Season change, time passes by, as the weeks turn into months, turn into years... Bonus points if you can name what episode of South Park I'm referencing. Anyway, yes, summer is drawing to a close, and it's time to return to school. My senior year looms ahead of me and with it promises of literature, essays, and less time for video games. I'll be helping my fiance, already student teaching, move into her townhouse today and shortly after I'll be moving the rest of my junk from her Mom's basement to my dinky dorm room. Ah, the joys of college... Anywho, not much going on for me on the gaming front. I rented and beat Call of Duty 4. The single player was awesome, but much too short. That said, as I am only renting it, I guess it was perfect. I tried the multiplayer, and it is indeed fun, but as with most online shooters I tend to get bored fast. I'll probably pop it once more before I have to bring it back to Blockbuster.

We have some eds from myself and Macstorm this week. I discuss the merits of choice and linearity in video games while Mac talks about an interesting potential for Final Fantasy XIV. If you have to choose one, go with Macstorm's, it's a really nice read and, well, I just felt weird telling you to go read something I wrote. I'm not much for self-promotion. On that note, enjoy this week's column and as always submit folks! We love to hear your opinions!

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