Here's a link to the IGN.com UK Review of Fallout: New Vegas.  It's for the PC version but the console folk should get the idea.  Fallout: New Vegas was released today.
I would be playing New Vegas and not just talking about it, except my XBOX fucking red-ringed last night.  Oh well, it lasted longer than expected, considering it was salvaged from a garbage can in the dead of winter and dried out with a hair-dryer...but that's a story for another time.
Right now, it's time to buy a new XBOX, I guess.

Here's a link to a review of Medal of Honor over on Ars Technica.
MOH was released today.
 
With Call of Duty: Black Ops just over the horizon, I can't say I'm too excited to play Medal of Honor.  Except for the fact that they spell "honour" incorrectly this game looks pretty, but it seems derivative.
I lost whatever interest in this game I had left when EA caved to media pressure and the U.S. military and removed the word "Taliban" from the multiplayer mode of the game.  No matter how you want to dress it up this is a GAME, you fucktards.  It's no different than playing as a German in any WWII era game or for that matter, playing as Covenant in anything from the Halo franchise.
NO.
FUCKING.
DIFFERENT.
If I even bother playing this one it won't be a title I buy new.  This is a "wait for bargain bin" title for me.

New technologeis confuse reality and fiction: Pope - via MontrealGazette.com - I'll admit at first I jumped to the conclusion that this was going to be the Pope railing against science.  I figured what it would boil down to was "reality is whatever the church tells you".  To my surprise this was not the case at all.  In his statement, he cautions that technology can lead to "the risk of indifference towards real life."  It's hard to disagree with that statement.  While we're still many years from virtual reality technology that's passable as actual reality, the concept is sound.  I see it as a form of escapism.  Even today there are people who spend more time playing videogames than doing any of their other daily activities.  Other people get lost for hours on end living vicariously through celebrities and their friends in social media circles.  However, I don't think any of these people are "confused" on the line between real and virtual.  These technologies offer an escape from the monochromatic boredom of everyday life.  Where things will get interesting is when technology is actually able to simulate reality in a convincing way.  Then you'll see people giving up on the real world to retreat into whatever virtual world they like.  What is the Matrix, indeed.

Robots Guarding US Nuclear Stockpile - via SingularityHub.com - Our robot overlords are almost upon us.  This is some pretty cool tech.  Between this and the cool shit Google has been driving around lately, pretty soon I shouldn't have to deal with all you assholes cutting me off.
 
Ars Technica: Banned in Iran! - via (shocker!) ArsTechnica.com - It looks like Iran's government maybe didn't like the reports Ars Technica was publishing on the Stuxnet infection wreaking havoc on Iranian computer networks.  It's scary how a government with the proper infrastructure in place can effectively cut off whatever website or content they want without any notice.

Superhero or supervillain: Which lurks inside you? - via MNN.com - Results from a study asking people if they would do good or evil if they were to one day find themselves with superpowers.  I like to think I would be a benevolent dictator.

Anybody that says videogames aren't art needs to take a look at this trailer for Call Of Duty: Black Ops.

Scheduled release date - November 9, 2010

Infamous 2: Simply Electrifying - via IGN.com - It seems there are lots of (hopefully) good sequels in the works.  Watch Cole McGrath toss some cars around in this gameplay footage of Infamous 2.

New Class of Malware Will Steal Behavioral Patterns - via TechnologyReview.com - Great.  Not only are there assholes out there trying to steal your credit card and bank account numbers, but now they're trying mine your activities online to create a model of your behavior.  This is data that could be useful for all sorts of things, and changing your behavior isn't exactly as easy as cancelling a credit card.  Just another reason to be careful how much data you put out there...

Why Your Company Needs Paid Sick Days - via Focus.com - I've argued this point with every employer I've had since high school.  The only problems are the inconsiderate fucks who use up all their sick days playing golf then still come to work when they're sick.  If you're lucky enough to work somewhere that gives you paid time off when you're sick and somebody still comes to work spewing phlegm everywhere you should be allowed to put them out of their misery...with the cleansing beauty of fire.

The first Deus Ex is still one of my all time favourite games and I've been waiting for a decent sequel for years.  I never really cared for Deus Ex 2.  From the trailer and videos posted so far, Human Revolution looks like it's going to be a fantastic game.

Over on IGN.com there's an interview with the art director for the new game, scheduled for release next year.