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So, I can finally talk about the game... and show you a good batch of pictures to whet your appetites.

A week ago, I got the notice in my email that I had been accepted into the beta. I was quite excited about that, as this was one of the games I had been really looking forward to for the second half of this year. Needless to say, I wanted to see whether the game would live up to the hype, or if it was just pretty with a coat of paint.

The answer, dear reader, is that ...

While I still can't talk about specifics or details, there was a public, authorized stream from one of the developers today, of a huge-ass battle in the world of Planetside 2.

http://www.twitch.tv/las0m/b/330316697

Feel free to watch it for yourself. This, children, is why if you like FPS games, you should be very, very excited.

Fun, but hard.

And that's about all I can say or show about it since I'm under NDA.

I found out that my laptop passed its cruel and torturous 96-hour burn-in period, and has now been mailed out to me. I should have it no later than next Monday.

What laptop, you ask? This laptop.

Actually, I lied. It was a customized version of that laptop. What did I do to it?

• Got upgrades to 16 GB of DDR3-1600 RAM and a 750 GB, 7200 RPM HD for free due to a special.
• Upgraded the screen to one with 90% Color Gamut.
• Upgraded the CPU to a 3820QM. (The extra

...

Offer only good until 11:59:59 PM Eastern time (UTC - 4) today, 7/31.

No holds barred, though if anything is obviously idiotic or embarrassing, I'll reserve the right to refuse, so don't be a dip about it.