And the four-banger work week starts up...

Gungal^TM of the Day

Halo Gungal^TM needs more Mjolnir armor...

    It's back to work for me on the ever-dreaded four night work rotation. With Easter falling this Sunday, tho, I plugged in a few hours on Saturday night. My tentative plan is to head back to the Albany pad and crash for a few hours before rocketing back home to my Sweet Gal bright and early on Easter Sunday!! Effie, honey, I love you!! I'll be home on Sunday!!

    On the gaming front, I had a nice piece of nostalgia yesterday. While my lovely missus baked some Easter cookies, I grabbed my laptop and took Call of Duty 4 multiplayer out for a spin. I was amazed to find that I connected to a hardcore free-for-all server and did not too bad for my rusty self. I hadn't set up any keyboard controls, so I didn't know where the flipping 'Sprint' button was. I also found that my - ahem! - bifocals were a pain in the butt. But I didn't do half bad! I wasn't positive, but I was pleased enough. If time permits, I'll update my keyboard controls and try that again. Moving on...

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    Call of Duty Links:

• [Op-Ed] Gamer entitlement on the rise: Call of Duty fans call for 24 hour blackout.

• [YouTube] Hitman: Absolution 'She must be special' trailer.
• [YouTube] Orcs must die! 2 announcement trailer.
• Star Wars: Battlefront sequel files hidden on Resident Evil: Operation Raccoon City disc.
• Obsidian's Avellone to work on Wasteland 2 narrative, area design, and conversation. And this: A Wastelands 2 interview with Chris Avellone on GameBanshee and an interview with Brian Fargo on Rock, Paper, Shotgun.
• Capcom: DLC and disc-locked content are the same thing.
• Square Enix working on in-browser real time simulation game for release this year.
• [Preview] Playstation Orbis may lock out used games. And this: Sony confident of Playstation 4 release ahead of 'Xbox 720'.
• [Report] 'Xbox 720' may require constant on internet connection. And constant on electricity-sucking power brick...
• [Video] Top five Halo videos of the week on HaloCouncil.
• [YouTube 'humor'] How to be a boss at Halo. How not to be funny...

• Radioactive iodine from Fukushima, Japan reactors found in California kelp.
• [Nano-news] Semiconductors from single sheets of graphite.
• Study finds link between fast food and depression.
• The dead bodies of Mount Everest.
• Scientists turn to mummies in search of obesity cure.
• Ten books every fantasy author should read.
• [YouTube] Heart Land trailer - a group of children struggle to survive during a zombie apocalypse.
• [Video] Tina Fey on the zombie apocalypse.
• [Info-graphic] The preferred weapons of the zombie apocalypse. (Original image link credit: MassDestruction on Reddit Zombies.)