Here's Valve's report of the 10 bestselling games on Steam for this past week:

1. Far Cry 3
2. Call of Duty: Black Ops II
3. Crysis Collection
4. Street Fighter vs. Tekken
5. Ace of Spades
6. Counter-Strike: Global Offensive
7. Crysis 2 Maximum Edition
8. Don't Starve
9. Arma II Combined Operations
10. Borderlands 2

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• SimCity on Computer and Video Games.

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• Gears of War: Judgment replica Lancer heading to GameStop.

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• Windows Phone 7.8 upgrades appear on Nokia's servers for all eligible Lumias.
• How iOS emulation is reviving an arcane, arcade-inspired retro console.
• Wal-Mart slashes prices on iPhone and iPad.
• Google Maps for iOS may violate European data protection law.
• RAIDEN LEGACY - four-title Shoot em up compilation for Apple Io's Devices. Thanks Ant.

Thanks Ant.

• Your Instant, Safe Testbed for WordPress.
• Why stores are finally turning on to WiFi.
• Cox Comm. Injects Code Into Web Traffic To Announce Email Outage.

• NVIDIA Receives DARPA Contract Worth up to $20 Million. Thanks HARDOCP.

• Dutch script kiddie pwns 20,000 Twitter profiles. Thanks HARDOCP.

• Far Cry 3 on TweakTown.

• Kicker Cush Headphones on eTeknix.
• Samsung Galaxy Note 2 on Eurogamer.net.

Thanks Ant.

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I mentioned recently that our phone outage following Sandy has lead to a FiOS install here, as Verizon is not going to get around to repairing copper outages for months. After a little confusion about our install date, the guy is actually here on a Sunday (they must be super busy, as he also mentioned that there may be a wait for a cherry picker since they are so backed up). Presuming this goes smoothly (which has not always been the case with this service) we are going from a ridiculous amount of bandwidth (36 Mbps) to an even more ridiculous amount of bandwidth (75 Mbps). It's hard to imagine being able to tell the difference, though I will certainly try my best. I'm a little nervous about relying on VOIP for phone service, but the weather-related outages on our landline were so frequent that this will probably end up being more reliable anyway.

Links:	Thanks Ant and Acleacius.
Play:	Super Santa Kicker 3.
Science:	Australia plans drill of ancient Antarctic ice core. Saber-toothed cat fossils found near Las Vegas.
Media:	INAPPROPRIATE JINGLE BELLS. Garbage Men Having Fun With Foosball Table.
The Funnies:	EXTRALIFE – Pinball Wizard. Not-Ready-for-Prime-Time FoxTrot.