The humble PC has given life to countless imaginary people. But which could have leapt from the pages of a far-fetched George Eliot novel, and who was the creation of a lonely coder sitting in the dark with a half-concealed erection? (BioShock, Brothers in Arms, Brothers In Arms Hell's Highway, Crysis, Dark Messiah of Might and Magic, F.E.A.R. Extraction Point, Gears of War, Half-Life 2, Half-Life 2: Episode One, Half-Life 2: Episode Two , Knights of the Old Republic III , KOTOR 3, Max Payne, PC, Planescape, Planescape: Torment, Portal, Prey, Prince of Persia: Warrior Within, Splinter Cell, System Shock 2, The Elder Scrolls IV: Oblivion, Tom Clancy's Splinter Cell Double Agent, Tom Clancy's Splinter Cell: Conviction)