Call of Duty and Gaming Links, 3 March 2010

    (A couple of new Call of Duty items, including hints of a massive, top-level shake-up at Infinity Ward!  Also, some left-over links which I never had a chance to post for 26 February... Better late than never.)

Featured MW2 YouTube Video

MW2 Hardcore TDM, SPAS-12

   The Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2 spawning system has spawned (pun intended) a bajillion articles, forum posts, and YouTube vids. Here's a selection of spawn fails:

MW2 Epic Spawn Fail Vids

The Winner: Spawn-assisted suicide by Javelin

• BASHandSlash: CoD getting a third developer?
• Barron's: Infinity Ward co-CEOs Zampella and West fired by Activision?
• Overclockers Club: Sapphire HD 5830 Modern Warfare 2 Edition Review.

    More Gaming Links:

Bad Company 2 Day 1 Map DLC

• PlatformNation: Bad Company 2: Badder Company?
• Possible BC2 dialogue spoiler. It's one of the coolest things I've heard in a long time. Click tweet link at your peril. Thanks, locust9! :)
• IGN: Five reasons to have Metro 2033 on your radar.
• IGN Daily Fix for 02 March 2010 with the luscious Jessica Chobot. (And, no, if the Daily Fix features someone else I don't bother to link it.)
• Ars Technica: Always on internet requirement for DRM also screws deployed soldiers.
• Simple Thoughts (blog): Shares of GameStop tumble as CFO Smith resigns after 6 months on the job.

    Non-Gaming Links:

• Lest we forget: Denver Post pics of US troops storming Marjah. God bless you all and come home safe and soon!
•  Newsweek: When Cinéma Vérité isn't. An Iraq vet on The Hurt Locker.
• Networkworld: Utterly insane Italian guilty verdict for Google execs.
• Billshrink: The 12 biggest ripoffs in America.

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