My friend and neighbor John threw a going away LAN party for me. Despite the extremely low turnout (only four people showed), we still enjoyed ourselves. The evening was dominated by Halo 3, but I didn’t take any video of that part since I played in every one of those games. When we switched to Call of Duty 4, I had the chance to shoot the video above.

I’m learning that I really enjoy taking home movies and editing them, but Windows Movie Maker is a very limited application and my Powershot isn’t a very good video camera (it’s excellent for still shots though). I may need to invest in better equipment, both hardware and software.

I’ve been a Gamefly subscriber for the past few months, and it has saved me a ton of money. Games that I normally would have bought new at full price, play for a few days and then totally give up on now go back to Gamefly instead of collecting dust in my collection.

Today Amazon delivered two games that I knew that I had to have and not simply rent: GTA IV Special Edition and Mario Kart Wii (an extra Wii Wheel).

I subscribe to the RSS feeds of several gaming sites, so it isn’t uncommon for big stories to appear multiple times when I check Google Reader. It is slightly annoying to see the same headline over and over, but today there’s one that I can’t get enough of: Gamerscore Correction, as reported by

• Joystiq
• Gamerscore
• Major Nelson

This is hilarious. 360 gamers who use exploits to increase their score are having their scores reset and being branded as cheaters, as can be seen on StripClubDj’s Gamer Card page. I can’t stop laughing.