Well, today's the day that just about every gamer who is down with RPGs has been waiting for… the spiritual successor and possibly evolution of Baldur's Gate is released upon the masses today.  Dragon Age: Origins is here.  How will you be celebrating?

The web will soon be filled with blogs about the game's greatness, it's incredible lore, it's nostalgic throwback to CRPGs of old, and hot elf-on-girl action (that's right, Bioware got dirty again).  Pete will likely not come up for air until he's beaten it.  And I've also got the game downloading at home while I work.  Provided my crappy connection stays fit, I should be delving into the world with my dwarven warrior later this evening. 

I remember my first days of true PC gaming spent huddled over the keyboard and plugging hour after hour into Black Isle Studios' original Baldur's Gate.  I know, I'm the resident tyke here at ITG! but what better games to cut my teeth on than some of the best CRPGs ever made?  And today sees a hopeful return to form for the genre that the early 2000s seemed to have forgotten, and if all goes well, we're bound to see more quality epic RPGs released in the future.

So let's use this post as a place to geek-gasm about Bioware's latest opus.  What are you playing as first?  What system are you playing on?  What do you think of the naked elf women?  And for those of us stuck at work, if you're home playing it, stop by and make us more jealous by reveling in the game's glory via text, won't you?