Call of Duty and Gaming Links, 26 January 2010

Safety first! she's keeping her finger
out... of the trigger guard!

    Yesterday, I mentioned the Delta Force series of games in comparison to my current single player on Battlefield: Bad Company. I continue to be amazed at the gameplay similarities between the two game franchises. Check out this YouTube vid of Delta Force Xtreme from 2005:

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    Note the large size of the terrain map; you can approach your target from any direction. Notice at 1:15 how the speck-sized enemy instantly targets him as soon as he comes over the hill. Note how at 1:33 the enemy who could not possibly have seen the player shoots at him anyway. Battlefield: Bad Company's enemies do the same. The graphics are different obviously, with Battlefield: Bad Company being several generations ahead of this Delta Force game. (Battlefield: BC does make use of the same drab 3 room house about 5 bajillion times, tho.) But, gameplay wise, they're cousins of a sort.
    I'm pretty close to the end of the Battlefield: Bad Company single player campaign. There was a rough section where it seemed I would get stuck trying to make it to the objective. I had two boats sunk under me, two tanks blown up, and armored car incinerated, and numerous dune buggies reduced to scrap metal.
    I'm now at the "blowing the bridges" section, which Reibo tells me is the hardest section of the game. I got distracted by shooting enemies, and I failed to blow any bridges, causing the mission to fail. That's where I hung up my mouse and keyboard for the night. I'll hit it again tomorrow and try to blunder my way through.

    On to the links:

Featured Modern Warfare 2 YouTube vid by SeaNanners

• Demo version of Call of Duty Zombies available on iPhone app store.
  
• BASHandSlash: Latest (probably last) version of CoD2 eXtreme+ PC mod released.
• YouTube: MW2 Uzi overview of attachments, camouflage by xKevTiffx.
• Pwnordie: Knife toss compendium.
  
• Just Dance still tops Modern Warfare 2 in UK sales.
  

    More Gaming Links:

Machinima Battlefield: Bad Company 2 "Squad Rush"

• Destructoid: Battlefield: Bad Company 2 preview. VideoGamers: BC2 hands-on. GameSpot: BC2 hands-on.
  
• Bungie: Halo: Reach is not Halo 4.
  
• Mass Effect 2 roundup: Kotaku: (Spoiler!) Mass Effect 2 Sex Scenes revealed; IGN: Mass Effect 2 Video Review. VoodooExtreme: How to Import your Shepherd. GamePro: Mass Effect 2 primer. Ars Technica: Mass Effect 2's Cerberus network will cost used gamers $15 US. GameZine: World probably about to go crazy over Mass Effect 2.
  
• GamePro: Bayonetta action figure ready for pre-orders. Can they make mine about 5 foot, 2 inches? ;) Bayonetta review round-up: IncGamers; Examiner. Previous links: G4's Sessler's Soapbox on Bayonetta; GameRevolution Bayonetta review; CVG Bayonetta review; Bayonetta review from Edge Online; Terminal Gamer Bayonetta review; GiantBomb; Bayonetta video-reviewed on GiantBomb; GameSpy Bayonetta review; Joystiq; Joystick Division; GameSpot; GamingAhead; Edge Magazine; GameTrailers; 1Up Bayonetta review; G4TV Bayonetta review; IGN reviews Bayonetta.
  
• IncGamers: Aliens vs. Predator preview.
• Blues News: Avatar PC patch is live. You can d/l the patch on ActionTrip, AtomicGamer, FileFront, Gamer's Hell, The Patches Scrolls, Strategy Informer, and WorthPlaying.
• IGN Daily Fix for 25 January 2010 with the luscious Jessica Chobot.
  
• Blogs of Note: IronStarMovement blog via N4G: Is PS3 exclusive shooter MAG doomed to failure?
• Gizmodo: Tablet Sutra: How are we supposed to hold this thing?
  

    Non-Gaming Links:

• MaximumPC: SSD 54% market growth expected by 2013. Google's Nexus One easily offended by foul language.
  
• Oldie but a goodie: LHC Live Webcam.
• AfterDawn: Avatar set to break Titanic record this week.
• Tom's Hardware Caption Contest: What's Bill Gates saying? Here's South Park's take on Bill Gates.
• ABCNews via Digg: Scorpions call it quits after 44 years!

I really had a blackout!

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