Friday... At last!!

    Mom's doing a bit better; yesterday (the 1 September for me), Pop told me she was able to stand up from the wheelchair on her own, which is pretty triumphant for someone who couldn't raise her arms above her head a month ago due to the muscle myopathy caused by Crestor. Today, they started training her on getting up out of her hospital bed and using the walker a little. Mom has a prospective release date from physical therapy of 20 September, tho home care and outpatient physical therapy of some kind are likely. We're continuing to hope and pray.


 

    Like smoking a cigar, the key to the blog is time. It takes me about 2 hours, give or take, to collate links. It's far longer, usually spaced out over several days, to embed the vids. I have to make a lot of the preparation ahead of time, when I have the time, or the blog would simply not be done on work days. On work days, I typically go to sleep around 8AM, and I get up around 2-3 PM. I leave for work at 6PM. That leaves a very brief window where I can do any blogging. If I manage to pre-plug in a lot of generic links and gaming-related videos, all I have to do is update the latest stuff I can find and set the blog to auto-post. If something prevents me from doing the prep work, it's a much rougher proposition.



 

    Included today is the new Call of Duty: Black Ops trailer released on 1 September. Examiner.com has a pretty comprehensive look at the Call of Duty: Black Ops multiplayer... and I'll say one word that makes my Unreal Tournament-loving heart flutter: Bots. Also linked is GamePro's take on Call of Duty: Black Ops multiplayer, tho reviewing a work-in-progress is always an iffy proposition. Today's featured vid is an older Modern Warfare 2 clip, a Danger Close/C4 fest with Trigr Fingr on the MW2Commentators channel. The second vid is a montage of self-described 'snazzy MW2 rounds' by ThatGuyWhoCamps. YMMV... Moving on...

• BASHandSlash's Bash 161 podcast: Call of Duty: Black Ops multiplayer reveal event.
• Call of Duty: Black Ops 'Wager Match' trailer unveiled.
• Call of Duty: Black Ops multiplayer fully revealed. Bots. Did you hear?!?! Bots!! And Examiner goes for two: Call of Duty: Black Ops multiplayer details.
• Call of Duty: Black Ops: More than a dozen killstreak bonuses revealed.
• LSD (LeavingSuckersDead) has posted a comprehensive list of Call of Duty: Black Ops weapons, perks, and killstreaks.
• Call of Duty: Black Ops multiplayer review: GamePro.

• Black Mesa: Source releases preview build to AtomicPC. (Screenshots leaked, included.) 
• Joystiq: Medal of Honor trailer previews helicopter versus town cage fight. Also: Rumor: Military-based GameStop stores will not carry Medal of Honor.
• Duke Nukem Forever completed? What are the odds?
• Homefront preview on Strategy Informer.
• Diablo III status update. 
• Epic runs Unreal 3 engine on an iPhone.
• OnLive (remember them?) rolls out game sale and wi-fi beta.
• If you have room in your home for a huge, dome-shaped tent, you can use this assault rifle-shaped controller/projector to play your favorite FPS in 360 degrees - and get fragged by me with a mouse and keyboard.
• YouTube IGN Daily Fix for 31 August 2010 (non-Jessica) - New 360 Controller and FF14 delay.

Kinect: Dance Central Full Motion Preview with Jessica Chobot

Uploaded 31 August 2010 on IGN Entertainment

 Does Jessica know how to shake her booty?

 Yes, she certainly does.

 

 

• Super-efficient white LEDs could supply all general lighting needs.
• Oil rig in the Gulf of Mexico, off the coast of Louisiana, explodes.
• UCLA professor of 36 years fired for suggesting second-hand smoke effects are bullshit. 
• HP reveals 3D laptop. Hmmmm. And they called it 'Envy', too.
• Reminder: You don't own your e-books. Amazon locks out Kindle customer and doesn't respond to help requests.
• LiveLeak (video): Arthur C. Clarke in 1964 imagines what life will be like in the year 2000.