If you have teenagers in your family, the holidays can mean video games. If you are a teenager, you'll be making your video games wish list. If you are a hard core gamer, you'll be pre-ordering or placing your online orders now.

Video games go out of stock very quickly after Thanksgiving holidays each year. Our family always pre-order or do our online shopping early so we won't be disappointed in late December. Since we have many different video games platforms, it's always a struggle deciding on which game is best for which platform.

Popular themes for the 2008 holiday season are Music & Rhythm (Guitar Hero World Tour, Rock Band 2, Wii Music), Adventure (Star Wars The Force Unleashed, LEGO Batman), and Platform Exclusives (Little Big Planet, Gears of War 2, Resistance 2, Metal Gear Solid 4, Mario Kart Wii).

Here's my annual list of the hottest video games (based on bestsellers, most wished for, most gifted, and video game analysts) for 2008. It's your starting point for gift ideas, video games to sell on eBay, or simply as gifts for family or yourself. Happy shopping!