Game: Torchlight first on Steam for Mac

I like Torchlight very much, I liked it on the PC and I very much like that it was the first "professional" non-Valve game to hit the new Mac-Steam store.

It's very pleasing to the eye, gameplay is straight forward and with all the in-game help (explanations everywhere - in a very positive sense and an unintrusive way) you feel at home (instead of lost) from the first second of playing to the end (haven't been there yet).

If you like dungeon crawlers, try Torchlight - available on Steam for Mac and PC!

Game: Dirt 2 - what a game!

I'm not one for racing games, I'm not a car driver either.
But some weeks ago, I felt the urge to play a racing game again.

So I had a look in the Steam store only to find Dirt 2 selling together with four other racing games for only 16 bucks (some weekend special offer it was).
Long story short, I've been playing this game ever since now.

The visuals are stunning, the steering even with a keyboard is excellent and the fun factor is great.

If you're into racing (well, rally at least), this game is a must buy for you!

Movie: Despereaux

Some days ago, I watched Despereaux, an animated movie released some time last year I think.

Well, graphically and technically this movie is nice, the music is great, but the story lacks…well…everything. There are too many plots (kind of) evolving at once that, in the beginning, seemingliy do not have anything to do with each other…

Well, overall, as I said, the story is bad, the storytelling even worse, but the visuals and the soundtrack are from nice to great. (That's probably why the movie was not shown in theaters in my country.)

And there it is… :)

…finally, I'm looking at the impressing and beautiful 27" screen of my brand new i7-iMac.

And what a monster that machine is: a screen that requires you to turn your head to see from side to side and a quad-core CPU that runs as if it had eight cores - just amazing.

Well, my old "tiny" 19" monitor sitting beside the new iMac appears kind of small now… ;)

Again I have to say: Apple rulez!

Saw VI

Just watched Saw VI with my brother - first impression: good continuation of the series and would be a good end - if it is the end… ;)

Overall, it's incredible how, again, the story is very much intertwined with the previous movies. If you liked Saw I through V, you'll like Saw VI.

Happy new year!

Well, guess what's the first thing I'm going to do this year! Right, after having experienced Avatar in a standard movie theater I'm going to enjoy it tonight on the very first day of 2010 in 3D in digitally enhanced quality (in some modern movie theater).

That's one good way to start the year, now isn't it? ;)