Diablo (studio: Blizzard). I started with Diablo 2 and fell in love with the eerie, dark fantasy feel of the game. Each main level was a different city and had its unique theme.

I got into the lore once I read my first Diablo book: Legacy of Blood (Richard Knaack). He managed to capture the dark essence of the Diablo world in vivid detail. After this book, I dove headfirst into all the remaining works, including other authors. The Diablo trilogy is really good if you want to learn about the overall lore and main conflicts.

It's basically about heaven and hell warring over control of the mortals, and ironically in the process they are invading and destroying the mortal realm. In Diablo, the heavens are just as bad as the hells. The nephalim (mortals) must fight both to save themselves.

If you like dark fantasy, Diablo lore is definitely worth checking out. And I am still waiting for a game that can so accurately and vividly portray a dark eerie setting like Diablo 2 did so well.

Warcraft lore is my favorite too. I've read most of the books and spent countless hours skimming and going through linked wikis. However, I'm a bit old school and prefer the lore prior to these expansions and pandas etc.

My favorite character has to be Illidan. I find his story incredibly tragic. Sure, he's meant to be evil and his brother is the goody-two-shoed savoir of the elves and who also gets the girl in the end, but come on, that's so boring. Illidan is the more 'real' character, who has a passion for magic and pursues it at whatever cost, thinking he can use it to save the elves. While his brother Mr. KnowItAll bans him from doing so and also gets the girl Illidan is in love with. And to top it all off, his bro buries him alive hundreds of feet in the ground for God knows how many years. What a douche! So of course Illidan if filled with so much hate from then on.

Also, his is the most badass boss in the game with the most badass legendary drops. By far my favorite character storyline in any fantasy lore.

Not a game, but I'm mainky looking forward to a kickass PS4 racing wheel by Logitech. In the meantime, I wish Sony would make the PS3 wheels--like the DFGT--PS4 compatible, but I think thats asking too much because capitalism is a double edged sword.