But wait, there's more!
So this is the age we live in -- Maine state Senate candidate Colleen Lachowicz is an avid World of Warcraft player, and she's catching all kinds of hell for it from her Republican opponents.
Lachowicz is being called out for her "time-consuming double life," and her opposition has even gone so far as to dig up forum posts that are proof of her "crude, vicious, and violent" behavior.
Putting aside Lachowicz' actual legitimacy as a candidate for a minute, what's notable is the way political vetting has extended to the virtual world -- should politicians be forced to maintain constant professionalism online, or should the public forgive this sort of behavior?
As many head back to school, it's all too easy to pick out a smart phone in the lecture hall or jam-packed tiny classroom -- which is why calculator games have been around for decades. TI-83 Plus, meet Fruit Ninja.
It may not have ballistic capabilities, but this otherwise fully-functional Portal turret might just kill you with cuteness.
And no, this one-of-a-kind unit is not for sale. It was posted on the Valve Store's own Facebook page, presumably sitting in the offices to guard development of Half-Life 3.
[pcgamer]
There's a car commercial in here somewhere, but it's easy to forget over the wall of nearly 4,000 moving Styrofoam cubes. And that's just the beginning.
[technabob]