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>What have you been playing... IN SEPTEMBER 2016?

    After completing Witcher2, I've put off starting another big RPG, and 
picked out a few titles from scrolling through the steam backlog:

    Tron 2.0!
This game is 13yrs old! but looks and plays beautifully on modern machines, 
thanks to the 'vector graphics' neon artstyle, that's intended to look 
retro, and also to some dedicated fans and their unofficial patch & launcher 
(refer to the steam community guide for installation). I ran it at 1440p 
with no issues, and no glitches.

Most definitely a platformer, and you'll be spamming the quicksave button --  
I'd strongly suggest playing on Easy. But the real draw here is the writing. 
So many tongue-in-cheek computer jokes and jargon wordplay, that you'll be 
chuckling repeatedly, and there's a light-hearted tone that makes coming 
back for another gameplay session a joy; it strikes me as a very young-adult 
friendly game. The musical score is also well-done. Highly recommended!

    SOMA
I'll be vague to avoid any spoilers here, but SOMA is basically a really 
good science fiction novella, put into interactive game form.  The 
underwater base environments are believable, and the several deep-sea 
excursions your character takes are immersive and visceral.  There are some 
affecting end-of-life scenes, and numerous discussions between characters on 
the nature of being. The science fiction setting and touches of dark humor 
are a good vehicle for drawing the player in to the discussion, and 
instilling empathy for others.

Memories of a world lost forever are in every found personal item, and a 
pervasive melancholy is a constant undercurrent, but still there's a touch 
of, if not hope, then wonder?  This is a title that will stay with you for a 
long time:  Highly recommended!

In progress:
    Portal 2
    Resident Evil 6

rms