What are you playing for the next couple days? I'm finally settling down with SSG's to give their new angle a look. I was originally planning to finish Far Cry 2, but the game's re-spawning trick finally quashed the adolescent crush I'd developed lighting brush fires and cooking rather foolish squads of enemies into the open. Ubisoft said Far Cry 2 shucked the original's supernatural vibe, but they lied -- this game is chock full of zombies. Shoot nearly anything, wait a few minutes, then snap, it comes back. It's kind of creepy, but for the wrong reasons.

On an up note, Kharkov handles like a champ under on my MacBook Pro. (An actual computer game where the only system requirement that matters is "Windows," I know!) I've got it up in a 1024 x 768 window on one side, the PDF tutorial on the other, coffee on the desk, and my faux fireplace cranked up from "whispering orange" to "rumbling yellow."

Click the picture to see the 1440 x 900 desktop shot.

Anyway, off with you. Go relax and recharge, and I'll be back with tales from the shortly.