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Half Life 2 - A beautiful port of the award winning PC game with lovely new lighting and textures (so it doesn't look too dated when compared to the rest of the box's contents). If you never played Half Life 2 then this is absolutely essential gaming. The campaign is around 12-15 hours long and is one of the best in recent memory. It should also run a damn sight better than the awful Xbox port.

Half Life 2: Episodes 1 + 2 - Episode One was released for PC a few years ago and is ported with the same improvements to lighting and textures that the original Half Life 2 has received. It is the first of 3 sequels to HL2 and has a campaign that clocks in at around 6+ hours.
Episode 2 is brand new for both PC and console so wil undoubtedly be the best looking of the three. It's campaign will be similar in length to Episode 1 and the story will start exactly where Episode 1 finished.

Portal - A first-person-puzzle game. Basically you have a gun that can create a portal
which can teleport you and objects around complex puzzles. It's hard to properly explain so I recommend watching the trailer at the official site.

Team Fortress 2 - The multiplayer game of the pack. Team Fortress 2 is a team and team based shooter where you are assigned a role and must tactically use your character to the best of their abilities.
There are nine classes which are, Medic, Engineer, Sniper, Spy, Heavy Weapons, Demo-man, Pyro, Soldier and Scout.