Another Day, another Chobot!

    Well, the first day on the job turned out to be a surprise. Rather than the 8 hr day my offer letter specified, it turned out to be a 12 hr day - something for which I was not prepared. I had anticipated being able to spend a couple of hours after work finished (at 3PM) taking care of business. Instead, I limped back to the hotel after 7PM. The next couple of days will likely be the same.
    It wasn't long after going into the fab that I decided I was going to have to shave off my beard and mustache. Otherwise, I'll have to wear a beard cover (a thin gauze-like cover that you wear over facial hair to prevent you from contaminating the super-clean room environment). It's pretty damn uncomfortable, I can tell you.
    It's a good sign that everyone - and I mean everyone - likes working at CNSE. Most places you start a job off and there's a couple slagging off the company. Not there. Everyone was uniformly pleased with every aspect of the job. I'm hoping to follow suit myself. The current tribulations I'm undergoing will pass away, but the sunny welcome I got on my first day on the job will stand out in my memory forever.

• Examiner.com: Spoiler warning: Does Call of Duty: Black Ops's campaign refer to XXX'X XXXXXXXXXXXXX. (Relevant section X'ed out. Don't click unless you don't mind a possible storyline spoiler.)
• Xboxic: Modern Warfare 2 'Resurgence' Video.
• CVG: If Valve made Modern Warfare 2.

• Electric Pig: Halo: Reach release date confirmed: 15 September 2010.
• Unthinkable: Red Dead Redemption roots and toots its way to number one on the UK charts.
• Guardian.co.uk: Rockstar courts controversy again with Red Dead Redemption dastardly rail killing achievement.
• MTV Gaming Blog: EA looking ahead to Crysis 2 and beyond - except for that pesky delivery date detail.
• CVG: EA can't confirm Crysis release 2 date.
• IGN: Daily Fix for 24 May 2010 with the luscious Jessica Chobot. (YouTube version embedded below.)

Uploaded 24 May 2010 on IGN Entertainment

Does Jessica like Japanese plushies?


Yes, she certainly does!

 

• GameRant: US gamers spent $25 billion on games in 2009. And following explains why:
• 1Up: UK Therapist: Two hours of gaming is equivalent to a line of cocaine.

 He's totally tripping balls on Xbox Live.

 

 

    Non-Gaming Links:

• NetworkWorld: Mars Phoenix lander killed by ice build-up.
• ComputerWorld: HP explains why printer ink is so expensive. O RLY?
• Google's Pac-Man thingie costs 4.8 million man hours of work. That is, if the people playing around with it would have been inclined to work, of course.
• Towel Day. Yesterday was TowelDay. You always have to know where your towel is.