Morning Vent, 28 February 2012

Gungal^TM of the Day

 Gungal^TM Angelina Jolie shows off her good

side...

    Last Next to last day of the month, and tomorrow, I head off North for a short 3 night rotation. We had a pretty dang awesome day yesterday, as we had a bunch of errands to run, including having my Sweet Gal's eyeglass prescription tweaked. It looks like a minor lens adjustment did the trick, tho it's a bit early to tell. We capped the evening off with an episode of Survivor, watched on the web. It's not going to be a good season, I think. As my gal said last night, there's no one to root for on the show this time.
     Today, my beloved Effie went off on a half-day appointment. I already can't wait for her to come home!! Meanwhile, I'm hoping to visit Mama Joker today in the AM, if I can, to see how she's doing. The old HQ has been plagued by colds and flu bugs the past few weeks, so I've steered clear of there. We'll see if all the stars align for me to make a visit.
 

    Not much in the way of gaming news for me, since I usually don't take much time at home for gaming. It's just not a huge priority. The blog is usually pre-plugged in, mostly. Mostly. I juggle items back and forth based on news tidbits that come across the internet. I usually try to group related topics together, if I can. I depend on serendipity, and it usually works out better than if I consciously plan it, lol. Moving on...

Call of Duty and Gaming Links, 28 February 2012

Featured CoD: Black Ops Video
Uploaded 19 October 2011 on DatMexicanGuy1

    Call of Duty Links:

• [Feature] Modern Warfare 3 unable to have 'perfect balance'. Or even just 'balance'.

    More Gaming Links:

• [YouTube] Battlefield 3: 2,500 mines detonated. Whoa!  
• Ubisoft talks graphics and memorable moments in Far Cry 3.
• [Interview] Operation Black Mesa and Guard Duty mod developers on PlanetPhillip.
• Valve's Gabe Newell explains the silence over Half-life 3.
• [YouTube] Playing the Xbox 360 with a Wiimote. Great... even more flailing.
• [Images] Borderlands 2 character images wallpapers from the recently released trailer. (Original image link credit: Schwachsinn on Reddit Gaming.)
• [Image] Tetris tights. (Original iamge link credit: TrueWarrior on Reddit Pics.)

    Non-Gaming Links:

• [Image] Mars landscape. (Original image link credit: Para11axis on Reddit Space.)
• Gigantic black hole wreaks havoc in the Perseus Galaxy Cluster for hundreds of millions of years.
• Does overeating cause memory loss? I can't remember what I had for breakfast yesterday. Does that count?
• Discovery of new blood types may explain some transplant failures.
• Mexican scientists test vaccine for heroin addiction.
• [Cracked] Five life lessons learned only through quitting smoking.
• Curvaceous iPhone 5 concept art emerges.
• Judge awards plaintiff $850 in ATT iPhone 'Unlimited' data plan 'throttling' case.
• The most common cooking mistakes.

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Morning Vent, 27 February 2012

Gungal^TM of the Day

Gungal^TM sports a spiffy leather garter belt...

    It's a short weekend at home, but it looks to be jam packed! My Sweet Gal has two appointments this morning, and she and I are going to make another attempt to hit the optometrist this afternoon. We got skunked last week due to events beyond our control, so we had to reschedule for today. Fingers crossed to see if we make it this afternoon, lol.
  

    As you can see above, I added a banner/divider for the blog to differentiate the vent portion from any gaming related ramblings I might put in. It's Cowboy from Medal of Honor, and now that there's a follow up announced, I'm looking forward maybe to playing MoH again, if it turns out to be released on a platform I have access to. My old Xbox is still over at the old HQ, tho I'm increasiningly thinking I should haul that bad boy home, seeing as how I'm paying for an Xbox Live membership or two on it, lol. 
    I played a couple of short solo Killing Floor matches in between chores on Saturday, and, boy, that is really not a solo game. Whoever can make it past a few waves, even on 'Beginner' settings, must be an FPS badass, lol. Even on the only the second wave, the zombies flood in so fast, one player can't keep up alone. Moving on...

Call of Duty and Gaming Links, 27 February 2012

Featured CoD Black Ops Video

Uploaded 22 February 2012 on ONLYUSEmeBLADE

    Call of Duty Links:

• [O RLY?] Robert 'fourzerotwo' Bowling: 'I hope Treyarch learns from Modern Warfare 3'.

    More Gaming Links:

• Electronic Arts announces Medal of Honor: Warfighter. Also covered on GameSpot, EvilAvatar, and GiantBomb.
• Max Payne 3 PC preview on GameRanx.
• Sony explains lack of UMD-to-Vita transfer.
• Razer Blade gaming laptop review on Engadget.
• [Hardware Review] Turtle Beach X32 wireless headset on Kotaku.
• Bungie co-founder sets up new studio. Also covered on Joystiq.
• [Merch] Replica Portal gun coming.
• [Cosplay] Cammy, the wrestler. (Original image link credit: DaemonSadi on Reddit Gaming.)
  
  
  

    Non-Gaming Links:

• Google's 'Terminator' sunglasses to be available by end of the year. It's 'I'll be back', not 'I'll be a dork'.
• Harvesting energy from radio waves.
• Faulty fat sensor linked to obesity, liver disease.
• Jet airline passenger opens emergency exit door next to crying child. Don't worry... It was taxiing.
• [Life-hacks] Five things you buy that don't work the way you think.
• Forbes: Disarming the myths promoted by the gun control lobby. Also this: Seraph: KIDS, GUNS & SWIMMING POOLS: 3 Myths That Can Hurt Your Children.
• [YouTube] Guy buries Glock Model 21 for two years, digs it up, and fires 500 rounds through without a hitch. And that, ladies and gentleman, is why the Glock Model 21 is my habitual sidearm...
• [Movies] Cast already set for John Carter of Mars sequels.
• [Cracked] What 23 movie background characters were secretly thinking.

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