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I'm playing a shooter right now, it's fun - meant to be part horror, part scifi type game. But there's lots and lots of gore, and realistic weapons. Yes the computer-generated people bleed red.

The first installment of the game was quite well done. It was the kind of intensity that made you keep the lights on all the time, and jump at the smallest noise. Now, by the second expansion I got the feeling that the novelty has worn off.

Indeed, as I was (in game) sneaking along a wall a pile of bodies suddenly came tumbling down an open manhole above my head (yes, sewer travel is quite naturel for the most part). Without skipping a beat I hopped over and scooped up a rifle that had come clattering down with one of the corpses. As I stared up into the open space I thought 'Hey, any more where that came from? I'm a bit short on shells...'

Yep, probably not what the game designers had intended.

Chuck Norris jokes were "in" perhaps, two, three years ago no... wait, actually they were never "in" per-se. But trolls in game after game love to remind the rest of us that Chuck still symbolizes the "extreme to the point of being retarded".

That's why I love this quote, because it's the real thing:

NAVASOTA, Texas (AP) -- Campaigning for Mike Huckabee, actor Chuck Norris said Sunday that Sen. John McCain is too old to handle the pressures of being president

It's funny enough that anyone would want to have Chuck campaigning for them, much less being quoted. I think it's perfect.