New month, new headaches...

    Today is the 1st of August, after the first Roman Emperor Augustus. Augustus was the nephew and adopted son of Julius Caesar, mentioned back on The Ides of March edition of The Vent. Tho Julius Caesar got multi-stabbed despite thrice refusing a kingly crown, Augustus, originally called Octavius Caesar, became a king in all but name, setting the stage for a buttload of Caesars, Czars, and Kaisers to come. Augustus is a particular favorite of mine, as he was portrayed in PBS's 1976 Masterpiece Theatre series I, Claudius by one of my all time favorite actors, Brian Blessed. Brian Blessed is known for playing bigger-than-life characters - from the fictional Richard IV from The Black Adder to the hawkman Prince Vultan in 1980's Flash Gordon.     Moving on...

• Commando perk removed from Modern Warfare 3.

• Deus Ex: Human Revolution review: CVG.
• From Dust review: IGN.
• [YouTube] Battlefield 3 GameStop commercial.
• [YouTube] Arma 2 fan-made trailer.
• Mirror's Edge 2 will use the Battlefield 3 engine.
• Electronic Arts CEO: Traditional console development cycle gone forever.
• [Preview] Seven 60 frame per second PS3 and Xbox 360 FPSes to look forward to.
• Medal of Honor Cat. LOL!
• [Play] Tetris HD Flash game. Teensy, tiny pixels, but, at least, it won't cost you a million dollars!

• New simulation indicates the Earth-Moon system is unique in the Solar System and may be rare throughout the Universe.
• Missing heat: Is global warmth vanishing into space?
• Climate models make too hot forecasts of global warming.
• Neanderthals were outnumbered by the first modern humans.
• Loss of memory due to aging may be reversible.
• The man who couldn't stop drawing.