Played a bunch of videogames lately.
- Mass Effect: One word: Awesome. Best CRPG I have played in a long time, only topped by its sequel.
- Mass Effect 2: Beyond awesome; an absolute must.
- Solar 2: Beautiful. Kind of cool. But also a little too hard, and fairly pointless. A toy rather than a game. Buy it cheaply.
- Civilization 5: Good evolution of the franchise, way too buggy. Wait another year, then buy a discount version when the glaring stability issues have been fixed (hopefully).
- Dwarfs! Very fun but a little on the simplistic side. Again, buy it cheaply.
- Plants vs Zombies: One of the best Tower Defense games ever. Must have.
- Universe at War: Earth Assault: Very fun, but crashes so often it is a definite “do not buy”.
- Nexus: The Jupited Incident: Old game, looks like publisher is defunct. The game is a space strategy sim a little similar to Homeworld. Very fun game so far.
- Torchlight: Fun Diablo clone. Buy it cheaply.
Of these, you absolutely must get the two Mass Effect games. Play part 1 before the sequel, even if the sequel is vastly superior: Many of your choices in ME1 will affect quests and conversations in ME2.
