2007 was a tough act to follow in terms of video game releases, with a wide selection of high-profile titles ranging from “Super Mario Galaxy” to “Halo 3.” However, Gargoyle co-editors and avid gamers Gordon Ruan and Danny Ge think that the video game releases of 2008 were just as good, if not better than those of 2007. Here are their choices of the best from last year.

With the start of a new year comes the inevitable looking back at the year just ended. We're no different. Over the next few days, Online Gargoyle staff members will give their choices of the best of 2008 in a number of different categories — and some will offer their choices of the worst of 2008 as well. A&E co-editor Sindha Agha starts things off with her picks for the best songs of last year.