Puzzles and spells and wizardry tales, that’s what good games are made of. Thankfully, EA has included all of these in the latest addition to the world of Harry Potter along with many other goodies.

A fast-paced classic-style arcade shooter, Hard Reset combines solid run-and-gun gameplay with Cyberpunk aesthetics.

The PC adaptation of 2004´s phenomenally successful Xbox game, "Halo 2 for Windows Vista" comes 3 years later, right before the release of Halo 3 for the Xbox 360.

The 4th book related to Bungie´s "Halo" series of video games, "Halo: Ghosts of Onyx" by Eric Nylund gives side information and background about the Halo universe besides that shown in the games.

The 5th book in the Halo series, designed to accompany the game series for the Microsoft Xbox and Xbox 360, "Contact Harvest" by Joseph Staten is also the book with the most direct ties to the series.

Half-Life 2 is one of the most highly awaited games in 2004 for the PC. The theft of source code from creator Valve alarmed many fans who eagerly await the release.

The third installment of Half-Life 2, and the second episodic add-on to HL2's story, Episode 2 takes place where Episode 1 left off, and on the way manages to add in some neat new features and technical upgrades.

A "roguelike" with retro 8-bit graphics, "Hack, Slash, Loot" certainly lives up to its name. "Hack, Slash, Loot" is a game about dungeon delving, similar to games like Rogue, ADOM, and more recently Dungeons of Dredmor.

Remember the old tank game where you changed your tank gun´s elevation and accounted for the wind? How about the Worms series which did the game thing? Gunbound takes it on line!

Guild Wars is a cool online MMORPG that you don´t have to pay a monthly fee for! Once you buy it, you can play for eternity with no other costs. The graphics are gorgeous!