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Varric the dwarf knows what makes a good story. A strong character and a trusty sidekick go a long way, but impossible odds and an epic scale create staying power.

"Dragon Age 2," with Varric as its only slightly trustworthy narrator, tracks the rise of the Champion of Kirkwall from refugee to leading citizen. As the champion, Hawke to your friends, Dragon Age 2 is the story of your rise to power. Whether man or woman, peacemaker or warmonger, your Hawke will deal with a good deal of quandaries, no one makes it to the top unscathed.

The staff at Tech-Out would like to wish everyone a happy and prosperous 2010.

Don't forget Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas is just around the corner and Tech Out will be on the show floor giving you a sneak peak of what's to come in 2010.

Some pictures have shown up on a message board by a poster named 'Tom Morello' that purportedly show some of the weapons and HUD from Bungie's upcoming Halo Reach. The poster allegedly took the pictures at Microsoft headquarters. Follow the link to see the pictures and make up your own mind as to their validity

Ever since the Wii appeared on the gaming scene it appears that the other 2 console giants are looking to emulate the success of Nintendo's oddly named white box with their own tentative forays into the world of motion control.

Sony showed more of it's light up, wand like controller at TGS, demonstrating that it wasn't just a dubiously shaped sword analogue, but that it could be used to manipulate environments in titles like Little Big Planet and thus add another level of play to such games. Whereas Microsoft is being slightly more adventurous with it's Project Natal which promises to open players up to a whole new dimension of gaming by doing away with the controller completely, allowing players to use there bodies to interact with the gaming world.

E3 has come and gone and now that the dust has settled it's time to look back at some of the games that for one reason or another, weren't really given the coverage they deserved.

It's the end of Day Three at E3 and I am exhausted. Completely and utterly wiped out. So many games, so little padding left on my feet meant that the end was actually a welcome event. Kudos to everyone at all of the booths that continued to repeat the same spiel again and again all day long over and beyond the three days of the conference. They're the real heroes.

With that said, I did a final sweep of the halls to see what there was to see and get in a little more play time with the titles that I could get to. So here we go...

American Public Media out of St. Paul, Minn., announced an updated version of their game Budget Hero today, which lets people see how their perspectives would have a financial effect on the country. The game uses the latest figs from Congressional Budget Office.

Don't let the name fool you, you're not going to get numbers scrolling at you at high speed or the ability to use "star power" to prevent layoffs. It's a nifty game that carries a lot of information for anyone who wants to get a picture of how national budgeting works.

I'd have plopped it into this entry, but it's too big. Instead, check it out here

Props to San Bernardino city reporter Andrew Edwards for passing this along.