Rain, rain, go away for Late Night Computing on October 30, 2012.

Hopefully the majority of you weathered the storm last night. Things were pretty windy here in Western Pennsylvania, and quite frankly I'm surprised I still have power since it tends to go down at the slightest hint of a raindrop. Best of luck during the clean-up. The pictures some of you posted in Chatty from New York City look like something out of The Day After Tomorrow.

News bits:

• Stardock CEO Brad Wardell gives a free copy of the recently released Elemental: Fallen Enchantress to original customers of the buddy Elemental: War of Magic. [via Techdirt]

• Ben Kuchera goes behind the scenes with Obsidian concept artist Brian Menze, from Project Eternity, Fallout, and Knights of the Old Republic. [via Penny Arcade Report]

• What exactly does "sandbox gameplay" imply? EVE Online developer Matthew Woodword discusses what the term means for the vast space simulation. [via Gamasutra]

• Are you an early Windows 8 adopter? Try these refreshed games that came with your operating system, including the new Minesweeper adventure mode. [via Ars Technica]

• Excited to see Skyfall next weekend? Find out which phone James Bond uses in his new movie. [via Venture Beat]

Chatty posts of the moment.

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• "Must put down Dishonored and go to bed. Must go to bed. ARGH. This game is soooo good." [by virus]

• "So yeah, I found a bug in Borderlands 2 for PC and it made me so sad. I looted an awesome pistol from the locked chest in Sanctuary. It was an amazing weapon, huge clip, accurate, fast reload, great damage. I was farming some Goliaths when I ended up with full inventory. When I was heading back to sell, I opened up a chest expecting money and ammo, so I immediately pressed and held "E" to loot. Well, the chest had a pistol in it and I autolooted it and switched it out with my awesome gun. The only problem is that I didn't have inventory space and my awesome gun disappeared. It was over-written by the gun I just picked up. " [by pigvomit]

Nightly file.

• Left 4 Dead 2 mod for Back to School 1.0. "Back to School 1.0 is a fully featured campaign for Left 4 Dead and Left 4 Dead 2, which sees our heroes travel to a woefully unequipped Borden City as the United States military brings down its might upon the infestation." Download the free mod for Windows.

Media.

Painkiller Hell & Damnation launch cinematic trailer:

Painkiller Hell & Damnation launches for the PC on October 31, 2012 and shows off its launch cinematic trailer.

Okami HD releases for the PlayStation 3 with a launch trailer, Primal Carnage has a spiffy launch trailer, Ragnarok Odyssey shows off some fresh gameplay, and Activision launches several trailers for Transformers Prime.