I guess they nominate a game for GOTY based on reviews by several known magazines/sites and value by the casual gamer in terms of length, orginality, story and dlcs.
Sometime in 1997 i watched this tv programme about gaming and computers.
Every week they invited a gaming journalist to review games.
In this episode the guy talked about a game we know as Fallout.
It immediately got my interest, and like all members here, it's my favorite RPG to this...