Date Night: L4D2, Borderlands

I finally spent some quality time with the single player campaign in Left 4 Dead 2, and so far I am enjoying it. L4D2 is a lot more frantic than the first game right out of the gate. There are more Infected to deal with, the settings are a lot more harrowing and the weapon choices change the dynamics of the game ever so slightly. I know that the action is in multiplayer, but I want to learn the ropes before joining a team and performing badly. No amount of practice is going to change that, sadly enough. But despite my horrible multiplayer skills I really enjoy playing these games online with friends. After all, that is whole point of these games, isn’t it?


I've also had a chance to sample Borderlands. Despite the fact that it feels like a goofy lite version of Fallout 3 in spots, I really dig this game a lot. I like how the role-playing elements enhance, rather than get in the way of the action in the game. I do not like that every outing into the wasteland seems like an opportunity for the bad guys to gang rape me. I am only 2 hours into the game at this point, but so far it is a lot of fun.