A Viewpoint

The mage has always been the most powerful class in the dragon age games----dealing devastating area of effect (AOE) spells & single target damages enough to obliterate anyone dare to cross his path...until they start paying attention to him. As soon as his enemies get to him, he's dead meat. The mage is as powerful as he/she is squishy. But all that changes with the Bloodlusted Forcemage (BF mage). Remember the mage from the opening sequence after choosing the class in DA2? The BFmage is similar to that in terms of both raw power & defense. The BFmage do not hide & do not run away at the first sign of threat and can easily go toe-toe toe with his foes alongside the warrior or tanks. It was my second playthrough as a mage when I found this build after much experimenting with the class. And yes, the Bloodlusted Forcemage completely obliterates The Arishok in Nightmare with ease & that's when I know this build really works. Vulgar display of Pow...

Gaming has come a long way since the days of Pacman. It has evolved & developed through the past decades through improved gameplay ideas, interactivity and technology. The emerging of the next generation systems will further enable gaming to reach new heights than ever before. The state of gaming is also much more complex today than it has ever been, with high budget marketing campaigns and online transactions. But along the long road, this has given birth to some elements that has slowly evolved to the extent today that they are solely responsible for many user inconveniences ranging from detracting from the experiences of a gamer to slowly causing a qualitative decay in the gaming industry. I consider these elements the enemies of gaming. As gaming evolves, so do these and some of these elements if not all need to die a horrible death to save the industry. These enemies are discussed below in terms of their capacity of collateral damage to the industry: 6. Downlo...