As any MMORPG player knows, the perfect character is key to enjoying the game. The same is absolutely true for Dragon Age, so the developers have produced an excellent tool to help you achieve this - the Dragon Age: Origins Character Creator. This downloadable program allows you to create tailor-made characters, save them, upload them to Dragon Age and use them in your games.

What really makes Dragon Age: Origins Character Creator amazing is the degree of detail you can specify. Not content with allowing you to modify the usual, such as eye color and hairstyle, Dragon Age: Origins Character Creator really allows you to push the specifications to the limit. Bigger nose? Eyes closer together? Higher eyebrows? These and other equally specific features are offered by the tool. You can even specify the type of voice your character will have, and the pose they strike in their avatar. The whole character creation process is accompanied by atmospheric music, and most options have rollover information.

Users of Dragon Age: Origins Character Creator will also be able to specify non-physical features, such as attributes and skills. Obviously, you'll need to be familiar with the game to get the most out of this, partially because you'll need to make decisions about where your points are allocated and partially because Dragon Age: Origins Character Creator doesn't come with help or a game FAQ. Once you are happy with your creation, you can use it directly in the PC version of the game or upload it to the Bioware server for use in online games. More details on this procedure can be found on the game's website.

Highly-detailed, custom characters will make Dragon Age even more fun!

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Virtual Hairstudio is a desktop app for Windows PCs that lets users preview virtual hairstyles.

Let's face it. Everyone's received a terrible haircut at some point in their lives. Virtual Hairstudio is a tool that helps you avoid such fashion fiascoes.

Marketed for hair salons, but usable by pretty much anyone, Virtual Hairstudio works a bit like a photo editing program, with preset hairstyles available to paste on a model, or even a picture of yourself. In this way, you can check out potential new looks before going under the knife -- or scissors, as it were!

Virtual Hairstudio provides hundreds of hairstyles to choose from. Each hairstyle also comes with additional information, such as a preview, identification number and description. Pick and choose the hairstyles you like, and even add the best ones to your favorites list so you can easily return to them again before your next trip to the hair stylist.

In addition, Virtual Hairstudio offers some other nice perks, like make-up advice, the ability to import your own hairstyles, and color adjustments.

The graphics could be a little better in Virtual Hairstudio. Learning how to use the program to its fullest will also pose a bit of a challenge for new users.

The demo version of Virtual Hairstudio limits users from uploading their own pictures, and only offers 20 different hairstyles to try out.

Virtual Hairstudio is a fun way to preview different hairstyles before visiting the salon.

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