Dragon Age 2

Downloaded the demo for the PC via Steam and on the PS3.. Would have tried the XBOX 360 but I need a gold account for that, and I don't have nor plan to get one.

Finished it on the PS3. It was pretty good, I like how it played. Similiar to DA1 but seemed to play smoother and better. Maybe it had to do with the frequent cut scenes and story elements thrown into the mix.

On the PC I found it to be clunky to play with mouse and keyboard.. Which I found to be somewhat odd, since I'm like a 12 year MMO veteran.. I should be used to the hotkeys and moving and mousing etc.. I did not finish it on PC.

I plan to rent it next week once it's released. DA1 only took me a couple weeks to run through as a Warrior once I sat down and worked on it. Oddly the same amount of time it took to finish Mass Effect 2 which I vastly preferred and I spent a lot more time in that two weeks on it.

I didn't play the add on for DA1 as by the time I had finished I had my fill of the game. Maybe sometime down the road they will release a DA mega pack with DA 1 & 2 as well as their add ons and DLC packs.

The Gamers

Managed to see The Gamers : Dorkness Rising. And if you have ever played tabletop RPGs before and especially Dungeons & Dragons you will love this movie.

It's a low budget, basically fan film about the adventure of a group of gamers and their campaign. Just like a fan movie of the comic Knights of the Dinner Table. It's funny, and the stuff that goes on should be very recognizable to gamers.

There are lots of nods to the tropes of the genre. Including a appearance of Nodwick, and the line 'Waste'em with my crossbow'

This was more entertaining, and even more with the in game parts than the two official D&D movies combines. Someone should give these people some money for better costumes and CG effects and let them make more.

4 out of 5 Go see it right away