Game of the Year, folks.
Seriously, Skyrim is a great game. It is. But I really get bothered that so many of their games are plagued with, at times, GAME BREAKING bugs and they, of all developers, are allowed to get away with it with only a few slaps on the wrist, and almost zero criticism from journalists (all those perfect scores certainly didn't help).
If it was a game by any other name, by any other developer, like a new company or, even better, a hated company, I can only imagine things would be different.
I guess laser-shouting at dragons (even the backward-flying kind) goes a long way.