The Greatest Video Game Horse Revealed

A horse is a horse, of course, of course…

But not these horses.

Two weeks ago, MTV Multiplayer Blog announced their year-long quest to find the Greatest Animal In Video Game History. First, they proposed a list of the best virtual horses and asked the readers, to tell them if they missed any. Then comes phase two today: the official vote.

Now this is serious business, folks. For their Blue Ribbon Panel, they went to straight to the top:

• A pretty good game creator – Ken Levine, President and Creative Director of 2K Boston and chief creative force behind the 2007 GOTGOTY

• A pretty good artist – Mike "Gabe" Krahulik, illustrator of the "Penny Arcade" webcomic

• A pretty good writer – Leigh Alexander, editor of Worlds in Motion, writer at Gamasutra and her blog Sexy Videogameland

• A pretty knowledgeable person about animals – Tofuburger, co-founder of cultural phenomenon/funny animal picture blog I Can Has Cheezburger

After weighting each judge’s top three choices – many of which, were, uh, shocking – the winner turned out to be…