Lack of blog posts this week is attributable directly to Halo 3's release... been playing every night this week and enjoying it immensely.  However, in case anyone has any doubt about the matter, I am pretty awful at the game.  One of the many incredibly polished things about Halo 3 is the advanced stat tracking in the game.  You can see just one of my many 3rd and 4th place finishes here:

http://www.bungie.net/Stats/GameStatsHalo3.aspx?gameid=1493466&player=Xemu

I've never really gotten into a "traditional" multiplayer shooter, preferring instead the Battlefield style of online chaos.  But Halo 3 seems to be turning me around...