So, is it acceptable for students to pirate software, music, tv shows, movies etc.? The obvious argument I can see is that students have little to no income and thus can't afford to pay for everything. The general argument for piracy (some things just aren't worth the price) might also apply, but the big ringer is the fact that piracy is stealing period (right?).

I finished Shank a few hours ago and I wrote up a review here:  http://bit.ly/cnn7GU (Giant Bomb Page) which details my thoughts.
 
In short, I said that I thought the game was repetitive and monotonous as well as a tad frustrating even if the art is amazing and the animations are stellar. I'm curious to see what the rest of you duders think about the game. I was expecting an amazing game from all the hype I was seeing online about it, but I was majorly disappointed. 
 
I did have fun for the first hour or so... but definitely not what I'd expect for $15.

I am currently in a game in which the other player has clearly lost, but won't leave. The screenshot below illustrates my problem.  As you can see, I have a large force of banshees and a few marines as well as my starports and barracks (I have another elsewhere on the map) as well as quite a few other random buildings at my main base and a grouping of turrets. The other player has 2-3 vikings and a barracks... Haven't I won? Shouldn't he just leave? What is especially aggravating is that he began telling me that I had lost and that I should leave the moment he had lost his last command center (didn't have enough minerals to rebuild). He had the nerve to make up some bull about how I had done worse and that I had no chance at winning. Following his remark, I managed to kill 3 or 4 vikings by luring him into turrets and moving marines around and by using a single viking I had left, which ended up dieng.
 
Thus now, we both sit and wait until one person drops, and I will most definitely not drop unless my internet connection gives out (which is actually possible). In the meantime, I'll be enjoying Lara Croft and the Guardian of Light!
 

I really want a Giant Bomb hoodie, but I don't think they are available anymore and it doesn't seem as if GB plans on making another run... anyone know if I can get one custom made on my own somewhere? 
 
If I cant get a GB hoodie, then I want a video game related hoodie that is either clever, funny or just cool looking anyone have any ideas or suggestions?
 
At the very least, I'll end up grabbing a diggnation hoodie since they are pretty cheap and look decent if no one has any good suggestions.

I'll have $300 by the end of the week and I don't know what I should do with it.
 
I currently have an excercise ball that I sit on at my desk which is where I do all my gaming and work (Macbook Pro + 27" Monitor/TV + 360) and I can't stand playing games on it and sitting at my desk for any extended period of time ends up in me literally just slouching over on the ball.
 
At the same time, I really want to get a PS3 and catch up on all the games that I've missed having only a 360... 
 
Which should I get? I'm leaning towards a comfortable chair that I can use as both my work and gaming chair.
 
 Or I could get a nice futon mattress for my hinged futon which would work as a couch to game on as well as my bed... this might be better as when friends come over, I always have to move the 360 to a room with a couch.

I finished both Limbo and Monday Night Combat, both of which were awesome arcade games! I've written reviews for both, check them out and rate them.
 
On a side note, I got a S rank in MNC! Fastest I've ever completed a game besides maybe Age of Booty.