Dia-Dia-Di-a-blo...

Many years ago, when I lived in a pokey little flat with Jo and we had ONE computer between us (back in the stone age), we got addicted to the Internet.  And by getting addicted to the internet, we got addicted to internet gaming of various sorts.  Mostly, it was the Doom-style type games, or online board games...

Being that it was the stone age, there was no Dark Age of Camelot, World of Warcraft, EvE Online - though there were some games, hosted in the states, which meant playing gave a huuuge amount of lag, so we never bothered.

Then, out of the blue, a company called Blizzard released a rather fun game called Diablo.  Typical fantasy slash-through-the-dungeon type of game, get better gear, go up in levels...  And we got hooked on that too.  That game kept me awake for well over a year - the thing with it was, each time you restarted, the levels were different, you could find different unique monsters, different gear... And then there was the Online Aspect of it - you could play together in the same place over a network, or you could (for those that remember, use dial up!) connect directly to another person and play with them.  Failing that, there was Battle.net to connect to the thousands of other players out there...

I never actually got bored of Diablo - I ran out of time, more than anything, as Jaysen was born, and having a baby made gaming rather awkward.

Time passed, and Diablo 2 came out, and was bigger, altered, changed - Blizzard know how to do cinematics, video, storyline, music - and the sequel was no let down.  Actually, before the sequel, there was the expansion, Hellfire, but that seemed rather unpopular, prolly because it wasn't Blizzard that made it...

Once again, the world of Diablo sucked me in, and I sat up all hours playing with friends and strangers alike... 

A few weeks ago, I reinstalled Diablo and played it for a while, killing time, and slowly getting sucked in.

Then this morning, while kicking my way through my blogs, I notice someone mention Diablo 3.  Well, that pretty much set me for the day - despite running late, stressing and flapping and everything else.

The biggest thing I remember with the original, and, to an extent, the sequel, was the cheating.  The cheats people used, trainers, gear, life, stats - people would sift through code, find the best item in the game, then hack it so you could wear the same thing on your head, body, hands, legs, feet, both hands AND potion slots...  For a while, we DID play that way just to see how fast we could get through the game, but it did make it very boring.  Fun for a while, but killed it in the end.

With Diablo 3 in the works, that is now the third game I am looking forward to being released...  Spore, Wrath of the Lich King, and now Diablo3.

I'm sure Kellie won't mind becoming a gaming widow for a while... Right?