Yup, Mass Effect is going to be awesome (alien breasts are just icing on the cake). It actually looks phenomenal, and I didn't even play the final shipment-ready version.

I played Heavenly Sword and Lair this past week too. Also incredibly fantastic looking games... but not particularly endowed in the engaging gameplay department, I'm afraid.

Also, FRIDAY is RESIDENT EVIL III!!!! WOOOOO!!!

Oh, and we got our Wii Dev Kit in at work today. It's literally a giant black metal box. But the development toolkits/demos were fun to play with!

You just don't ask about skull and bones... you just don't.

in much less humorous news...

a university of florida student was tasered for asking John Kerry a question at a forum

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they tased him for asking an assinine question... and/or rather probing questions... and then told him they were going to charge him with inciting a riot.

Headline: A pot of tea a day keeps the doctor away. Let's see how this works:

Tea may improve the ability to concentrate because of a substance found almost exclusively in several types of the beverage, according to research presented at a conference highlighting ties between tea and good health.

The only way you or I are going to get ahold of theanine is through a good cup of tea," Foxe said on Tuesday at the conference at the U.S. Department of Agriculture in Washington. His research was sponsored by Unilever, which includes Lipton Tea among its more than 400 brands.

Foxe said that in human trials, theanine has been shown to affect the brain's alpha waves within 20 minutes, and that the calming effects and state of heightened alertness can last three to four hours.

The doses given to test subjects were about 10 times what a person would get in a normal cup of tea, said Foxe. He now plans to lower the amount of theanine administered to see its effects at lower levels.

The conference was sponsored by the American Cancer Society, the American College of Nutrition and the New York-based Tea Association, which includes Peet's Coffee & Tea Inc. and Tazo Tea, a unit of Starbucks Corp.

this is old, but very funny...

End of the World

haha, "wtf mate?"

Percy, are you writing for Penny Arcade now?

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er... I mean, arr you?

I'm gonna go buy some cookies.

Yes Alison, Nicholas is due on Thursday. I want Keri to go into labor now so he's born on TLAPD. That would be sweet.

Lesson of the day: When the anaesthetist suggests getting the spinal instead of general anaesthesia (especially if you have high blood pressure) take the spinal. It's worth it.