Aftermath

I waited a few days before posting anything new. I wanted to give myself time to let it sink in that the vast majority of my previous game collection is gone. It has. I don't miss it. I was holding on to a bunch of crap titles that I had finished and kept around because I told myself I'd go back and get those last few achievements. Or for the mythical time that I "got into" the multiplayer. Well no more. A game surfaces in my head every few days that I miss for about 5 minutes, then I'm over it.
     Now: Portal 2. It was great. Finished single and mutliplayer. It was short, but I was anticipating that. It was also really fun (also anticipated that), but I think the multiplayer was stronger than the single player game. Some downloadable content is supposed to be out "this summer", whenever that is. And best of all, it's going to be free. Don't believe me? Check Joystiq!
     When I was talking about Dragon Age I had not yet given the game a fair shake. It is awesome! I am more enthusiastic about Dragon Age then I am about Portal 2. It's so good, and so similar to Star Wars: KOTOR that it makes me think: if I had KOTOR on console instead of PC, maybe I'd actually finish the game, instead of finishing the first 8-10 hours and never picking it up again. Wow. I really need to go back to that game once Dragon Age is done.

I also picked up Star Craft 2 for PC. I've played 3-4 levels of it and am overwhelmed with my lack of an opinion. Not that it's bad. It's probably really great, but I'm not feeling the Real-Time Strategy right now.

Last, and certainly least, I started playing the free trial of Warhammer online. I'll describe the game like this: World of Warcraft. Same thing. If you've ever played WoW you know exactly what to expect. I'm not criticizing the game; I haven't played enough for that yet, but I've already been there. Done that.

What a horrible night to have a curse

I got a couple new games I've yet to mention. Just for clarity, almost 100% of the time when I say "new" I really mean "new to me".
     Anyway, I got Scott Pilgrim the game and Blood Bowl. Scott Pilgrim is an xbox live arcade game that is like the old arcade beat-'em ups. Similar to Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles or The Simpsons but your characters level up and get new skills. The game claims to be 8-bit, and it's soundtrack is certainly made with nintendo-era technology. But the graphics being truly 8-bit? I'm not buying it. They do a good job of making the graphics look like a throw back to 8-bit, but everything looks too clear for me to legitimately believe they didn't supe them up a bit.

I don't know. You tell me. 

     Anyway. I like SP the Game because it's just plain fun. My problem is that after about 3 hours of play I already made Scott max level. The upshot is that the better Scott gets the more fun it is, but I suspect after playing through each level ( 7 I assume ) once I think there might be quite a bit of fun fall off. 

     So Blood Bowl. I got it a few days ago on PC ( from Steam ), I've sat down and tried to run through the tutorial on 2 separate occasions but failed to make it all the way through. Not because it seems like a bad game, but it seems so complex. It's a football game based on Warhammer. I don't know enough about Warhammer to explain so look at the Warhammer wiki. But its basically a football game mixed with a tactical RPG. My impression thus far is that you pick a team made up of orcs, or humans, or undead things, or other fantasy races. You then play turn based football where instead of tackling or whatever, you pummel or kill people...or orcs. But the rules seem so complex that once I'm done writing this I'm going to look up the rules of the game. 

     Finally, the Eve honeymoon is over. I'm still playing it, but I'm past the fanatical overzealous period of an MMORPG during which the power of Eve compels you to play at all times.