Hooked on Saving the World

Newsweek has published an article that talks about fantasy role-playing games and their surge in popularity over the last few years. Mentioned in the article are the PC games Dungeon Siege, Neverwinter Nights, and Warcraft III. Check it out:

If Microsoft’s Dungeon Siege were a movie, it would be a Ridley Scott production, filled with drama and intense action that doesn’t let up for a second. You start out as a humble farmer in this isometric 3-D game, but rampaging forces of evil soon have you playing savior, controlling the usual band of unlikely heroes (brutes, thieves and wizards) like toy soldiers on a battlefield map. Most important, the Dungeon Siege world unfolds seamlessly, without a single (loading) screen breaking the action. One warning: in a game without distractions, you’ll play all night without realizing it.