Three Thumbs Up!

That's right, three. One, two, three. Uno, doce, tres......however you count to three in some other language. Why three you ask? Because there are three big things I am happy for this week.

First of all, Mass Effect has gone gold, meaning it will see it's November 20th release date. In other words, Bioware just made Thanksgiving plans for me. This is the game I've been waiting for from them since the original Knights of the Old Republic. A truly epic IP of their own invention. If you've not seen the trailers then you are doing yourself a big disservice. This game is going to be awesome.

Secondly, and in the same vein, Assassin's Creed has also gone gold and is scheduled for release the week before, November 13th. While I am, indeed, really looking forward to this (the trailer with the song Lonely Soul clinched it for me) I am also a bit hesitant. I am not sure if I mentioned it before or not, and I am too lazt to check, but I am a student of history in college. In my studies, there are two ears I have focused the most on, one of them being the Crusades. As such, I am really concerned that that part of my brain will refuse to allow me to enjoy the game. I'll watch aspects like the ever growing obviousness of some or of "Templar plot" and yank my hair out at the resumption of fairy tale crap that Dan Brown invented. Or I'll see things like how Altair (the main character) had a "Christian mother and a Muslim father" (a practical impossibility at the time) or how he is "more spitirual than religious" (a definite impossibility for a member of the ultra fanatical Hashashin Muslim sect) and feel the need to toss the controller across the room. Not saying this is their fault, per se, but I am sure I will be unable to set aside the historian in me enough to let myself enjoy them.

Last, but not least.....my WoW guild has started raiding! And I raid Karazhan Saturday night! I couldn't be more excited about that prospect. I've been waiting for this for the last few months, since I hat 70 really, and now it is time. Pray for phat epic lootz for me.