Review: Transformers: War for Cybertron

Fun fact, I'm a kid of the 80's and 90's too. So when I heard that one of my favorite cartoons was getting what appeared to be a decent treatment two conflicting feelings invaded my body: excitement and fear.

It wouldn't be the first time that I would get burned by nostalgia - especially after the two disastrous games that were the previous Transformers' movie-tie-in video game, however, there was hope - this game wasn't tied to anything.

Review: Dragon Age Origins

Writer's note: Even though the game is what most of us would consider "old," I have been tasked by Steve to write a review. I don't know if it is because I absolutely love this game, but something tells me it has something to do with Steve's elf fetish, which is no taboo in Ferelden.

Dragon Age Origins is a western role-playing-game (WRPG) by Bioware. It's set on the kingdom of Ferelden and task players to save the kingdom from being destroyed by forces called the Darkspawn. At the beginning of the game, players can choose from six different origin stories. These origin stories are varied and spread through different races and locations. You can either be a human noble, a common dwarf or a city elf.

In Dragon Age Origins you play as one of the Grey Wardens, a group of warriors who defend the land of Ferelden against creatures called the darkspawn, who bring "the blight," (think of it as the Apocalypse) every hundred years. After some initial events (that I won't spoil) you are tasked to go and visit every race and groups of influence in the land to get their support battling the Blight. However, it's not as easy as it sounds because everywhere you go they all have their own issues, which of course you are going to solve. It's very standard, but it can be distracting. At some points you'll go to random battles against the darkspawn, but it is so random and the story branches into so many places that is easy to forget what your true goal is.