Sincerely, MAB

I finally figured out my multiplayer issue: my router firmware was 2 years old, despite it being only 9 months or so old. D'oh!

Oh well, it's fixed, and generally works like a charm.

Argh! I played the Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2 free multiplayer weekend that Steam was running, and I was having a real blast. I really enjoyed the RPG elements, which are becoming increasingly common in FPSs lately. In any case, after much agonizing, trying to decide whether it would be worth my hard-earned dollars, and whether it would keep my interest long enough to bring its $/hours-of-fun ratio nice and low, I decided to give in. The game was already pre-loaded and required a quick 30 second download to unlock.

Of course, since I'm on vacation, I had other things to do around the house before I could sit down and actually play some more, but by early evening I was ready to fire up the multiplayer for a few rounds.