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1. Courage and wit hath served thee well. Thou hath guessed the correct quote.
Thy tilde ownership hath increased by 1. ~

2. Both games are Black Isle RPGs using the engine that made Baldur's Gate so popular. There's a BIG difference in play styles though.
Icewind Dale is all about dungeon hacking. At the start of the game, you create six playable characters and never pick up any additional ones. Naturally, this increases customization at the expense of role-playing. While the story is adequate, your characters are unable to interact with one another (one of the joys of the BG series.) The setting is in D&D's Forgotten Realms. Specifically, Icewind dale. A northern part of the main continent just north of the Spine of the World. (A major mountain range.) Lots of dungeons, a couple towns. In short, a decent game for dungeon crawl fans.
Planescape: Torment is about as different as you can get. The game takes place in a city called "Sigil". This city lies in between the dimensional planes and acts as a neutral ground of sorts. The city is also called "The city of doors" due to the high number of portals within the citys walls that lead to everywhere in creation, and beyond. Your character has a unique curse: he can't die. You have no memories of your past lives, but if the scars that cover your body are indicative of anything, it was probably a bloody existance. You awaken in an odd place called the Mortuary. There, strange men called "Dustmen" collect corpses for their own studies. You can find allies such as Morte, the talking skull, along with other demigod allies. You character customization is pretty much limited to: fighter. You can, however, be trained as a theif or mage. It's a fun game, but keep in mind the fact that it's really really ...wierd. Bloody corpses, death, despair, and interchangeable body parts don't exactly put Torment at the top of Joe Liebermann's list. In short, my choice would be Torment, but it really boils down to what you want more of. Spooky story/role-playing, or hack and slash.

3. I made the choice, after sending him down the generic fighter path that he has, to send him down Lulu's magic path. As a consequence, now I have a half-and-half fighter/mage who sucks at both. I'd send him down Wakka's path just to enhance his natural fighting abilities.

4. Wednesday Addams is all grown up, and she's hot.

Cheshire Catalyst:
Do what the slime says. Also, it's 'viruses' silly slime. Three 'i's in a five letter word is just too many.

Cheshire Catalyst:
A recent trip to a local EBX revealed that they weren't stocking anymore import copies. Looks like it was a one-time dealie. Sucks, don't it. Hey kids! Wanna get posted tomorrow? Tell us where we can get a Dreamcast copy! (Besides eBay, silly goose.)