Figuring out a game of the decade is a tough task because each
year the quality improves. And in the past 10 years, video games
exploded. Gamers saw developers make good on the promise shown
in the 1990s as releases began to look more like playable Pixar
cartoons and studios harnessed the power of the technology to
invent new types of gameplay. In this decade alone, we saw the
introduction of the Wii, PlayStation 3 and Xbox 360.  With video
games advancing by leaps and bounds, where do we begin to judge?
Is it the quality, artistry or innovation? Or maybe it's the
storytelling. When putting this list together, we looked at a
combination of these traits with an eye toward impact. The
following games set the tone for the decade:  1. "Deus Ex"
(2000): Before Sept. 11, Warren Spector's shooter was eerily
prescient about this decade in more ways than one. The cyberpunk
story about an anti-terrorist agent investigating a global
conspiracy offered gamers a hint of the themes that would
dominate the next 10 years. Th