More kidney stone fun has led to a bit of a delay in me reporting what I’ve been writing, so here’s a quick catch-up on things:

From the Toronto Video Game Examiner:

Activision announces veteran donations from Call of Duty: Black Ops sales – While one Canadian veteran of the Vietnam War questions the release date of Activision’s latest Call of Duty title in proximity to Remembrance Day, the company has revealed that it will be donating a sum of money to “Call of Duty Endowment” to help find places for war veterans to work and live.

Deus Ex: Human Revolution Impressions – Following our preview and interview, here’s what we think of what we have seen of the game thus far.

Toronto video game deals for the week of November 12th to November 18th, 2010

Games shipping the week of November 15th, 2010

Slideshow Tour of Eidos Montreal – Wrapping up the Deus Ex: Human Revolution experience is this photographic tour of the development studio.

From the Canada Nintendo Examiner:

Nintendo Canada announces 2010 Holiday Mall Tour – Fun for all! That is, if you’re in Canada, and near one of the locations Nintendo will be appearing at. Some awesome swag will be available, too.

Miyamoto Watch – 11/11/10 – With the 25th anniversary of Super Mario Bros. well underway, Miyamoto has been making the rounds.

The Nintendo Download – 11/15/10 – Another Virtual Console-less week. Need for Speed looks neat, but that is sadly just for DSiWare.

Happy Birthday! Nintendo’s Shigeru Miyamoto turns 58 – Yesterday, Mario creator Shigeru Miyamoto reached the big… er, five-eight! Congratulations!

A busy week in Nintendo history – Miyamoto’s birthday isn’t the only thing which has occurred this week in Nintendo’s history; many significant game releases and platform launches have occurred over the years, too.

From The Mega Man Network, with a big thanks to Heat Man and Lanceheart for helping cover stuff while I’ve been out of sorts:

Robot Master Field Guide Officially Announced – A veritable who’s who of Robot Master information, at your fingertips. Check out the preview pages in the link.

Mega Man Megamix Vol. 3 Preview – More Ariga! More we say! Plus, check out Mega Man being a little naughty in his language, thanks to one Heat Man.

Legends 3 Devroom Opens Next Week – …actually, it’s open now. See below.

Rockman Online Introduces Cinnamon – A familiar face shows up in Rockman Online. But will she be playable? Regardless, fans of Cinnamon should click to see her new art– it’s really quite nice.

Zero Announced for Marvel Vs. Capcom 3 – We all knew this was coming. We just had to wait for the right timer to count down to… well, you know.

Mega Man in MVC3 Leaked? Round Two! – There’s a bit of buzz saying we could see not only the original Blue Bomber in Marvel vs. Capcom 3, but a certain NetNavi equivalent as well.

Legends 3 Devroom Kicks Off – As noted above, it’s finally here!

North American Devroom Open! Get Your Servbot Number! – And in North America, too! Note that some people have been having trouble getting their Servbot number (mine is 66), so you may need to check out Capcom Unity’s guide to make sure everything is set up properly.

Mega Man Fights the Console Wars – A Mega Man X equipped with Classic weaponry joins Mario, Link, Samus, and Zelda to fight “Firewall” in this recreation of “what could easily be considered the most traumatic RPG battle on the SNES.” Can anything thwart this unstoppable force?

–LBD “Nytetrayn”