Double update...

Wonderful to be back home again, as I try to recover from the long work week with my loving Sweet Gal's help!! We had an awesome Sunday together, and, with no fixed plans for today, the awesomeness is sure to continue.

As I mentioned in the last blog, I was starting to do respectably on Call of Duty 4 free for all. Here, have a look:

Not exactly earth-shaking, but pretty impressive for me. I still have some issues to overcome playing multiplayer at home. There seem to be intermittent connection issues where my ping zooms up into the thousands, lol. That's not conducive to winning, for sure Moving on...

Call of Duty Links:

• [YouTube] Tactics-based Call of Duty spinoff prototype gameplay footage.
• • [Update] Call of Duty: Police Warfare Kickstarter canceled, but not the end of Police Warfare.
  • [YouTube] Call of Duty lag compensation explained.

More Gaming Links:

• [YouTube] Sniper Elite V2 gameplay demo, part 2. And, if you missed it, here's part 1 of the Sniper Elite V2 gameplay demo. The demo is available for PC on Steam.
• Valve'sGabe Newell: DOTA 2 will be free to play 'with a twist'.
• Shooter Brink has sold more than 2.5 million worldwide.
• Sim City dev says always on internet requirement is 'worth it'. Worth it for whom, doucher?
• Dead Space developer: Gears of War has 'literally the worst writing in games'.
• SPARX, a video game that helps treat depression in teens.
• [Feature] Idle musings: The joy of tweaking.
• [Image] This is what happens when two real-life pilots test drive Microsoft's flight sim. The pattern is full... (Original image link credit: lettucelord on Reddit Funny.)

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  • [YouTube] ArmA 3 'Stratis Showcase' trailer.
  • [YouTube] Mercenary Ops trailer.
  • [Preview] SCP - Containment Breach, a free survival horror game.
  • [Interview] Chris Avellone interviewed about publishers, Wasteland 2, and RPGs on The Critical Bit.
  • Analyst: Star Wars: The Old Republic subscription numbers already declining.
  • [Update] Valve CEO says there was no meeting with Apple's CEO, Tim Cook.
  • Codemasters is dead. Long live Codemasters Racing.
  • [Study] What we can learn from video games.
  • [Images] Not safe for work Fallout fan art.

Non-Gaming Links:

• Aspirin activates fat burning enzyme.
• Researchers create brain-computer interface that bypasses spinal cord injuries.
• Exercise helps smokers quit, remain smoke-free, and reduce risk of death.
• Study raises hopes for a cure for baldness.
• Meat eating behind human kind's spread across the globe.
• The 'hardest working man on the internet' surpasses one million wikipedia edits.
• [YouTube] The 100 greatest internet videos in 3 minutes. Great is up for debate, lol...
• • Electron split into two parts, 'orbitons' and 'spinons'.
  • Blamed for bee colony collapse, Monsanto buys leading bee research group.
  • Synthetic genetic polymers capable of self-replication and evolution. Also reported by the BBC.
  • [Feature] The dark side of working the graveyard shift. Diabeetus.
  • [Nano-news] The first targeted nano-medicine against cancer has entered human clinical trials.
  • [Op-Ed] A vivid example of how the climate debate is broken.
  • [Image] Eye of Sauron cake. (Original image link: NalrahPlays on Reddit Pics.)