And night number 2 is winding down...

    As this posts on the HQ, the 2nd night is about half over, and I'm counting down to when I can go back home to my beloved Effie!! The four night rotation is plenty rough, just froma work perspective, but sometimes it just seems endless when I'm missing my Pretty Gal so very bad!! I have no frame of reference for how other couples manage on really really long separations, especially those that involve being in severe physical danger, like our service folks experience!! Thank God we're spared that, at least!! Time marches on, and in a few nights, I'll be back home in her loving arms!!. Moving on...

• New map pack for Call of Duty: Black Ops leaked. And the 'Annihilation' map pack will be available 28 June 2011.
• Two million gamers enlisted for Call of Duty: Elite beta.

• [YouTube] Robin and Zelda Williams interview.
• Nintendo 3DS system update out.
• Battlefield official blog: 'Physical Warfare' map pack to be available free to all Battlefield 3 players later this year.
• Crysis 2 gets 'Decimation' map pack on Xbox 360 and PC, PS3 soon.
• Original Xbox gamepads being rebuilt for Xbox 360 Halo: Combat Evolved.
• More Wii U woes: The Wii U won't support Blu-Ray or DVD.
• LulzSec attacks EVE Online again.
• Rumor: Developers working with 'underclocked' Wii U hardware.
• Rumor: Kinect SDK kit launching today? At least, UT and Gears of War dev Cliffy B hopes that it's true.
• [YouTube] The worst of E3 2011. Ouch!

 

Ten year old pre-order for Duke Nukem Forever - redeemed!!

(Credit: MrDukeNukem on Reddit Gaming)

 

• Black holes present from the start in the Universe's first galaxies.
• Star found shooting 'water bullets'.
• How physics limits brain miniaturization.
• New evidence backs up dinosaur soft tissue find.
• Defending against mosquitos, the scent of a human.
• Nano-research: How to apply nano-conductive materials to textiles.
• [Ars Technica] Contemplating the fate of the videoophone in 2011.
• Army beret out, cap back, and velcro to be optional on BDUs.

 

Steve Jobs' Dilemma

(Credit: koblinz on Reddit Funny)