For reasons that remain largely inexplicable, some companies occasionally send us preview builds of their upcoming titles. Last I saw of Dungeon Siege II, Certis and I were sitting in one of Microsoft’s backrooms at last year’s E3 where two producers from Gas Powered Games wondered who the hell we were and why they were giving us a behind closed doors sneak peak. Meanwhile we pretended to be journalists by taking careful notes and nodding our head up and down in a very learned fashion. I added my own flair by occasionally making ‘hmm’ noises to let the producer know I was very interested in what he was saying. All the while I was thinking, ‘hey, that looks a lot like the first game’.