Just be aware, if you're buying this for the puzzle aspects, that the puzzles aren't very hard. However, that also makes it a great candidate to play with your kids, or as a pleasant time waster when you just want to chill.

My dad cheated on my mom which led to their divorce when I was nine years old. I've had a big problem with adultery ever since that, and have never considered it. My dad basically threw away watching his two boys grow up for the sake of some one-night stand that didn't amount to anything. I've watched him live with that regret every day. Follow in his footsteps? No way in hell. I experienced the pain his decision caused to my mom, to me, to my brother. I can't imagine inflicting that kind of pain on my family.

Screw re-reading those beasts. I just go find a series synopsis site and read through the summaries of each book.

Really looking forward to this one. The Gathering Storm was the first Wheel of Time book I actually enjoyed (versus endured) since Book 4 or 5. I have nothing but respect for the vision of Robert Jordan and the world he put together. But the guy had absolutely no notion of the "less is more" rule of writing.

He said no-one has been able to provide an explanation.

Ummm.....yes they have. There have been numerous examples of hearing aids in use at that time that resembled the square shape of a mobile phone. Or she's just cupping her hand to shield her face. Or any number of easily rational explanations that don't involve time travel.

At first I thought it was an amusing story, but the more articles I see and the more I see this douchebag defending his time travel theory, the angrier I get.

Damn this series for keeping Brandon Sanderson from writing new series of his own.

??? He just released the first book of his new series in August.  The Way of Kings

Only if you show up, rittch!

For anyone interested in playing with some OO folks, we're rolling up a new guild on a new server for Cataclysm. There's a poll going on at OO in the PC Games section to decide on Horde vs. Alliance.

Right now we've settled on an RP server which will most likely be Sisters of Elune. Faction is currently a dead heat!

I can't explain my hate for him. He just looks like one of those guys I just want to punch in the face.

Also, he posed shirtless on the cover of Entertainment Weekly and I really, really, wasn't planning on seeing that when I went out to the mailbox. Before the shirtless cover I tolerated his smirkiness. After that, every time I look at him I just see this cocky shirtless wonder.

This movie would be better if Ryan Reynolds stayed in the coffin after it was over, but I guess I'll give it a try.

Going to call the Pumpkin Ale - Punkin Drublic

  That's awesome!

I was incredibly disappointed to hear the song (on XM anyway) has now been converted to "Forget You."  Ick, it takes away all the specialness.  Still the tune is pretty irresistable, but I'd much prefer they left it as F- You.

I'd rather they just not carry the song at all than completely destroy the artist's original intent. I HATE HATE HATE the Walmartization of songs.

I can't wait to share this news with the Apple haters at work who keep bitching about Steve Jobs' draconian porn policies.

I think the problem with MMOs is that the upfront investment is so freaking HUGE that unless a developer has brass balls the size of Texas they're terrified to do something too different from what has already succeeded before. We always see clones of successful games until a developer breaks the mold, but in the MMO world that whole cycle has been drastically slowed.

WoW will eventually have to die just due to the technology becoming outdated. I imagine it will still tick along in some form just like EQ1 has done, but something with more eye candy will take its place eventually. At this point, however, I think the WoW-killer will probably be a Blizzard product

Right now I'm really enjoying Lord of the Rings Online, which in my mind is by far the best post-WoW MMO. I imagine I will probably check out the Bioware Star Wars one and Guild Wars 2, but I definitely don't get excited about new MMOs like I used to.

Shazam - never ask what a song is ever again.  Have the phone listen to it and tell you.

SoundHound can also do this, but unlike Shazam it will even let you sing a song and identify it (it's not as accurate unless you're a really good singer, but it's a nice option).

I've never understood the Japanese inclination to make things about 10 times more difficult than they need to be. It's the one thing I dislike about JRPGs, which I otherwise enjoy.

I wonder how much of that 27.7 million will be due to the jacked up 3D ticket prices?

I would never in a million years think anyone could make a video game ghost story creepy, but that was pretty effective. I even jumped a bit while reading it when my cat decided to slam the blinds. 

I ended up resubbing for 3 months - I don't want to feel limited by the F2P stuff. Yes, your diabolical plan worked Turbine. Happy now? 

Scraper twisted my arm so I rolled up Annaleth on Elendilmir. Think I'm going to stick with that.

Sorry Scraper, but I wound up going back to Landroval. I've got two 40+s on there and I kind of wanted to keep all my characters on there. We also still have a couple of folks who are still in the Eyes of the Watcher guild so the OOers are starting to gravitate back to it.

I do like the idea of starting completely from scratch on a totally brand new server, but I don't really want to do it unless we start a guild and get organized. If I'm just going to run around solo, I'm better off on Landroval where I at least have old guild connections.

I lived with my mom all through college - up until 23 or 24. For me it was an excellent idea because it allowed me to save enough money to buy a house as soon as I graduated. Bought the house in November of 2001, got married in May 2002, and I was all set.

Now? No way I could do it. I love my mom to death. She's not even one of those annoying moms that hovers over you. But still, I think within 2 days I would be certifiably insane.

I didn't expect much out of our HH Gregg when it opened but I ended up buying a camcorder and refrigerator from there, and (almost) a TV (unfortunately it was too late to cancel my order from Amazon).

I don't know about their regular prices, but I've always had good luck with holiday sales from them. The camcorder was part of their opening day sale and I found it $50 cheaper than any reputable dealer I could find online. The refrigerator we got a great deal on and 2 years no interest w/ rebate. The TV I would also have gotten $100 cheaper than Amazon. Have had good luck with their sales staff too.

