I really dislike that it's game news outlets that get the vote, because they're just plain gonna have a different outlook on games than people who don't have to engage with ones they both do and don't like as a job, and it really shows in the kind of games that get picked (shorter main storylines, narrative-driven), and the ones that don't (sandboxes, open-world games, strategy, simulation games, etc).

And that's only even when it's not a selection of the 5 most well-known games, since just like the Academy Awards, not all of them have even played all the games they're voting on.