For the Xbox 360 it was BioShock, a game that looked so great I felt compelled to purchase an Xbox 360. While I wanted a Blu-Ray player, the game that justified getting a PS3 was LittleBigPlanet. Now that I’ve played it, I have to admit it was worth every penny (meaning the game plus the $400 console).

Rarely does a game come along that I think to myself, “Wow! I haven’t seen that before.” The gameplay for LittleBigPlanet isn’t revolutionary. If you have played a platformer, like Super Mario Bros. before, then you know what to expect. Jump. Dodge. Run. Jump!

What makes LittleBigPlanet so freakin cool is a.) the style—it is amazing to look at and play. It creates a completely unique world both familiar and odd. And b.) customization, meaning you can customize your character and the world he or she plays in. After you’re done decorating the worlds created for you, you can create your own worlds to play in using the level creator or download levels that others have created and shared online.

The level of creation, and how amazing it looks when you are done, creates a whole other dimension of play, that I’ve rarely see in video games, making LittleBigPlanet, in my opinion, the best game of 2008.