Torchlight

In a moment of weakness or boredom or whatever you want to call it I logged into Steam today and within 10 minutes had purchased Torchlight. No I have never fully played Diablo or Diablo II and can only really play games that I have to sit down in front of a TV to play or can make work on a laptop. So knowing full well that I was going to have a hell of a time even playing this new dungeon crawl from some of the guys who worked on the game that has sent many a PC gamer into premature carpal tunnel territory, I found myself clicking "purchase".

Well, nothing to do about that now. It's mine and I have so far enjoyed, as much as one can with a trackpad, the first couple of missions the game has to offer. The art style is nice to look at and the world has a great exaggerated, cartoon style that gives games so much more longevity than those that try for realism. The only problem now is the same I had in Borderlands. I feel like I'm just throwing stats and skill points around with no real plan. Regardless, I still like when enemies blow up and having a dog run around with me kicking goblin ass and when I find rare items that I can pop on and see a change in my character.

I think I'm going to need a mouse and a good playing surface if I'm going to get through this though. I'm already feeling some pain in my wrist and I want to play more. Not a good combination.