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Thanks for the tip, I'm now a new Steam member and bought this wonderful package... that I'll be able to play in a couple of weeks...

You previous computer was from 2001?

Already out:
Hearts of Iron 2
World in Conflict
Supreme Ruler series if you want something REALLY hardcore
Supreme commander

The Witcher

Crysis

Will be out in 2010:(or at least should)
Starcraft 2
The Witcher 2
Crysis 2
Supreme Commander 2

Plants vs Zombies

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Okay now I have to ask... what exactly is Plants vs Zombies?

This: http://www.vgchartz.com/games/gamereviewdisp.php?id=34015

Mount & Blade.

Welcome back! Here is a start, sorry for the shooter heavy list, I'll add more diversity in a bit


PC GAMES
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Aquaria - completely unheard of amazing indie game on steam)

Celestial Impact - FREE open source game that blows away all 'destructible environment' games away)

Warsow - FREE open source game that is even more twitch than quake 3)

Killing Floor - recently went commercial and is selling for $20 on Steam, amazingly hardcore game, rarity these days.

Left 4 Dead/ Half Life 2/Team Fortress 2/Portal - Just get the Valve Complete Pack!

Battlefield 2

Fallout 3

World of Goo

Quake Live - FREE classic quake goodness

Tribes 2 Next - classic fun for free now!

Legions: Fallen Empire - Free similar to tribes

Crysis/Warhead - decent games with great graphics and some really sweet mods coming!

COD4/COD:WW - both decent FPS games with some great MODS

CounterStrike: Source - good old school game with tons of mods, custom game modes, and maps (favorite being zombie chase gamemode)

Thief 1 & 2

Plants vs Zombies

Trine/Machinarium (haven't played them yet but they look fantastic for different puzzle type games)

MODS
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Pirates, Vikings, Knights II

GoldenEye Source

Hidden Source

Shadows of Lylat (shhh, keep quiet)

Project AM2R (shhh, keep quiet)

Black Sierra

Angels Fall First:Planetstorm

Renegade X (CnC generals mod for UT3)

Modular Combat

L4D maps/mods (l4dmods.com)

way too many to list (moddb.com)

He said that he doesn't care too much about fps's

Lots of great recommendations in this thread. The PC community is not the largest on VGC, but the few of us seem to have good taste.

Although I don't know if TruckOsaurus likes p&c adventures, I'll repeat two which have already been mentioned in this thread and add a few more:

The Secret of Monkey Island: Special Edition (available exclusively on Steam atm)
Machinarium
The Book of Unwritten Tales
Ceville
A Vampyre Story
Tales of Monkey Island (if you're interested, get it directly from the developer's website telltale.com - it's cheaper there than on Steam)
The Whispered World (English version will be published early next year according to the developer)
Edna & Harvey The Breakout (English version available in Q4/09)

Also: Make sure to check GOG for lots of classics from all genres.