I can't help wondering about Black. It got a fairly scathing review, but I recently played the first two levels at a friend's place and I want to play the rest, I'm a huge fan of big, explosive action novels, games and films (Matthew Rielly is the king of action stuff, trust me) and I really want to play Black to see more of the games impressive action sequesnces.

But I also want to play F.E.A.R., I know it will work on my PC, but how well is the question at hand. Once again it seems I have to start looking for new hardware, the never ending cycle of upgrading continues unabated and unchallenged. God Damn It!

Now I've recently gotten into the brillant, RedvsBlue series of online machinima clips on the net. For those not aware, RvB is made using the Halo 1 and 2 game engine and is a long running series of short episodes that follow the escapades of two teams or soldiers stationed at Blood Gulch. It is very funny. I mean this is the best free online game thing since CounterStrike!