On holiday with my gal...

    Back home today with my Pretty Gal!! Had a pretty rough week, health-wise, but hope that things are on the right track now for both my Sweet Gal and me. Reminder that the blog will be on hiatus the next two, three days, as I'll be away from the net. My personal blogsite, Joker961's HQ, will be auto-updating, so you can get a gaming news fix here. Moving on...

• Call of Duty: Black Ops getting two new levels unlocked?
• PCGamer: Could Call of Duty go the same way as Guitar Hero?

• ActionTrip links another Alice: Madness Returns teaser from American McGee.
• New Batman: Arkham City screenies.
• The Walking Dead videogame is real.
• F.E.A.R. 3 to feature playable villain Paxton Fettel in solo campaign.
• Exclusive GameTrailers Sniper: Ghost Warrior PS3 HD trailer. 
• Sniper: Ghost Warrior sells one million. 
• Crysis 2 demo coming to PC 1 March 2011.
• Sony issues official statement about hacked PS3s.
• PS3 hacker bans begin.
• PS3 hack lets users unban themselves, ban others.
• Blog: 3D is Crysis 2 demo is not actually 3D.
• PCGamer's 15 Things We Want from Mass Effect 3.
• PCGamer's 100 Best Games of all time.
• GameRanx's 10 Most Breakthrough FPS Games of All Time.

• Giant black holes may be smaller than previously thought. 
• NASA's early inflatable spacecraft - the satelloon.
• [Merch] Lego introduces NASA-authorized play set. Hilarious to get a fleet of Lego space shuttles when the real ones are being mothballed.
• New material provides 25% greater themoelectric conversion efficiency.
• Molecule brings MRSA bacteria spread to a halt.
• Climate change keenly felt in Alaska's national parks.
• Driver accused of Facebook update in fatal crash.