Man, it's great to be home...

    The visit to Mom at the St. Francis rehab unit went very well yesterday. Except for the bruising from the blood thinners, Mom looked pretty good. She's going back on an IV today, tho, as her kidneys are ailing again. Hopefully, it's just temporary, as physical therapy must be tough with an IV attached. I'm going back to see her this afternoon...

    Not much in the way of gaming news, CoD-wise. Most gaming sites are reporting and re-re-reporting the 'news' about the Prestige and Hardened editions of Call of Duty: Black Ops. AFAIK, except for the bare fact that there'll be such editions, there isn't any news content. But it's the nature of the gaming media news that the same story is flogged for all it's worth - and then some.
    And, speaking of floggings, I have intentions of going online for some gaming tonight. After I get home from the hospital, it should be early enough that I can man up for some more asskickings on Blacklight: Tango Down free-for-all. ;-) Moving on...

• Ex-Infinity Ward heads Jason West and Vince Zampella to appear at QuakeCon 2010.

• Halo: Reach campaign preview from IGN.
• Halo: Reach reveals its achievements.
• Bungie going after rage-quitters. If you rage-quit from Halo: Reach enough times, Bungie will take action against you - tho what the sanctions are aren't specified.
• Kokugamer: Play Halo, retro 2600 style.
• StarCraft II: Best new features and improvements.
• World of Warcrack quitter: 'I was addicted.' Not that 4000 hours in 5 years is excessive or anything... 
• Richard 'Lord British' Garriott wins $28 million wrongful dismissal lawsuit versus NCSoft. Bit of PC gaming history: The Death of Lord British.
• Five interesting interactive games on YouTube.
• BASHandSlash's Bash 158 features a discussion of violence in videogames.
• Don't Make Waves Dept: Ten Video Games Roger Ebert Should Play.

• Apple's iPad makes power impact amongst businesses.
• Apple releases battery charger.
• Five iPad apps for travelers.
• Apple lawsuit targets iPhone and iPad accessory clones.
• Motorola defends Droid X antenna design.
• Twitter now suggests people you might want to follow.
• Mythbusters sign another 7 year contract.
• The 16 worst television spin-offs.

(Credit: Saturday Morning Breakfast Cereal)