How does Giant Bombs Game of the Year stuff usually work? Gonna be my first time checking out them doing their big GOTY thing haha.
Every day starting today, they will release a podcast, most of them 2+, if not 3 hours, as well as a recap video.
In the podcasts they debate the categories: best story, best graphics, best music, etc. Be prepared for some pretty wonky categories like Best URL from last year. The podcasts have very little planning and pre-discussion to them other than very rough brain storming, so you'll get to hear pretty much the whole thought process from the crew as they narrow down the winner of each category.
The last few years the recap video has started with a produced clip of some sort, like 2012's TV-show parodies, completely unrelated to Game of the year stuff. Mostly for shits and giggles, they're mostly pretty fun. Intertwined in this clip, they recap the winners of the categories for the podcast that day. The rest of the recap video have been the crew sitting on the couch set and playing some game that won a category, like they play some graphically impressive part of the winner from best graphics.
Furthermore, every day there are top 10 lists from both the crew and guest contributors planned. They are usually listed in the upcoming box on GB's front page.
That's pretty much it. Most people listen to the podcast first to get the discussion, and then watch the videos. Enjoy the ride, it's always a fun one.