Editing the video games section of GIANT is a tough job, but somebody’s got to do it. After meticulously playing every game from 2008, I complied a “best of the best” list of must have titles from this year. Check them out here.

My right hand is twisted into a claw of aching cramps, and I fell asleep last night with the sounds of imagined trench warfare ringing in my ears. Please help.

In this exclusive interview with GIANTmag.com, Gears of War 2 design director Cliff (f/k/a CliffyB) Bleszinski chops it up about the locust ninja, his favorite parts of creating this epic title and why he’d take a chainsaw to Paris Hilton!

There’s a war going on outside no one is safe from. Unless of course, you’re carrying a few big guns.