"Shadow Treasurer"

Hey, so isn't this a really, really badass job title? In Australian politics, the opposition's would-be treasurer is known as the Shadow Treasurer. I don't think any other job that uncool would have such a fucken cool name.

Imagine what a more dramatic version of a Shadow Treasurer would do? Whoa. Nice.

"Colour" Personalities

Okay, this is one cool concept. It's the idea, usually found in fantasy fiction, that characters and character classes can have different "colours" associated with them, that signify what that character represents. For example, a White Knight is a hero, striving for the greater good. A Black Knight is (usually) an evil dude, striving for his own selfish needs.

But then there are the more obscure ones -- Red Mage? How cool is that? What about Green Mage? Maybe he or she would be a mage who uses the power of Nature? Is that cool? I think it is.

White Witch is another wicked one that most people know, but what about like, Blue Witch? A Witch that harnesses the power of the ocean. Yeah!

Colour concepts are cool.

Torchlight!

Ok, so remember Diablo 2? Remember how awesome that game was, and how addictive it was to level up your dude and collect loot that slowly got awesomer and awesomer? Torchlight is a new game that is like Diablo, but without all the convoluted plot and theme.

Torchlight is a "little adventure", that keeps all the leveling up and loot collecting that made Diablo-esque games fun, and strips everything else. How fuckin' cool is that concept?

All you do, is descend into a massive underground dungeon, filled with level after level of awesome enemies, who are all actually piňatas filled with loot. Your character is one of three archetypes.

By the way, how cool are "fantasy archetypes"? You've got the fighter, the rogue, and the mage. Who needs anything else? That is so simple and classic. Get out of here with your "Blood-lock Destroyer Knightmage". Play a friggin' rogue or somethin'.

Your character gets to have a pet, too -- an awesome idea. Although this time its not a "badass demon or elemental", its a cat or a dog. Yep, once again, how simple and awesome is that? I chose a cat.

So I'm playing a Rogue, and her name is "Eden" (is that a cool name for a girl?) and my cat's name is "Galahad". Come on, thats a fuckin' cool name for a cat!

Love this game.

REAL Geomancers

A Geomancer, not only is an awesome addition to any fantasy squadron - but is actually a real thing. Geomancy... or "Earth Divination" (pow!) is the process of interpreting naturally occurring patterns & markings in soil, rocks and pebbles - usually after tossing them, and making astrological predictions based on the shapes that are formed on the ground. It was apparently pretty popular throughout Europe and Africa during the Middle Ages & Renaissance.

Imagine being at a party, and someone asking: "what do you do for a living?" and you answering "I'm a fucken Geomancer, man." Fuck yeah.