You need to watch out for those cheap Mary Kay knockoffs. It pays to buy the real thing.

The quoting system hates me.
You need to fix that. Right now.

win.

Says it at the bottom of the page.

well, if Blizzard would stop charging so much for the damn thing I'd try it.

True. Blizzard is like the opposite of Valve in that regard.

Exactly, which is why I only bought Warcraft 3 when Gamestop was selling it for 5 bucks....with The Frozen Throne.....

Torchlight is somewhat comparable. In fact TQ could have benefited from the loot selling pet. I'm a bastard of a hoarder and won't pass up good loot if there's money in it.
But Torchlight has a completely different atmosphere to it. Whereas TL has an almost casual feel to it, TQ takes itself more seriously and takes its influences from mythology (specifically Greek). More like Sacred in that regard then.
But yes, you should play Diablo 2. Despite its flaws it's such an oddly compulsive game.

And some people still wonder why Activision and Blizzard are such a perfect couple.

One might argue that their games don't lose very much value. I actually got lucky and bought Diablo at the store the week it came out. Never heard of it - bought it anyway. I had a 10base2 network in my dorm room. Got pretty good at networking (the cables kind), and was able to get a real job from my experience with it.
Never bought Diablo II. Borrowed it from a friend. Got to about the third level (welcom to the jungle) Thought it was too much of a clone of Diablo I, and of itself and went straight back to it. Plus I was hooked on the Diablo Hellfire expansion and playing as a Monk. I think I eventually finished Diablo II, but it was quite the slog at the end. Can't remember another game that bored me *while* I was playing it. Check that - Dungeon Siege, towards the end was about the same as Diablo II. Except that I couldn't even bring myself to finish Dungeon Siege. Ah well.
Who owns the rights to Hellfire? It was published by Sierra - but since it hooks onto Diablo, I'm betting the rights reverted to Activision/Blizzard. Doubt that'll ever see the light of day again.
Those were the days. Oh, and if you haven't finished Diablo I first, do it - otherwise Diablo II might not make much sense. There's only 16 levels, so it should only take about 4 hours, right? Assuming you get your hands on some Godly Plate of the Whale...

Then you will like Titan Quest.

seconded with the force of a thousand suns

Whoa, what's with the quotes. Three quotes but only two termination quote tags and only two quotes.
Anyway read this:
Note for operation on Laptops and Notebook computers:
•We did not test Thief Deadly Shadows with laptops or notebook systems and therefore we do not guarantee compatibility. Due to the variety of hardware configurations that ship with today's laptop systems, it would be impossible to configure a game that would work with all of them. Many laptop/notebook computers are limited in their ability to be used as a gaming machine. This is because of memory configurations, their micro-channel architecture, port configurations and sound systems that are primarily designed to be used with productivity software.
The other common problem is that laptop systems will attempt to compress the traditional version of the standard 101-function keyboard (found on almost all desktop systems) into a much smaller keyboard configuration. This is usually done by relying on multifunction keys that allow the user to assign different functions to the same key. Unfortunately, this has been known to cause problems with our games.
You your laptop is fine. I have an old 2005 laptop with a terrible intel gma 900 integrated card and that game is listed on its compatibility chart.

This week's Gamersgate loyalty discount is Buccaneers: The Pursuit of Infamy, available for 50-80% off the cover price of $9.99.
Any comments on this game? Is it worth four bucks?

Steam still has is at $2.50 (75% off)
http://store.steampowered.com/app/23100/

I overheard someone say it's rather repetitive, and the cannon aiming is totally wonky. No swashbuckling, either. So it is somewhat of a limited pirates knockoff. But it is very pretty (from screenshots), and gets mixed/slightly favorable reviews on metacritic. So, if you can find a demo, try that first.

Well, as with my shitty luck, Thief: DS will not launch. Oh well, I'll test it on the other 2 machines in the house.

What OS are you using? I just tried to reinstall a retail copy on my Win7/64 desktop and the bugger just crashes. I will be trying various tricks to get it to work, but the point is that it's certainly not down to a GPU deficiency.