It can be a little overwhelming, but it's very, very rewarding if you stick with it.

It sure does, and it sounds amazing. I tried the English voice overs in both, briefly, and couldn't do it.

If he had played the first game, I think he might have felt differently. Going from the first Witcher to the second felt incredible, and like you were stepping into a rich setup that the first game was only (a really great) prelude to.

I really don't understand all of the effort that goes into that.

Hmm. The only way I can see them doing that, is by including a game mode that groups players within a level (and prestige) range, like I believe they used to do for Halo's multiplayer.

You know, I hadn't thought about it that way before, but that's a really good comparison.

Yeah, my priorities have played musical chairs over the years.

Kickstarter, probably.

Yeah, I've been reading up on all of this quite a bit and I don't really know what to think from any angle right now.

Yeah. I used to have a moral backlash to these type of games. And then I got hooked by the addictive multiplayer. Black Ops was the first single player I made it through in the series(because it had Sam Worthington, felt like a Sci-Fi movie, and didn't present a funhouse mirror of the present day).

I've read a lot by Le Guin, and I think it stands as my favorite piece of hers.

That is reassuring, as I think there's still a lot of life in the model (for those that can live past the bandwagon).

Aw, really?

[www.kickstarter.com]

I saw it with a pretty full crowd and had the same experience. I loved the crap out of it and wrote a rather drooly review.

I felt so bad for so many of those people.

Dust Force is on sale on Steam this week.

Shoot, I keep forgetting to post about that.

Sadly, I completely believe that could be the case here.

Man, that is a bummer.