News from the virtual world: -BEST OF 2007: It has been a terrific year for video games, and boiling it down to a top 10 list was difficult. But here are the games I enjoyed the most in 2007.

''The Orange Box'' is one of the best values in video games since, well, ever. There's no actual orange box with ''Orange Box'' ($59.99 for Xbox 360, $49.95 for Windows PCs, Rated T through M). More on that later. But we do get just about everything a gamer could want:

2006 was a great year for video games. While years that see new home consoles are successes, this year in particular proved that video games are becoming mainstream faster than you may realize. While a lot of it has to do with the Wii, a system vying for the position of “console anyone can play,” the fact that a huge entertainment company like Sony is showcasing their new format of media on PlayStation 3 says something. Now that officially every mainstream game has been released in 2006, here are the 20 best games of the year: