Step into the boots of a Spartan III, as Halo: Reach charts the story of Noble Team in their heroic stand to defend the planet Reach, its people and secrets against a ruthless assault by an alien collective known as the Covenant.

Vanquish is a futuristic action game. It looks like New York is under attack by a laser beam from space, and you play a mech soldier who's been sent in to pick up the pieces.

If you haven't done so yet, be sure to check out Adam's review for the upcoming Halo: Reach, which comes out next week. If you want to find out whether we think it'll be worth your hard-earned money, go read it.

It was quite a nice and hot day yesterday, so we didn't drive to do our errands and decided to walk everywhere. We wrapped up season 2 of Dexter, watched Our Family Wedding, and cheered Kim Clijsters on to her third US Open victory!