Out of all my GDC appointments, the four-o-clock with BioWare was the most anticipated. The famous developer had rolled into San Francisco to showcase its action RPG Jade Empire, and after laying waste to my first victim I was completely hypnotized by this game's majesty.

In case you were kidnapped by aliens or stuck in the belly of a giant hippo for the past year, Jade Empire is an action RPG set in mythical China. Recently, your world has been invaded by ghosts and monsters, and, playing as a powerful warrior/bad @SS, you embark upon a quest to locate the source of the evil.