Back to work...

    It's back to work today for a 3 night rotation. Even before I leave, I'm already anticipating coming back home to my Sweet Gal!! I'm hoping the work week goes by quickly and I can come back home to her Saturday!! 

    So, thanks to the bounteous Microsoft points my beloved Effie gifted me, I downloaded the Call of Duty: Black Ops 'Escalation' DLC. I'm impressed with the maps, and I'm even more impressed by the bot AI. Those wily bots are getting smarter and more infuriating with every game update. They're still annoyingly accurate at long range. At 'Regular' difficulty, I lost the first match against them, playing alone. With Reibo, I was doing better, but had to bail to go pick up the Jeep at the dealer. More next week, when I've had more time to actually play on the new maps. Moving on...

 

    Call of Duty Links:

 

Everyone loves Nuketown!

(Credit: cardiokush on Reddit Black Ops)

 

• New Call of Duty release news forthcoming in a few weeks.

• Brink reviews: Destructoid; IGN; 1Up; JoyStiq; AtomicGamer. YouTube: Justin Fassino.
• Ars Technica: Why you shouldn't buy Brink (yet). Because it's a buggy mess, as illustrated in this typo-laden screenshot. (Image credit: AlyoshaV on Reddit Gaming)
• 'Bungie Aerospace' incorporates, according to filings. 
• Diablo 3 beta announced, aiming for launch later this year.
• Mass Effect 3 gameplay improvements preview.
• Valve wants to make shorter development cycles. 
• And modders should, too: New Black Mesa: Source screenshots. 
• Xbox 360 Spring update reportedly adds new hard disc format (to increase storage and promote security) and PayPal payment option.

 

Gamer Types (I would be number 12...)

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• Herschel Space Observatory has detected for the first time giant galactic storms capable of shutting down star formation. SF 'Golden Age' author A.E. van Vogt would be pleased.
• Microsoft close to buying Skype for $7 billion. OK, maybe not: It's closer to $8 billion. And what the 'experts' say about the Microsoft-Skype deal.
• Ars Technica feature: Hackers hacked: main Anonymous IRC servers seized.
• New York Times interview with Stephen Hawking. 
• Dark Knight Rises plot details, new set photos.

 

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