And one night more than half done, two to go!!

Gungal^TM of the Day

 Gungal^TM should spend less time at the gym, and more time on a gun safety course...

    As this auto-posts on the HQ, the first work night of three has ground to a halt, and I'm likely collapsed in a heap, waiting for Mister Sandman. My lovely Effie had to go to work pretty early yesterday, so I didn't dawdle at home. She was going to be back later than I could stay, so I headed North to get the work week started. Lord, I miss my Sweet Gal!! But, come Saturday morning, it will all be all right. I'll be rocketing back home to her sweet smile and pretty face!! Effie, my honey, I love you!! I'll be home in just two more nights!!

    I forgot to mention one of the coolest aspects of our movie and dinner Sunday with grand-daughters Stephanie and Shania: The fortune cookies. We got fortune cookies, of course, with our check, and I took the check and handed out the cookies, one to each gal. The one I handed to my beloved Effie read as follows:

    I don't much believe in 'stupid-stitions' as my Effie calls them, but now it's been confirmed not only by lightning and the Magic Eightball, but also by a Chinese fortune cookie!!

    Earlier this week, I blogged about Robert 'fourzerotwo' Bowling's mysterious departure from Infinity Ward and Activision. He had, perhaps, already ticked off the powers-that-be at Activision by apologizing to Modern Warfare 3 PC gamers. Chatting with Effie and our son Chris over the weekend, I mentioned that Bowling had wanted the old CoD maps to be released for free for Modern Warfare 3 as a kind of giveback to the gamers who have supported the Call of Duty franchise for so many years. And, as indicated by one tidbit of news/rumor below, that may be part of the reason for his departure after all. Also, if this item on This is Xbox is accurate, it seems Bowling resigned his positions without notice, lending some weight to the speculation that it might have been a matter of principle, rather than a career move. Some folks on Twitter have not responded graciously to Bob's departure. Whatever gripes folks may have against the Call of Duty franchise, he deserves better, really. Moving on...

• [Rumor] Robert 'fourzerotwo' Bowling fired/quit over wanting to give gamers free DLC.
• [Animated GIF] How trick-shotters look in MW3 (or any other CoD). (Original image link credit: GlF on Reddit GIFs.)

• [Preview] Assassin's Creed 3 on BrutalGamer.
• Assassin's Creed 3 dev: Female hero 'would be a pain'. And what might a female hero for Assassin's Creed look like? Maybe like this:

• [Review] Fan-made Wing Commander sequel, Wing Commander Saga: Darkest Dawn on HotHardware.
• Overview of Dust 514 from EVEFest 2012.
• [Preview] SimCity on Rock, Paper, Shotgun.
• SimCity reboot will not feature mod support.
• Electronic Arts SimCity reboot to require 'always on' internet connection. Or maybe not.
• Mass Effect fans send BioWare thousands of red, blue, and green cupcakes - that all taste the same.
• Electronic Arts in the running for worst company in America.
• [Image Gallery] The top eight Mass Effect 3 character look-alikes.

• Are we ready for Mars? Probably not...
• The building blocks for life on Earth came from comets.
• First 'ordinary-sized' black hole detected outside of the immediate vicinity of our galaxy.
• One drug to shrink all tumors.
• Eating fatty foods makes the brain grow. Hey, bacon!! Is there anything it can't do?
• Military wants to detect terrorist body language. Yeah... cops call it a 'furtive movement shooting'...
• [Video] Run Android apps on your Windows PC using BlueStacks Emulator.
• [Merch] Carbonite-frozen Han Solo iPhone case. If they had one for the Samsung Intercept...
• The unspoken etiquette of Facebook tagging.
• [Cracked] Five ways men are trained to hate women.