Off to work I go...

    So, it's back to work for a four-night rotation, but the edge is kinda off, since I'm off for 10 - count 'em - 10 glorious days. It's Thanksgiving next week and I've taken it off. The Saturday following is also the much dreaded high school reunion, so I've that to look forward to. Moving on...

• Call of Duty: Black Ops conquers UK sales.
• Survey says: Call of Duty most likely video game to cause relationship problems.

• IGN Portal 2 video preview.
• APB renamed APB: Reloaded to be launched as free-to-play in 2011.
• Activision 'exploring its options' regarding Bizarre Creations.
• Ubisoft shares drop 18%.
• How to hack Kinect for the Xbox 360. 

• Mirrors in Your Brain: Will an epic discovery do for neuroscience what DNA did for biology?
• 'Demonic device' converts information to energy.
• 'Space-time cloak' to conceal events from history. 
• Murder mystery? Astronomer Tycho Brahe, who died in 1601, exhumed. Think Amadeus, but with astronomy, not music...
• Reddit: Kindle vs. Nook: The Intangible Differences.
• Facebook launching messaging service. But also: Facebook deactivates many accounts, places messaging service in doubt.

Get down, Mr. Rogers!