Working hard at home...

    It's awesome to be home, and tho it's a short week off, after the three banger coming up, the yard sale is the upcoming big event at home. (I'm making Friday a short night, too, taking four hours so I can catch a nap at the Albany pad before rocketing home to my Sweet Gal in time for breakfast.)

    Today's plans are to make a run to the storage unit to pick up the last of the stuff that needs to be acquired for the yard sale. The rest, frankly, will be junked over a period of time.

    As I mentioned yesterday, I have gotten some neat weapon unlocks on Modern Warfare 3. Another of my favorite assault rifles is the CM-901, which I think looks particularly badass in the game. I unlocked the silencer this week, and I think I'll be trying to rank it up next, after I get a bit more stuff unlocked on the SCAR-L. Moving on...

    Call of Duty Links:

• Call of Duty: Black Ops 2: What we know so far.
• Treyarch hints at Call of Duty: Black Ops 2 for the Wii U.
• [Op-Ed] For Black Ops 2, Treyarch chooses someone who failed the call of duty.
• New Modern Warfare 3 weapons comparison interactive website.

    More Gaming Links:

• [YouTube] Assassin's Creed 3 teaser trailer.
• [Feature] Max Payne 3 and the rise of the $90 video game.
• [Interview] Jason Winter on the Elder Scrolls Online article.
• Microsoft officially announces the $99 Xbox 360 with 2 year Xbox Live contract.
• [Preview] Endless Space alpha build on Space Sector.
• Developer: George Lucas wanted Star Wars: Battlefront III to fail.
• [YouTube] Footage of what Assassin's Creed looked like before release.
• [YouTube] Portal speedrun in 13 minutes 46 seconds.
• [Feature] Don't assume the players are stupid.
• 'Seananners' and the art of video game commentary.
• [Op-Ed] Where are all the British games? The Rogue Warrior effect...
• [WTF] Angry Birds Land opens at Finnish theme park.
• [Images] Home-made Fallout Pipboy 3000. (Original iamge link credit: GoldenShorts on Reddit Gaming.)
• [Images] Mass Effect's Miranda Lawson showcase on DeviantArt. (Original image link credit: kondrat1983 on Reddit Mass Effect.)

    Non-Gaming Links:

• Nine planet star system discovered.
• [Image] Large sunspot formation on the Sun.
• We will be living on the Moon in 70 years. 'We'?
• Hubble uses Moon as mirror to observe the Transit of Venus. 'What you saw was the planet Venus...'
• Research suggests more silicon in Earth's lower mantle than previously thought.
• If all Earth's water were put into a single sphere.
• Mystery of Cinncinnati's 'sea beast' deepens.
• Brain scans give glimpse of how dogs think.
• Scientists invent dental fillings that kill bacteria and remineralize teeth.
• Yogurt diet leads to 'swaggering' mice with heavier testicles.
• [Nano-Feature] Target: Drug-resistant bacteria.
• Scientists invent aerosol spray that gets you instantly drunk without harmful effects.
• GPS vulnerable to hacks, jamming.
• Facebook starts blocking comments it considers 'irrelevant' or 'inappropriate'.
• Star Trek comes to life: life-size 3D hologram created by researchers. Still waiting for Deanna Troi and Doctor Crusher making out on the holodeck...