Tee. Jee. Eye. Eff. Man. What a week. But a weekend of couch-sitting, Cheetos-grazing and game-playing beckons seductively behind tomorrow's murky veil. So what will you be playing this weekend?

I will continue to play Diablo 2 wanna-be Titan Quest. It's... okay. It ain't no Diablo 2, though. In D2, the character tended to have numerous skills that you would switch between on the fly depending on the situation. It was very twitchy... a flurry of hot-key hammering to trigger different skills, only limited by your mana. Titan Quest, like Guild Wars decides to go for the cool down approach, which is less frenetic, and therefore a bit less interesting. Also, I only really ever seem to use one or two skills. It's a beautiful game and still quite good... but it doesn't drive me towards the same compulsion that Diablo 2 did.

Otherwise, I picked up a copy of Civilization IV for my Mac and I'm eager to revisit how much I suck.

What about you? Fly into our forums and start jabbering. You never know if this won't be the thread Crecente picks to scrutinize for a winner of today's contest, after all. Florian Eckhardt

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