Is this the greatest game ever?

Six. Long. Years. That's what we waited for Half-Life 2, which stakes a convincing claim to the title of game of the year, nay, maybe the decade. Read today's column for the reasons why the €50 it costs to buy Half-Life 2 is the best you'll ever spend.

Oh, yeah, a few other games reviewed too but frankly they're not worth mentioning.

Lastly, there's a hands-on look at Adobe Photoshop Elements 3, a fabulous program for cataloguing and editing your digital pictures.