Black Ops - on the truck! WTF?

    Spent some time on Facebook chat with pal Effie last night. Before I realized it, almost 4 hours had gone by... I hope she didn't wake up all tired this AM before work. Effie, had a blast sharing YouTube music with you!

    I'm wondering where the heck I'm going. I'm being pulled in one direction, can't avoid it because of the way I feel, but it's impossible to tell what the destination will be. If nothing else, I thank God for making a really good friend out of all this.

    My 'get-acquainted' coffee meet for today was canceled due to scheduling problems and postponed till next week, possibly. I've got a possible get-together with my real-life contact possibly, maybe this weekend. Possibly, possibly, possibly... Possibly, this whole online match-making thing was a bad idea, after all.

    Hours before Call of Duty: Black Ops came out on the US East Coast, there was already a YouTube video of a hacked lobby to migrate to the 15th level prestige. (Well, now we know how many prestiges are in the game...) It just defies belief how fast this crap happens, people.

      As it happens, my copies of Call of Duty: Black Ops are on the UPS truck, out for delivery. Moving on...

 

    Call of Duty Links:

 

 Ice-T looks pretty dang happy here...

 

• CVG has an early round-up of Call of Duty: Black Ops reviews. 
• Un-live this stream of Call of Duty: Black Ops Wii gameplay.
• The 'floating apple' that ruins Call of Duty: Black Ops.
• Moot: Preview of Call of Duty: Black Ops: SeekMedia. 
• List of Steam Call of Duty: Black Ops PC achievements. 
• Reddit starts a Call of Duty: Black Ops sub-reddit page.

• Microsoft got Kinect because "Apple is a pain in the ass".
• Xbox Kinect can't play Street Fighter.
• The Dangers of Playing Kinect Enthusiastically. And, Tinfoil Hat Time: Your Kinect maybe spying on you.
• Remembering System Shock 2. I'll forgive the dig at Half-life that opens the essay..

 

Rev. Rant: 'Fun isn't Enough'

 

(Credit: Cannibalsnail on Reddit Gaming)

 

• Astronomy Picture of the Day: A Galaxy Seen Edge-On.
• Scientists unveil secrets of exploding plasma clouds on the Sun.
• NPR: Here comes the Sun - and I say, Uh-oh.
• Large Hadron Collider generates 'mini-bang'. Which is more than any of the online dating sites are doing for me...
• Food wrapper chemicals causing blood contamination in humans. I knew that burrito tasted funny!
• Nanogenerators grow strong enough to power small electronic devices. 
• Tron: Legacy movie poster is a triptych (look it up) masterpiece.