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		<title>Borderlands</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 03 Nov 2009 05:34:44 +0000</pubDate>
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			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Wow what happened to October? Games happened. To many good games to play. Two in particular that grabbed me and took up my time. These two came out towards the end of October. <a href="http://www.borderlandsthegame.com/" target="_blank">Borderlands</a> and <a href="http://www.torchlightgame.com/" target="_blank">Torchlight</a>. Both of these games share a few things in common with the Diablo games. The only thing in common with Borderlands and Torchlight is that they both have loot. Wonderful abundant loot. But the similarities end there between the two games.</p>
<p>Borderlands is first and foremost a first person shooter. It has a cell shaded style that may turn some off. I think it&#8217;s more of a comic book cross hatching style myself. You can see in the screenshots what I&#8217;m talking (maybe) about.</p>
<blockquote class="cent"><p><a href="http://www.hotelblues.com/gallery2/screens/borderlands/Borderlands+2009-10-26+14-21-20-03.jpg/"><img title="Borderlands 2009-10-26 14-21-20-03.jpg" src="http://www.hotelblues.com/gallery2/d/31632-2/Borderlands+2009-10-26+14-21-20-03.jpg" alt="Borderlands 2009-10-26 14-21-20-03.jpg" /></a> <a href="http://www.hotelblues.com/gallery2/screens/borderlands/Borderlands+2009-10-27+10-10-03-14.jpg/"><img title="Borderlands 2009-10-27 10-10-03-14.jpg" src="http://www.hotelblues.com/gallery2/d/31656-2/Borderlands+2009-10-27+10-10-03-14.jpg" alt="Borderlands 2009-10-27 10-10-03-14.jpg" /></a></p></blockquote>
<p>Borderlands has a very light <span class="ubernym uttAcronym" onmouseover="domTT_activate(this, event, 'content', 'A type of game in which the participants assume the roles of characters and collaboratively create stories. Participants determine the actions of their characters based on their characterization, and the actions succeed or fail according to a formal system of rules and guidelines. Within the rules, they may improvise freely; their choices shape the direction and outcome of the games. (&lt;a href=&quot;http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Role_Playing_Game&quot;target=&quot;_blank&quot;&gt;link&lt;/a&gt;)','caption', 'Role Playing Game' );"><acronym class="uttAcronym">rpg</acronym></span> mechanic pasted into the shooter. And these guys get it right by keeping the shooter aspects dominate and letting the <span class="ubernym uttAcronym" onmouseover="domTT_activate(this, event, 'content', 'A type of game in which the participants assume the roles of characters and collaboratively create stories. Participants determine the actions of their characters based on their characterization, and the actions succeed or fail according to a formal system of rules and guidelines. Within the rules, they may improvise freely; their choices shape the direction and outcome of the games. (&lt;a href=&quot;http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Role_Playing_Game&quot;target=&quot;_blank&quot;&gt;link&lt;/a&gt;)','caption', 'Role Playing Game' );"><acronym class="uttAcronym">rpg</acronym></span> stuff be secondary. As mentioned Borderlands has loot. Lots and lots of loot. They borrow from Diablo and <a href="http://www.worldofwarcraft.com/" class="ubernym uttJustLink" onmouseover="domTT_activate(this, event, 'content', 'A massively multiplayer online role-playing game (MMORPG) developed by Blizzard Entertainment.  (&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.worldofwarcraft.com/&quot;target=&quot;_blank&quot;&gt;link&lt;/a&gt;)','caption', 'World of Warcraft' );" target="_blank">World of Warcraft</a> so you if you played either of those the loot will look familiar. You got white vendor trash, green, blue, purple and orange items. Each color denotes a higher quality of item.</p>
<blockquote class="cent"><p><a href="http://www.hotelblues.com/gallery2/screens/borderlands/loot/ItemCard00000_001.jpg/"><img title="ItemCard00000.jpg" src="http://www.hotelblues.com/gallery2/d/31740-2/ItemCard00000_001.jpg" alt="ItemCard00000.jpg" /></a> <a href="http://www.hotelblues.com/gallery2/screens/borderlands/loot/ItemCard00006.jpg/"><img title="ItemCard00006.jpg" src="http://www.hotelblues.com/gallery2/d/31752-2/ItemCard00006.jpg" alt="ItemCard00006.jpg" /></a> <a href="http://www.hotelblues.com/gallery2/screens/borderlands/loot/ItemCard00008.jpg/"><img title="ItemCard00008.jpg" src="http://www.hotelblues.com/gallery2/d/31756-2/ItemCard00008.jpg" alt="ItemCard00008.jpg" /></a></p></blockquote>
<p>Borderlands is out now on the PC, Xbox 360, and PS3. Be warned despite what the developer of the game may say the pc version is port of the console game. It currently suffers from <a href="http://gbxforums.gearboxsoftware.com/forumdisplay.php?f=93" target="_blank">a number of problems</a> and I suggest the console versions over the pc game.</p>
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