A few posts ago I discussed my disappointment at what I consider to be some fundamental flaws in Bioware's Dragon Age: Origins. Mass Effect 2, also by Bioware, is the perfect antidote to wash away those DAO blues. I'm likely about one third of the way through this opus to science fiction gaming and in terms of depth, gameplay and the sheer joy of being inversed in an alternate universe - it is one of the greatest games ever made. I don't want to get into the details of the story, I'll post more once I'm further along in the game, but rarely has a game grabbed me by the nuggets this firmly and pulled me in. It's that good.

Unfortunately, real life has imposed itself on my gaming hobby, and so Brutal Legend and Left 4 Dead 2 have gotten very little gameplay since "appearing" in my stocking on Christmas Day. They are on the backlog for now, and for the near future.