Oh ND, you should just scrap that list, and just enjoy your Starcraft. You'd need a clone to get through your wish list.

And as much as I'm looking forward to Halo: Reach, I'm actually more eager for Brink. Take note the front page loads and auto-runs one of their vids. It is well worth watching, FYI.

The game features a great acronym; SMART which stands for Smooth Movement Across Random Terrain. What that means is that the game involves a lot of parkour like obstacle tackling while in gunfights.

But beyond that, there is the objective creation system which gives you mini-missions that can help your side. They can vary from healing teammates to finding a downed opponent who can be interrogated. It's a pretty cool system and I recommend you check out all the vids in the link above.

Starcraft is one of my true loves in video games. I was planning to play it some over the weekend, and instead I stayed in the hospital. If all goes well I'll get some time to play it this coming weekend.

Fallout 3 is huge. It's kind of mind numbing, at first. My first go through didn't last, but this one has. Even the guide book I got to help menplumb the depths is only semi-helpful, and vie mostly been using it for item location. Even then, it's a poorly cross-referenced morass.

And I have the GotY edition too, so this will be entertaining me in my free moments for a while.

BSG

Looks the President has flip flopped again. But, we have a directive. We have enabled FRIENDS IN LOW PLACES, and have made the escape EASIER!

Alas, I don't have the Destiny Deck draw here at work. When I get home, I'll post the start of the check.

Even the guide book I got to help menplumb the depths is only semi-helpful

I have no desire to start thinking about what the word could mean but I decree 'menplumb' to be the week's finest typo.

I am developing a real hate-on for ios 4.0.2. My phone is fucking broken. I'm pissed n

I hate to say it, but I'm surprised you upgraded, Sean. The ios 4 has a terrible rep for being crap on anything that isn't an iPhone 4.

Jobs has promised a fix but that's small comfort for the peeps like you that expected them to thoroughly test their goddamn software.

I've been a Mac fan a long time but I think they've really slid in quality control since they started making the big bucks and the marketing fueled need to release a new phone every summer has been especially detrimental.

ETA: Now back to your gaming fun! Goooooo Cylons!

BSG

De-Brig Boomer
Friends in low places HELPS to make this:
5 YP
Helo played an IC, so this is an open skill check!
Destiny Deck: P2, R1 (total 1 of 5)
Zarek:
Helo:
Tigh:
Chief:
Apollo:
Boomer:

BSG

That's not bad to start the check, especially with the President's help. We shouldn't have to spend any valuable cards on this (like SPs or ICs). Reminder, please be sure to leave me something to do. I can only play one card, but I'm over my hand limit - it'd be wasteful not to play something.

Re Fallout 3:

Pete, enjoy your character however you build him or her, but I humbly suggest in future builds to avoid Fast Learner. You level up fairly fast in the game to begin with, and without the expansions, will probably hit the level cap before you've even finished the game (depending how thoroughly you explore, even as soon as halfway through). Even with Expansions I think the level cap raises but you still level pretty fast. (Now, if you're playing on PC with a level cap removal mod, that may be a different story...)

Perks are valuable and you only get so many of them, and there's a lot of other ones worth taking. If in doubt, I suggest boosting stats directly if nothing else looks good, or if you're early level still and plan to explore very thoroughly, the perk that enables you to get more skill points from reading books.

All the perks are fun, and you are not "doing it wrong." Just a suggestion for the future.