There you have it. That was the update.

I’ve got a big bit of work I’m ploughing into tonight which will go live tomorrow, and that will be eventually followed by my biggest bit of work to date later this summer, I’m hoping. Expect a Resolution feature tomorrow, Plot Wholes on Wednesday, and a review of Red Faction: Guerilla for Ve3tro later in the month.

As for some weekly interesting bits to read:

This is an example of Shamus “Broken Pixels” Young’s new column (well, I say new, but it’s a few months old at this point), and for the most part, it’s fairly good stuff to read. Of course, whenever someone starts a new column they’ll cover the bases (DRM/piracy, videogame violence, and E3), and this is an example of his work post base-covering. Sometimes I think he’s about to segue into outright flamebating, but for the most part he makes some good points about some of the unrealistic expectations we have every year at E3.

Yahtzee makes some great points about moral choices in videogames in an off-on-a-British-scale-tangent rant during his review of inFAMOUS (I can’t stand writing titles like that). Worth a listen, as for those who have stopped watching him because he’s become too “samey” recently, his reviews have lately seen a huge return to the witty originality that made him so damn famous in the first place.

Enjoy your Sunday evening.

Speaking of Rock Paper Shotgun, their exclusive preview of Left 4 Dead 2 went up on their site not too long after the trailer made its debut during the Microsoft E3 press conference. You can check it out here once you’re done inscribing Doug Lombardi’s name onto that special-edition Episode 3 bullet.

Lewis Denby over at Resolution Magazine gives a great look into Red Faction: Guerilla. For a game that deals quite heavily with the concept of technology and other worlds, it seems to have retained a remarkable amount of solid gameplay. For the account of the title by a remarkable journalist, click here.

If you’ve been following the recent controversy surrounding games based on Guantanamo Bay, rape and terrorist activity in the Middle East, Andy Chalk has an interesting read for you over at The Escapist. Stick with the article until the second page; although it seems like he states rape and violence are just as censorable as eachother, this is by no means the case. I read halfway through, ranted, then realised he hadn’t made his point yet. Go here to experience journalism with balls.

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In other news, I start my regular contribution to Resolution magazine this Monday with an interview of high caliber. Check back then for a link, and enjoy the weekend.