Dishonored

After a tough few hours of cranking out word processing docs or touching up photos, some PC users would rather unwind with a game than a movie.

One choice that's particularly awesome is Dishonored, a single player-only game that takes place in the industrial, steampunk city of Dunwall where the citizens appear to have a bizarre obsession with whales: nearly everything is powered by whale oil, people eat whale meat, etc. But more importantly, you play as Corvo Attano, the bodyguard of Empress Jessamine Kaldwin and her daughter, Emily. Unfortunately, Dunwall is in dire straits as a result of a horrific rat plague.

The sum of Dishonored's parts is what makes it unique. Everything that's done here, we've seen before: first-person stealth, ranged and melee combat, a steampunk world, a spreading plague, and magical powers. But it's safe to say that we've never seen a game which combines all of these elements into a single experience..and mostly seamlessly, at that.

List-priced at $59.99, the game is available for Windows PCs and PS3 and XBox 360 game machines.