Don't worry, Jess. There's at least one person that loves your stuff =)

The alien ship for me was right near Vault 81. I didn't notice any discrete explosion, and Dogmeat didn't mention it in our daily meetings. However, I did notice a few persistent fires in the darkness and investigated; alien found.

Good article Kevin - a good step up from the generally sterile and insular articles you get on most sites. How right you were that the need for this article - and the convention - could be found in a quick glance through the comments.

Not so exciting, actually, but maybe it was the sound with this video - massively overlapping monotone drivel. Couldn't hear him half the time, couldn't hear what was going on... reality of E3 or not, this did not sell the game. I'll be waiting for a better more immersive demonstration because this did it no justice whatsoever.

Additional note for the guide, though I've only just finished "Sarif Manufacturing". If you take too much time at the office before going to the helipad you will get a message from your boss that "the situation has become worse". If this happens, the hostages are already dead when you arrive at the plant and you won't have the option of rescuing them. I don't know what you forego at the office by going straight to the helipad after visiting the tech lab, but if you want the full range of options at Sarif Manufacturing make sure you don't dawdle at the office.

There was a hilarious sex party worker at the Bourke Street public school (electorate of Sydney); she kept on harrassing this poor Liberal voter who didn't have a voting sheet in his hand. I took the National Broadband Network policy into account with my vote, but gaming overall had limited importance. My ability to buy R18+ games at EB in an age where digital and physical distribution are neck and neck is just not an issue of particular significance to me. I am far more concerned about policies to address education, infrastructure and the environment and I challenge anyone with a scrap of perspective to demonstrate that marginally more convenient access to certain games outweighs them. Having said that, I probably shouldn't be surprised if I'm shouted down. I've followed too many attempts at conversation in the trade channel on Khaz'goroth to believe that there aren't people that feel their unrestricted right to computer games outweighs the future of their children.