What I did today, or, excuses for a day wasted

Hi. I sorta just lazed around all day, but in doing so, I also discovered a few awesome things.

First is the Caves of Qud, a heavily Fallout-inspired post-apocalyptic Roguelike (is Fallout-inspired and post-apocalyptic redundant?). It's currently in (hopefully open?) beta. I spent at least four hours playing it, doomed character after doomed character until I made some headway in the main 'quest line' and found my feet. It is simply amazing.

Dawn of War II, post-play

I finished Warhammer 40,000: Dawn of War II a few days ago. Unfortunately, the game's name was not the biggest design failure. The second half of DoW2 (as I'll refer to it from now, as I'm into the whole brevity thing) suffers terribly. In the first chunk of the game, the fun lies in experimenting with new squad types (there are 6, you start with 2, and you can only field 4 on any given mission), active abilities (squads can gain these as they level), and gear (which you acquire in missions). The fun is in building a balanced fireteam for each mission with the best gear you can cobble together and active abilities that complement their role.

This is getting kind of ridiculous

Something like 5 unpublished, half-finished drafts sitting around. Not cool.