Call of Duty and Gaming Links, 31 January 2010

   Played some MW2 last night. I'll post the relevant highlights and lowlights later, rather than hold up today's links. On to the links:

Featured YouTube Video

Top 5 Plays of the Week, Episode 6 by GameplayUnited.

• YouTube: Modern Warfare 2 Mythbusters, Episode 3. (Episode 1; Episode 2.)
• WTF MW2 ad from DiscoverMoosejaw in Saskatchewan, Canada:

I know the rate of exchange is rough, but $1234 Canadian?

• Coolest office job:  AWeber in Philadephia, PA.
  Q: What’s the coolest part of the office?
  A: We’re also big on our game room with an HD projector that puts a screen on the wall that’s about 12-13 feet. We do a little bit of 360 at lunch, a little bit of Modern Warfare. So we have a good time.

    More Gaming Links:

• BASHandSlash: Battlefield: Bad Company 2 beta community impressions. Best quote: In CoD, the action is right there in your face and you can go it alone and still have fun. BFBC2 requires thought and orchestration, so bear that in mind. Related: BASHandSlash's Saturday webcast featured discussion whether BC2 was a buy. The edited 'cast isn't up yet, but when it pops up, I'll blog the link to it.
• Aliens vs. Predator multi-player impressions: GameSpy; GiantBomb.
• Mass Effect 2 round-up: GameRevloution review; IGN: Mass Effect 2 Achievement guide. Let the boosting begin! GamaSutra: Mass Effect 2's Suprising Genre Experiment. Is it an RPG or what?
• GameSpot: MAG Review-in-progress.
• 1Up: Vanquish debut trailer. Someone stole the Masterchief's Mjolnir armor.
• GameSpy: Halo There, Vanquish! Guess I'm not the only one who noticed how Haloesque the Vanquish armor is. :)
• Zero Punctuation skewers Bayonetta.
• Late-to-the-party review on Fragland: Bayonetta; Dark Void.
• Joystiq: Rentrak top game rentals of 2009.
• Shacknews: Valve boasts 205% growth last year.
• Massively: What Apple's iPad could mean for MMOs.
• GamesRadar: What does the iPad mean for gaming? Nintendo prez says: "Not much." Heh. Related: Gizmodo on iPad interface and gestures.; iPad Aftershocks: Apple's "netbook" is screwing notebook makers; Which iPad data plan should you buy?

    Non-Gaming Links:

• Gizmodo: Best Buy's Geek Squad "optimization" optional -- but Best Buy won't tell you that.
• ITWorld: Find a bug in Google Chrome and get a reward.
• Guardian.co.UK via Slashdot: Aliens can't hear us. Good.
• Netflix attributes subscriber growth to game platforms.
• GameDaily: Weekly Web comic round-up.