Dragon Age: Origins represents BioWare’s return to its roots, delivering a fusion of elements from existing fantasy works with emotionally-driven narrative, heart-pounding combat, powerful magic abilities and credible digital actors.

Blood Bowl, based on Games Workshop's board game, is a "game" of American football played by the insane warriors of the fantasy Warhammer universe, allowing you to create and manage teams that will take part in epic battles where fair play is for sissies.

Yesterday we revealed the honorable mentions, and today we're announcing the top handheld and downloadable titles. Check us out later for the top console/PC offerings. Once that's out of the way, we'll start the countdown of the top 20 titles, including what WP considers to be the best game of 2009. Read more for the results!

Blur drops players into heart-pumping, electrified racing action with 20 cars on a track all targeting the finish line and battling each other as they trade paint and collect intense power-ups, including the ability to blast other cars out of the way with huge bursts of energy, boost their speed, and more.

Turn up the heat with Food Network: Cook or Be Cooked, the only video game developed with the Food Network Kitchens' Executive Chefs. Whether a novice cook or a master in the kitchen, you'll have fun, learn something new, and improve your cooking skills with Food Network: Cook or Be Cooked!

Today was one of those days where we were busy but did not really do anything in particular. We went to dimsum with some relatives and then drove around doing a few errands. When we finally came back, we decided to watch a few movies on Netflix Instant Watch that are about to expire in January, Wargames 2 and Art of War 2. Both were quite subpar, but it's not as if  we had anything else of importance to do.

On a side note, our trip up the coast is back on. We're leaving around noon, making a pit stop in Santa Maria for BBQ, and then home sweet home. At last ....