanboys, like Greg Miller pretty much thinks he's a Sony employee, I don't see why anyone would take what he says serious.
It seems as if this one is going to have more than 4 side missions going in a boring loop over and over again, so I'll try it. The combat still seems a bit too automatic though, I hope it plays more like Ninja Gaiden than Batman AA, but either case would be fine by me.
Well I definitely agree with their most overhyped game, it was pure merchandising over quality.