NCAA Football 08 (PS2, PS3, Xbox 360; Electronic Arts) Fans of EA's NCAA Football either love or hate the annual tweaks to the game, and this year is no different. It's debatable whether this is the best NCAA Football release to date. It is easily the best-looking release. The controls haven't changed much, nor has the playbook. Then again, EA had no reason to mess with success. Dynasty mode is deep, Campus Legend is fun. It's a perfect way to waste hours of your life.

Puzzle Quest: Challenge of the Warlords (PSP, DS, PS2, Wii, Xbox Live Arcade; D3) Battle the army of the undead using the unique battle system involving an addictive puzzle game. Cast spells to knock your opponent off balance and gain the upper hand in battle by scoring puzzle chain reactions.

Rayman Raving Rabbids 2 (Wii, Ubisoft) Bwaaaaaaah! The homicidal bunnies are back in this collection of more mini-games set all over the globe. The rabbids are bent on world domination, and it's up to the duck-like Rayman to stop them. In a series of mini-games, the bunnies eat, race and rock out. These games are fun to play with friends. The shooter games are a blast. In this sequel, the game inserts the animated psychotic bunnies over real video taken from all over the world.

SingStar Amped (PS2, SCEA) Almost anything in the SingStar video game/karaoke line is a lot of fun, particularly if you're not playing it solo. A wide variety of songs and improved music videos to watch as you go make this a great addition to small gatherings. Grab a microphone, drop your ego and warble along.

Skate (PS3, Xbox 360; Electronic Arts) Skate is far more evolved than the first Tony Hawk, but it still has a ways to go. Skate is already a major competitor for the Tony Hawk franchise — next year it'll surely be a major force to be reckoned with.

TETRIS DS (DS, Nintendo) A little puzzle game called Tetris took the world by storm back in the 1980s as gamers tried to clear levels by fitting various shapes of block clusters together. Well, with the development of the Nintendo DS and its control stylus, the gamers not only can fit the blocks together, but can play different games based on the original concept. During "Catch," blocks can be pieced together from all sorts of angles to clear the blocks. "Puzzle" has gamers scratching their heads trying to find out what combinations of cluster shapes can clear a whole puzzle. "Push" and "Tower" modes also give the gamer more of an interactive experience. While easy to learn, "Tetris DS" will take a long time to master. And it is easy to spend more than a couple of hours playing at one sitting. So pace yourselves.