I rolled up a RuneKeeper named Signar last night.

I don't think he's wrong. PC gaming is changing, but it's far from dying. No matter how popular consoles become, they are never going to reach the market penetration of PCs. Developers can't afford to simply ignore a gaming platform that is already sitting in almost every home in the country.

In addition to Steam, which was mentioned in the article, there are other factors going on here. MMOs, which were supposedly going to make the leap to consoles in the current generation, just haven't. Aside from a handful of titles like Final Fantasy XI, they just haven't had much success on consoles at all.

Then you've got social networks like Facebook where gaming is booming. Sure, most of these games are simple and tedious now, but like Chris says in the article we're not very far off from playing fully featured games in a browser. If I was a developer I'd LOVE to be in the Facebook game market because you're reaching all kinds of non-gamers.

I used to think the signs of death for PC gaming were Gamestop's ever-shrinking shelf space for PC titles. Now that portals like Steam are making PC downloads the norm, Gamestop itself seems like the archaic one. We're getting to the point where people are going to expect on-demand, and not want to have to get off the couch to go buy something in a store.

Self-parody is probably the only way this game is going to be considered a success, so good to see they went that route.

My wife and I are watching them. We're suckers (ha ha) for anything vampire-related except for Twilight.

While the series does contain a lot of brooding teenage vampire emo bullshit, I find it surprisingly un-annoying. I guess they distract you enough with the love triangles, sibling rivalry, town secrets, etc. that you forget to be irritated.

Definitely looking forward to Season 2. It's a nice companion piece to Supernatural.

I've considered it, but ultimately I talk myself out of it for the sake of convenience/laziness. My wife and I watch so many different shows between us that it would be a bit of a hassle to try to rent/download/stream them all without significant effort.

We need to get together and figure out where everybody's playing. I've got a level 40+ out there on the old Wanderers server (can't remember the name), but I'd be willing to roll up a newbie if we had people interested in organizing a fresh start.

I'm in as well.

Not like this, you haven't! 

Already did it - my daughter. I don't see me doing anything to top adding another human being to the planet.

The problem with AppleTV is that so far only two networks I think are on board. Add to the fact that Amazon is undercutting in certain areas on price for TV shows and movies, and I don't see much to get excited about. You can get a barebones Roku player that does Hulu, Netflix, and Amazon for cheaper than the AppleTV, and if you're willing to go a bit more you can get something like a Popcorn Hour which will stream any format from your PC and with PlayOn software can also do Netflix/Amazon with it (I'm actually going to try this tonight on my PCH). Apple's usually ahead of the pack, but in the network media tank department they're way behind. There's no reason to pay more for less flexibility.

On the subject of cases I will say that my initial disappointment with the Apple case has faded over time. While there are still some minor things I don't like about it, the big plus is how thin it is compared to some of the other cases like the InCase Book Jacket, Dodo cases, etc. A co-worker bought the InCase for his (which is the one I originally wanted), and I couldn't believe how much weight and bulk it added. The Apple case collects smudges and has a stupid sharp ridge around the outside, but there's something to be said for how slim it is and how easy it is to toss into a backpack.

This is just an urban legend designed to scare children when sitting around a campfire. Right? RIGHT? FOR THE LOVE OF GOD, SOMEBODY TELL ME I'M RIGHT!

2005 Corolla

In the city the best I've ever gotten was 28mpg. I average around 26-27.

I've never tracked it on the highway but it's easily over 30. When I'm on a road trip I feel like I can just drive forever in that thing.

My job is just 5 minutes from my house so the pittance I pay for gas each month would make many people cry with envy. 

That sentiment is just weird as hell to me. I've heard it before, of course, but man is it strange. It's perfectly acceptable that a human who died somehow comes back to life with no higher cognitive functions and wants to eat other humans and/or their brains for some reason, but make him fast and then it's just not right? That's fucked up.

The whole point of zombies is that even though they are slow and weak, their sheer numbers will eventually overwhelm you.

Making zombies fast is sort of like making vampires able to shoot laser beams out of their eyes. It's an extra "power" that is unnecessary and feels tacked on and over the top. Making a zombie fast means one zombie can threaten a population. It negates the whole point of the "sheer numbers" thing.

It has less to do with physics, and more with respect for the origins of the popular zombie archetype.

I'm still a huge zombie fan, and have been since before they were a fad. I love the comedy style and the more straight up horror - it's all good to me.

The only thing I hate as a zombie purist are fast zombies. While I'm willing to tolerate it when they are not true zombies but infected humans with a virus or something, if they are true undead and sprinting around like Florence Joyner, it pisses me off. Almost as bad as vampires who walk around in the sunlight because they either glitter like unicorns or have some "magic ring."

The iPad version of N.O.V.A. is 99 cents and the iPhone version is FREE! Showing up for me, just bought it.   

I was excited about it until I saw that it was rated PG-13. Not that I demand gore and boobs in every movie I watch, but I've never been impressed with a PG-13 horror film. Maybe I'll be proven wrong though - initial reviews are pretty positive.

[N.O.V.A Near Orbit Vanguard Alliance HD]

N.O.V.A Near Orbit Vanguard Alliance HD - Highly touted shooter for iPad, originally $9.99, now .99 for a limited time
Crystal Defenders for iPad - Square Enix tower defense game. Originally $7.99, now $3.99.
Knights of the Phantom Castle - Universal app. Tactical RPG. Originally $9.99, now $1.99.
Zen Bound 2 - Universal app. Zen "game", good reviews. Originally $7.99, now $2.99.

Thinking of picking up all of them, as they are all games I've had my eye on at one time or another.