It's a free Lead and Gold weekend. Windows users can head over to SteamPowered.com and download the old west 3rd person shoot em up game and play all weekend for free. If you like it, it's only $14.99 or purchase it this weekend for 50% off. Check out the two trailers to get a look at the game in action.

Also available on SteamPowered.com, Valve has released Alien Swarm, a 4 player co-op game similar to Left 4 Dead only in space so if you like L4D, this is worth checking out. The Linux server is not working so don't go looking for a DOH! Network server until that is resolved.

I am currently listening to Ball and Chain by Social Distortion.

Well, the Team Fortress 2 engineer update went live on Thursday. I'm a little disturbed that what I thought was a power glove is actually a robot hand on a stump. No offense to Luke Skywalker or anything but I think a power glove woulda been cooler. It doesn't matter because when I join a server there's usualy 7 engineers so I have to play another class anyway.

I am currently listening to Lucretia My Reflection by Sisters of Mercy.

Day 2 of the Team Fortress 2 Engineer Update is upon us. The second 25 Golden Wrenchs have been handed out and with the 50th wrench came the new update that includes a new Payload map and a new remote controlled sentry. I llike the payload game type best so that's good news. The screenshots of it look like it will be fun. The remote controlled sentry I don't know about. I usually have too much going on looking for more metal and making sure all my building are at full strength. I guess if two or more engineers are working together it could make it easier for one to control where a sentry shoots. The list of achievements have been revealed also but not what you need to do to get each one. I have no weapons left to melt down to craft something to try and get a Golden Wrench so now I need to go play a whole bunch in order to get back to where I can try crafting again. In other Team Fortress 2 news, I was able to update Steam and can now update the DOH! Network TF2 server but it looks like it is going to require a reinstall of the whole game again.

I am currently listening to Blurry by Puddle of Mudd.

The update to a Wordpress DOH! Network is still in progress. I thought I would just redo some stuff in the default templates but I think it will require a full rewrite to get it just how I want it. I was thinking of just using the blog posts part but then do I want subpages to match it or what? We'll see what happens as I dig more into the code.

The Team Fortress 2 Engineer update is coming. Day 1 is up and apparently you can get a golden wrench if you craft some new weapons. You have to have some smelted metal just sitting around to do it though as I have melted my entire weapons stash and can't do jack with it. great.

I just watched The Machinist on Netflix Instant Watching. Click here to check out the trailer.

I am currently listening to Lisztomania by Phoenix.