It was charged this morning, but I got a UPS Tracking e-mail two days ago - $139 ($124.99 + $7.14 shipping). Delivery date is supposedly the 16th.

Just finished A Portrait Of An Artist As A Young Man. Reading The Dubliners.

I wanna read a post apocalyptic book next. Maybe The Stand, or Earth Abides, or something.

Yeah, SSC has done that before. I believe Obi-Wan, Han Solo, and Bespin Luke are also that way.

These babies are shipping this week, by the way... I should be getting mine real soon. Cannot wait.

Hey Sugar! I'll be playing at around 5PM my time, today... maybe we'll get a chance to duel.

Edit- Been playing online and man do I suck, I managed like 10 kills to 18 deaths.

10-18 is a pretty decent ratio, believe it or not. What really matters is if you help your team win. I like playing Domination because you earn about 200 EXP points if per match if you win, and a good 80 or so at least if you lose. There are a couple of maps where I will just squat over a single objective and play defense. I might make 5 kills the entire match, but if I prevent the other team from securing our bridge (or whatever) I've done better than what I could probably do on the attack. EXP points give you rank, the more rank you get, the better perks and weapons you'll have.

Whats the marksmen challenge so I can unlock red dot sights and such?

Marksman challenges are listed in the Barracks>Challenges>Weapon Type>Specific Weapon. Typically it's 25 kills with whatever weapon you want the red dot for. You will eventually also unlock a silencer and scope, as well. I believe scopes require 25 head shots. What I'm looking forward to unlocking is the "Overkill" perk which allows you to carry a second primary weapon in the place of your service pistol. (just don't equip two weapons that use the same ammo!)


Just a bit of advice in case you didn't already know this... Red dots are great and don't change your weapon's abilities, but the scopes actually reduce accuracy while improving range. Silencers make you invisible on the radar, but you lose range and accuracy. Keep that in mind when you customize your weapon. If you normally engage the enemy at mid-to-long range, the silencer may not give away your position but your repeated misses will.

Next weekend a bunch of us ought to meet up and play some COD: Modern Warfare together. I'll kick 'yer ass. 

Can't the PSP sync to the Playstation Store? I swear I heard you can download Metal Gear Solid for the PSP now.

Has anyone given HAWX a try, yet? The demo was "aight" but nothing special. Was wondering if anyone bit on the $30 Gold Box, yesterday.

I tried the Savage Moon demo yesterday. Kind of fun, if you're a fan of Starship Troopers and tower defense games.

Last but not least, who tried the NCAA 2010 demo? I almost got it but didn't have the time to wait for the 1G+ download. The last NCAA I played was 2008 for PS2, but since they're usually just rehashes, I'm wondering if there's really much of a leap at all. Not sure if I want to drop the $60 on a new one - but a buddy of mine is always coming over to kick my ass at 2008.