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What is meaning? This is the question that drives people, whether they realize it or not. The people that do not realize that they live their lives in search of meaning are constantly looking for approval, accomplishment and the next step in their lives. So many people look outward for meaning. They look to their parents, to society, to media, to their friends, and to strangers for meaning. But rarely do they look within. When they do look within, it is only to see if something within themselves can correlate to someone else's version of meaning. And when they find it, they are overjoyed. They go to the gym and wrack their bodies, they go to school to get the degree to get the job to make the money. They hit on the opposite sex so that they can either get into someone's pants or provide the basis for a foundation in which he/she can marry and eventually have a baby. This is folly. Is meaning relative? Perhaps, but I do believe that there are some absolute truths in the world. F...

First up: Medal of Honor (PC) The single-player game and the multiplayer game are powered by two completely different engines and developed by two completely different teams. This probably saved them a lot of time, but the evenness definitely suffered. For example, the multiplayer maps may resemble the theme of the single-player game (Afghanistan), but they are not from the game at all. The guns don't carry over, either. Single-Player Powered by Unreal Engine 3, this is the uglier of the two modes. The textures are not very good, and the AA doesn't really work too well; everything is still jaggy. The actual campaign, though, is excellent. It felt less like a Michael Bay movie, and more like a modern war movie, like Hurt Locker, the superior Green Zone, and even Brothers. This is the most emotionally captivating FPS I have ever played. The length, however, is pretty short. You can finish this game in 5 hours. Also, the FOV is non-changeable, unlike in multiplayer. I got u...

So the demo is out. Is it any good? No. It feels and looks like the same game as 2K10. The magnetic player interaction and linked animations are back. They did not fix it, like they said they would. And, you can only play as the Lakers. What is that? Andrew Bynum and Ray Allen look incredibly ugly and nothing like their RL counterparts. I am very disappointed in the demo. If it's indicative of the final game, I will not get 2K11; I was going to buy it, too, because of Michael Jordan

Abandoned is an okay movie. The story is okay, but Brittany Murphy is very ugly. Her fake lips are okay when she's talking or smiling, but when she has a blank stare, you can really tell her lips are fake and slightly uneven. I was very offended and repulsed by her fake lips. It turned an intriguing movie into an almost unwatchable one. All I can think about are her fake lips. Attention, Wal-Mart shoppers: do not ever get fake lips. Thank you.

So I got all 30 Crystal Skulls in Ninja Gaiden 2 and all I got was gamerpoints and this gamerpic: FML

I just beat Ninja Gaiden 2 for Xbox 360. It's a fantastic video game - the best action game of the generation. Buy it now at newegg.com .

1. Cancel - Everything is a cancel. Cancel, cancel, cancel. Every game has a cancel of some kind. It may be the best term for it, but it's overused and I'm sick of reading it.