Sunday, that's my fun day...

Doing the blog live this AM, as I never got a chnce to work on it last night. After getting up from my nap, I went to see Mom at the nursing home. She seemed to be slightly improved. It looks like her arm and upper body strength is better. She still can't stand on her own. She can't keep her knees from buckling, unfortunately. We're hoping that the therapy improves her enough to go home in a few weeks. She doesn't have to be fully mobile, just enough so that she can be cared for at home. We're continuing to hope and pray for her continued recovery.

Today's featured vid is 7 Questions to Mutiny presented by Fc2300 as part of a continuing series of CoD-related interviews on LegitGamingUnion. The second vid is a merciless Timmy-taunting on CoD4 Search and Destroy on Crash. I'm not condoning that kind of behavior, but the piercing bat-screech of this kid's voice would have driven any adult player insane. Moving on...

• Call of Duty: Black Ops previews: Destructoid; Toronto Sun.
• Destructoid GamesCom 2010 interview with Josh 'JD_2020' Olin.
• Semi-COD related: GamaSutra Op-Ed: Why don't games calibrate to people's reaction times? Author uses the example of a 64 year old trying to play Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2 and dying - a lot - even on the easiest setting.

• Medal of Honor coverage on BASHandSlash links 3 GamesCom-relatedarticles and an 'over-the-shoulder' YouTube vid of gameplay during GamesCom 2010.
• Portal 2 previews: G4TV; 1Up; GameRant; The Escapist (co-op preview w/ embedded GameTrailers vid); Tom's Hardware (w/ embedded YouTube of GamesCom 2010 demos); CVG; GameTrailers.
• PS3 'incredibly important' to Valve.
• How to run StarCraft II on Linux.
• BioShock Infinite multiplayer in doubt.
• IGN Video: DC Universe GamesCom 2010 preview.
• Banhammer targets Red Dead Redemption cheaters next week.
• Anti-depressant drugs used versus gaming addition. O RLY.
• Pic of the Day: 8-bit Camouflage.

• Hubble Space Telescope images stunning galaxy one 320 million light years from Earth. One light year is 5.87 trillion miles.
• Earth seen as a 'double planet' from Mercury.
• Ultraviolet light reveals how ancient Greeks painted statues.
• Apple patenting software kill switch that detects jailbroken iPhones. Also reported on Ars Technica.
• Flash on Android shows slowdowns, incompatibility.
• Can the Blackberry survive the 'smartphone wars'?
• Germany to use ID cards with embedded RFID.
• Do we need another Indiana Jones sequel? Only if they lock him in the fridge and leave him in there.
• Fifteen actors who seem to get by playing the same character over and over again.