Evening Reading
by Brian Leahy, Nov 22, 2010 5:00pm PSTIt's a holiday week here in the United States as we get ready to celebrate Thanksgiving with copious amounts of eating, football watching, and gaming. It will be interesting to see if Rock Band 3 or Kinect wins out with the group coming over to my place to the feast. I'm guessing Kinect will start up first so people that haven't seen it can check it out, but then we'll transition to Rock Band as per usual.
Meanwhile, I'm off to record this Friday's podcast early and will be out Wednesday through Friday. Be nice to those left on duty. Oh, and due to some technical difficulties, Xav's comparison of 2D vs. 3D in CoD: Black Ops multiplayer will hit tomorrow.
Gaming News o'the Day
- Donkey Kong Country Returns review.
- Halo: Reach DLC Preview - Noble Map Pack.
- Apache: Air Assault review.
- More details on the first Fallout: New Vegas DLC.
Links from Morning Discussion
Killzone: Mercenary shoots onto Vita on September 10
Trion Worlds hit with more layoffs, Defiance team impacted
Ratchet & Clank: Full Frontal Assault defending Vita next week
Game & Wario was originally going to be pre-installed on Wii U
The Last of Us digital download lets you start playing sooner
Weekend PC download deals: Borderlands 2 for $11
Metal Gear Solid: The Legacy Collection coming to PS3 in July for $50
Madden NFL 25's $99 'Anniversary Edition' includes Sunday Ticket
Final Fantasy 8 getting PC re-release (in Japan)
More Game Gear titles headed to 3DS eShop



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i see both sides. tsa are assholes for the extreme pat downs. protesters would be assholes to other flyers for delaying the entire process. my guess is that not many participate because, while all the new tsa stuff sucks, peer pressure is a stronger motivator than social justice. so i'm curious to see if any shackers are going to opt for the pat downs.
of course, the tsa is warning against it (http://www.startribune.com/nation/110008914.html?elr=KArks:DCiUMEaPc:UiD3aPc:_Yyc:aULPQL7PQLanchO7DiUr) because of the delays, but isn't that part of what the protestors want?
personally i'm ok with the new scanners. the new pat downs sound necessary, but the motivation for the new policy (to deter pat downs) and the real world implementation are definitely cause for concern.
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