Baldurs Gate is a near-perfect adaptation of the classic table-top role-playing game Dungeons & Dragons. Six separate races and eight core character classes, from which the player can create a completely original character, are available. The game world is well painted and players are free to explore this wonderfully textured game environment in any way they see fit, all against the backdrop of a thoughtfully conceived and versatile plot.

You begin the game as a young orphan liv..

If youre a fan of motorcycle racing games, then you might want to book some private time with your trusty game console. Acclaims motorcycle racer has plenty of good ideas going for it, but substandard follow-through and too-easy races keep it trapped in the middle of the pack.

In addition to the standard Gran Turismo-esque races, licensing tests, and upgrades, Ducati World offers a number of innovative gameplay options. For example, the games challenge mode allows players to ch..

Having already established themselves as the leaders of mass storage portable audio players, Creative Labs have gone one step further by adding a 20GB hard drive to their existing DAP Jukebox--giving the user the capacity to store over 500 CDs on the little blue machine.

If youve got a very large CD collection and you dont want to carry it about, an MP3 player is an essential purchase. However, most MP3 players have limited storage capacity and you can really only store a couple of CDs worth..

The Lord of Frost on my Moustache: The Arctic Exploits of a Lord and Loafer is Victorian diplomat, Marquess Dufferin, who sailed his private yacht to Iceland and the Arctic Circle and back in 1856. The Loafer is Tim Moore, a London journalist who decides to follow in the great mans footsteps. "Dufferin seems the personification of Kiplings If,observes Moore; "Im more of a But... man myself."

The resulting book brilliantly contrasts the derring-do of Dufferins heroic gentleman-ad..

Soldier of Fortune steers the first-person shooter genre away from the supernatural weaponry of Unreal Tournament and Quake 3, and towards the realistic tactical combat of Rainbow Six and SWAT 3. In Soldier of Fortune, stealth, caution and cover carry as much importance as accuracy and firepower.

Players assume the role of John Mullins (also the name of the games real-life mercenary consultant), a soldier for hire who accepts the most dangerous missions the U..