@cudthecrud: I shall endeavor to visit it the next time I am down in Austin.

@Trunks: I saw an A&M emblem on the shoulder of the Spartan, so maybe its College Station? I didn't recognize any of the locations shown, but I've only been down there a few times for partying purposes only.

@BloodEden: That was me with Fallout 3. I realized I was leveling up the same way and picking my perks identically as my first play-through. I had to force myself to choose differently, even though I really liked what I had done the first time around.

One time I was sneaking back across from East Germany inside of a coffin before those pesky Germans realized something was up. Luckily I had built a jet-ski into the coffin in my spare time and was able to make my escape.

This article kinda takes the wind out of the sails of everything, you know?

@FiSH GRAPHICS: Fake. I can tell by the pixels.

@OTCIXS: I totally read it Xzibit's voice.

@Oh no! It's wojo! Bitch. Moan. Repeat.: I read that as "Vanguard ClitCar" and got equal parts excited and puzzled.

@Paradox me: I loved Civ3 - it was the first computer game I ever played (tied with Red Alert 2) and you can easily wave goodbye to several days worth of playing time before you even realize it.

@Guru Smooth: Anybody need a new little brother? I've got one I would be willing to trade when this game comes out.

@The_International_Poise_Conspi...: [Obligatory "These go to eleven!" joke here]

@yantelope: TEH INTERNETZZLULZ!!!111!!ELEVEN!!

@apd09: Or in a pinch, Alt + F4. You can always reload the screen.

@shadow763: 'tis true. Had to kneel down and pray to the almighty Google to find out what it was.

Never heard of Ico until today.

@Condalmo: Gotcha. I'll check out the Shirky read, since the brief mention you gave does make sense (in regards to lost man hours) but for the time being I'm still going to maintain that there is unavoidable free time for most all of the jobs out there.

@Condalmo: By a totally invented statistic of my own estimation - I would say that 85% of all jobs end up providing you with a few spare moments here and there.

@Condalmo: BE GONE, TROLL!

@thaKingRocka: Thanks for the input, I'll check everything out.

Olympic hockey starts tomorrow, which made me in turn go back and start playing NHL '10.