Shadow of Morder actually looks really good.  And that's coming from someone who loathes pretty much everything about Lord of the Rings as influenced by the Peter Jackson movies.

Giving Dishonored another run through. I didn't care for it the first time, but am having more fun this go round. The game seems to really push the non-lethal approach and I think I was more an arrow, bullet, grenade, and spring trap player the first time. 

I got only a little way into Dishonored.  It's very cool, but for some reason it couldn't hold my attention.  Not exactly sure why.

Agreed, Pokey. The new Thief wasn't even "not bad" - it was pretty good. Not great, maybe, but only not great when held up against the Thief legacy. On its own it was a lot of fun to play. I will definitely buy the next one, if it happens.

I picked up several games on Steam during the recent sales.  One of them is Don't Starve.  Despite the fact that it looked interesting, it's not a game I typically play.  But the sales were pretty nuts, so yeah.  Now I can't stop playing it.  For one, it's a very well crafted game, which seems typical for the developer, Klei.  I also own Mark of the Ninja and it is similarly polished.  But it's the simple yet compelling gameplay that really gets me.  It's got no (discernable) plot, other than, well, don't starve.  So it's all about figuring out how to do just that.  This is a game for which reading a FAQ would ruin what makes it great, namely figuring out its systems and idiosyncrasies (of which there are many).  It's just so full of charm and mystery that I'm hooked.

I also picked up Shadowrun Returns and Rogue Legacy.  The former I haven't tried yet, and the latter, though obviously a great game, just isn't really my thing.  I was curious to see it based on reviews, but I'm just no good at platformers in general.

Also, I finished To The Moon recently.  I'd call it "adventure light" (although it does contain combat with zombies - spoiler!) since it's mostly about telling a story, which is charming and wonderful.

After the disorienting first hour or so, I found myself very fond of Inquisition for at least the next twenty. I found something pleasantly hypnotic in the repetition of tasks. Collect some plants. Collect some rocks. Swear you'll murder that redheaded scout if she chirps "Nothing to report, Sir!" one more time (If there's nothing to report, then JUST SAY NOTHING). Do a sidequest, which is the same as collecting plants because it's just moving to a spot and hitting a button. Go to Haven. Etc. In fact, there was even a moment when I thought to myself, I hope this isn't winding down, it's been more than 20 hours and I'm still enjoying myself. I'd be sad if it ended.

But it IS too much, and the irony of the above thought is that I'm still in the Hinterlands. I've visited other places and done assorted stuff, but I have at least another 5-10 hours of Hinterland business needing my attention. There's a part of the Hinterlands I still haven't visited at all. "I hope it isn't winding down?" I realized it's just beginning to wind up, and that put me off a bit. Plus there's a lot of stuff crammed in there that's poorly explained or implemented. There's nothing wrong with Inquisition, exactly, but as you guys say, there's too much of it. I, too, would read and enjoy your rant, Dix.

Actually there is something wrong with it: the innocations that BioWare/Black Isle introduced to the CRPG, innovations in single-player dynamics and conversation and story, are getting old. What was revolutionary in Baldur's Gate, and and again in KOTOR, and again in Mass Effect, and somewhat in the first Dragon Age, are now twenty years old and seem more like tried and true ingredients than bold new concepts. The same is true with Bethesda's RPG contributions. Something needs to evolve, though I'm not sure what it should be or where we might look for it. The Witcher brings a lot to the discussion, maybe that's the place.

Too much.