You would think things would slow down as we get closer to the holidays. But Noooooo. We were plenty busy with news, features and downloads this past week. So check out our highlights for the past seven days if you are not too busy with snow clearing or going to see Avatar:

Exclusive Features

• The Best PC Games of the Decade (2000-2009): We celebrate the last 10 years by looking back on the PC titles we think were the tops in the 2000s.
• The Top 10 PC Game News Stories in 2009: What events shaped the PC game industry in the past 12 months? We have our picks for the news stories that changed the industry last year.
• Dirt 2 PC review: We give our final verdict to Codemasters' rally racing game.
• Interviews: We chat with the folks behind the upcoming Stargate Resistance and get a post-release update on Torchlight.
• The State of Mac Gaming: Part 4: We conclude our look at the current and future state on gaming on the Mac.
• Boot Disk: This week our retro game column checks out id Software's original Quake.
• Big Ideas: Our weekly look at game themes examines whether PC games have had a "golden age" of development.