Ever watched a movie, then dreamed of being the characters in real life, standing in front of the mirror acting out key scenes and cheesy lines? You know you have.

All you "Star Wars" and "Indiana Jones" fans out there have done it, swishing invisible lightsabers or trying to swing across a ravine with a whip. Quit lying to yourselves.

Well, if you've ever wanted to be the heroic Aragorn, kick-ass archer Legolas or funky dwarf Gimli from the "Lord of the Rings" movies, you can now live out your fantasies. Well, at least in one form.

Electronic Arts' "Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers" is very engaging and graphically rewarding, especially the PlayStation 2 version.

It's a perfect compliment to the movie. It even involves cut scenes that morph between in-game animation and clips from the movies. Yes, both movies are included in this game.

Depending how far players progress, they are rewarded with behind the scenes footage of the movie's actors and director Peter Jackson. A true geek's dream come true.

As soon as you pop in the game for the first time, you are thrown right into the heart of enthralling Middle-earth scenery. There is no menu screen, which might seem strange.

Beginning with the one-time playable character Isildur, the game trains you for the future in the mines of Moria, eventually leading to the great battle at Helm's Deep.

The game's simplicity is attractive, but most gamers will hunger for more depth. The game is a button-mashing fest, nothing more. (That means you don't need skills to play this game, bud.) One great aspect, however, is the parry button, which deflects and blocks everything from arrows to swords.

Fun to play, the game is guaranteed to please J.R.R. Tolkien's hardcore fans (the author of the novels, duh!). Others will only be enticed for a few hours.

The game itself is straightforward. Start here, follow the only path available, kill some things here and there