* Mongoose skips like 180 unread pages, at least for the moment.
So as Battuta discovered the other day, I've been playing through Braid for the first time. It's quite the experience from a mechanics standpoint, and the artwork is just gorgeous. To my utter shock, I've managed to get most of the way through World 5's puzzle pieces without needing to consult a walkthrough. World 4 had a few incredibly difficult ones to track down, including one that probably took me a good hour or so of fooling-around, but I managed to get it. This is incredibly unusual for me, as I'm usually the first one to reach for a hint guide as soon as I get stuck in a game, but it's a good feeling.

(Oh, and I got two hat drops in TF2 in all of two days. Pleased, the Mongoose is.

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