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Dragon Age: Origins
$49.99
I think this game is a great end of the year success, not only does it have a very rich story line but the character building in the game is marvelous. Not only can you pick a specific class and race to play and later learn better skills or a new class depending on the storyline, but you have lots of area and things to explore. I love the fact that you can download another great tool for creating your own mods, and the additional content that is available for a low price makes the game ever changing and never gets redundant. If you are a fan of the old Baulders Gate series or Neverwinter Nights, than you are really going to enjoy this game that much more.

Left 4 Dead
$29.99
Left 4 Dead, is a great game. There are so many first person shooter games in the world being played (multiplayer) and i have to say I was once addicted to modern warfare...well now things have changed.

positives: The game is very addictive, and fun, its fun to help out teammates, i think thats something valve has accomplished is the expectation of living is keeping your teammates alive. Other fps games like call of duty modern warfare, you really dont care that much how another person is doing or what their health status is because the game itself doesnt give you those details. In other fps games you are on your own and if you decide to help out a teammate that is up to you. In left 4 dead, it is manditory that you work as a team in order to win, and I think thats what makes a great multiplayer game successful is the good gameplay mixed with teamwork.

negatives: The campaign is a mixture of "sigh" and "meh" because the campaign is so repetitive, there is no actual storyline and the game doesnt really take you from beginning to start, you can kind of decide what levels you want to begin and end.The graphics are not the greatest or best, but that shouldnt be an issue because in the end gameplay dominates graphics. The zombies or "infected" they call them are not really that scary or intimidating. This is a plus for me because I dont want to be totally scared when im playing a game. I do however think that the cartoonyness of the zombies is unique. I think if valve had gone f.e.a.r, silent hill or DOOM on gamers, people would be frightfully scared to play the game. That is just a personal preference though as I have played games like f.e.a.r., silent hill series and have never gone back!I figure people have so much crap in their life why add more? Another thing is the bots. The bots are really boring to play with, they are in a way lifeless, but I have to give credit to valve on trying because i know it is not always easy to create a.i.

Overall left 4 dead is a great multiplayer game. The game has 4 options. Survival. Versus.Co-op.Single player.
The majority of the time you spend with this game will probably be versus or survival. I was skeptical at first because i always look at the graphics in a game, which is not important, and turned out to be that left 4 dead could end up being the greatest multiplayer game this year.(thats counting out gears of war,call of duty, halo, etc). Go ahead and pick up your copy today, you will not regret it.

ASUS Eee PC 1005HA-PU1X-BK 10.1-Inch Black Netbook - 10.5 Hour Battery Life
$389.99
ive just upgraded from a 904ha to the 1005ha-p. the keyboard is better except for the space bar, its just not wide enough and not centered well. they could do away with the ALT key on the right side of it and make the space bar wider to fill in the space. who need 2 alt keys anyway? the new touchpad design is nice and the onboard mouse buttons are a plus as theyre harder to accidently hit as youre typing. the front edge of this new 'seashell' design is a little sharp as youre typing.. a better rolled front edge would certainly be a nicer design for wrist comfortability, but its not too unbearable. the larger SHIFT and BACKSPACE keys are a huge plus.

the screen looks great and is a much better option than the matte type. the ram was super simple to change to 2 gig... just one screw on the bottom cover to get to it.

the a/c adapter plugin is VERY small.. not good or bad, just an observation over the previous 904ha i had. all in all im pleased with the price and the computer.

Logitech S120 2.0 Multimedia Speakers (Black)
$11.99
Logitech S120 2.0 Multimedia Speakers (Black) can't beat the price, for this size speaker, Amazon is less expensive than Dell. Some of the reviews were on the optimistic side. The quality is okay, not great, on the tinny side, but for the price a great choice.