Torchlight is an adventure-themed action-MMORPG which emphasizes a simple and intuitive interface, fast and furious action, and a colorful and compelling game world.

Formed by Benoît Sokal, French developer White Birds Productions, known for such adventures games a Sinking Island, Nikopol, Paradise and others, shut down late 2010 after several months of financial troubles, mainly caused by an important unpaid/canceled project, according to co-founder Michel Bams. Formed in 2003, White Birds Productions recently successfully released Criminology and Babel Rising on iPhone, but the damage had already been done.

We had a few friends drop by last night, so we whipped up some food. A few bottles of wine later, we booted them out the door and the snooze fest started. That pretty much sums up our evening ...

Prior to that, we did some errands, watched Killers (average action/comedy movie with Ashton Kutcher, Tom Selleck, and Katherine Heigl) and bummed around the house for rest of the day — pretty much what we're about to do now.