I've known this was coming for a while and couldn't say anything.

http://ghostrecononline.us.ubi.com/

Free to play Ghost Recon anyone?

It's not being developed in house, so I don't know a lot about it (for instance whether or not there's Co-op or not), but free is good. :)

So, people understandably ask why anyone should play ARMA. Yes, it's buggy. Yes it's inaccessible. Etc, etc, etc.

I now have my answer.

This is why people love ARMA.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1oPzNYpXzxU

You Will Believe.

In other news, Bohemia announced ARMA 3 for summer of next year.

http://www.bistudio.com/index.php/english/games/arma3

Operation Flashpoint: Dragon Rising is only $5 on Steam. It's more of a sim than BC2 and much, much less of a sim than ARMA.

For instance: there's a radar that shows you where bad guys are (heading wise) and all bad guys use tracers and aren't insta-kill accurate.

For only $5, it's worth the pickup, and it's got co-op.

http://store.steampowered.com/app/12830/

So a while back I pointed out that Smokey's BBQ is really quite good. Considering I go there fairly regularly, I thought I might see if anyone else wanted to go there for lunch on Friday.

I know Bill was saying that he was interested, anyone else?

Smokey's Shack:
http://maps.google.com/maps?f=q&source=s_q&hl=en&geocode=&q=smokey%27s+B...