Back in 1997, Blizzard Entertainment released a really cool dark action-role playing game named Diablo on the PC.  You moved around a small village and the evil dungeons beneath it – hacking and slashing away at the denizens of evil, including Diablo himself.  It was a simple game and very enjoyable and spawned an authorized add-on and a sequel in 2000 (and another add-on)

Yesterday, they announced Diablo III.  So excited!  This game series killed several mice with the sheer amount I played them.  I have high hopes for this latest addition.

Back in 1998, Blizzard released StarCraft.  It is a Science Fiction Real-Time Strategy game with three races:  Terrans, Zerg and the Protoss all warring for dominance in the far future.  They also released StarCraft: Brood War addon.  I’ve always had a soft spot for Sci-Fi games, even back to my Commodore 64 and ELITE.  This was no different.

Then there is StarCraft II.  Originally slated for this year, they’ve pushed it back to next.  Boo hiss!  I felt a great disturbance in the Force, as if millions of South Koreans cried out in terror and were suddenly silenced.  You have to understand, this is a ‘big thing’ ™ as they have TV events of online matches there even!

Patience, Young Padwan…