Call of Duty and Gaming Links, 23 January 2010

A rose by any other name...

    There's a big difference between the way Infinity Ward handled Modern Warfare's PC issues and the way Electronic Arts/DICE are handing those of Battlefield: Bad Company 2. GamerNews's Roy apparently thinks that the PC gamer community is angry about the latter. In their article from 21 January 2010, "Bad Company 2's Bad Decisions Anger PC Community", GamerNews raises three basic issues: No private dedicated server; no dev console; and a lack of openness and early warning on these.
    GamerNews writes "Neither of these decisions are as big as Modern Warfare 2 not letting people use dedicated servers at all". Well, duh. At least, EA/DICE had the decency not to wait until 3 weeks before release.
    I'm cooking up an after-action report for last night's MW2 mayhem. Stay tuned. In the meantime, look at these shiny objects over here.

    On to the links:

Best Modern Warfare 2 respawn ever!

• LOL: Modern Warfare 2 anti-Timmy tactic.
  
• Den Kirson's Xanga Modern Warfare 2 weapon stats page has been updated.

    More Gaming Links:

• GamerNews: Bad Company 2's bad decisions anger PC gamers. Well, no. Meanwhile, GameTrailers: Battlefield: Bad Company 2 single player reveal trailer. Designer changelist from the PS3 beta.
• Halo stuff: GameInformer has a guide to the backstory of the Halo universe. Edge Online has a trio of Halo: Reach articles: Halo Reach: Gutting the Engine. "Bending the Xbox as far as it goes"; Halo Reach: Tales of the Fall. Loot-Ninja: How Halo: Reach will learn from Modern Warfare's mistakes. No dedicated server jokes, I promise.
  
• Co-Optimus has a co-op-centered review of Army of Two: The 40th Day.
  
• Epic regrets Microsoft exclusivity? Maybe not.
  
• Shacknews: Crysis 2 details. The Aliens take in a Broadway show.
  
• Think games and gamers get a raw deal from the media? So does the Eidos President for Life Ian Livingstone.
• Crispy Gamer op-ed: Gaming's Unhealthy Obsession with Spoilers.
  
• Xbox Live "more juvenile" than PSN?
• GamaSutra: Game developers and industry on Twitter lists.
• Utter crap: Gaming causes rickets.
• K-9 is overpowered: BBC mulls Dr. Who and other IP for games.
  

    Non-Gaming Links:

• UGO: Glassholes, the Best Movie Moments of People Going thru Glass.
• FCC closes HD Sports loophole on FIOS.
• Tom's Hardware Guide: 3D TV in 2010 Breakdown.
  

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