I spent part of the morning at the nursing home, and Mom was joyously happy when she was able to walk a few steps with the aid of her walker. It's a triumph, considering a month ago she wasn't able to lift her arms above her head due to the myopathy induced by Crestor. I'll be returning this AM to spend the morning with her again. Hopefully, I'll be able to finish all the pre-work week shopping in the afternoon... It's a 4 night rotation, and I'm bracing myself for that.

Today's featured Modern Warfare 2 vid is Ken Burton with the last of his 'Sh*t I never use', finally featuring the sh*t he does use. And, to make a Ken double feature, the second vid has Ken explaining why he hates World at War zombies. (I know why I hate them: When I shoot them in the head, they don't get dead.) Moving on...

• BASHandSlash's Call of Duty: Black Ops PC FAQ.
• Black Ops PC to have dedicated servers - from one provider.
• Gary Oldman (reprising his World at War role as Resnov) and Ed Harris to provide voice acting for Call of Duty: Black Ops. On the other hand, Topher Grace is also listed as 'starring'. (And, no, the lack of a hyperlink for Topher Grace is no oversight. He sucks.)
• MCV interviews Activision Europe's boss, Michaël Sportouch, on improving the Call of Duty franchise, Call of Duty: Black Ops potential, competition with Medal of Honor and more.

• Blues News has the rundown on Duke Nukem IP ownership, including a Gamasutra interview with Randy Pitchford, explaining how Gearbox got to own the Duke Nukem IP.
• Randy Pitchford: Duke Nukem Forever demo 'important' to do.
• From PAX 2010: A bottle of Duke Nukem Steroids.
• Crackdown 2 DLC gets re-try at release, sans bugs this time.
• White House: Playstation 3 to blame for child obesity. Parents obviously not responsible... Don't worry. The Playstation Move will fix all that.
• EVGA precision overclocker app overclocks your Nvidia graphics card - even if not made by EVGA.
• Gaming predictions gone utterly wrong (pic): A New Half-life every 3 months.
• Wii merch: Doctor Who Wii 'Sonic Screwdriver' controller coming.
• Bungie: Halo: Reach credits, items, points to be reset at launch.

• Awesome death spiral of a bizarre star. (No, not Lindsay Lohan... )
• APOD: GRO J1655-40: Evidence for a Spinning Black Hole.
• Cosmic 'Ghost': "Evidence of a supermassive black hole equal in power to a billion supernovas."
• Tumblr infographic: Space, The Final Junkyard.
• Ancient beer brewed to include antibiotics. Beer. Is there anything it can't do?
• Five reasons best-selling authors are going direct thru epublishers instead of paper.
• Director Ridley Scott discusses possible Alien prequels.
• Fourteen kick-ass hi-rez images from the upcoming Resident Evil: Afterlife.

(Credit: Saturday Morning Breakfast Cereal)