Call of Duty and Gaming Links, 8 March 2010

    No new news about the legal hassles between Infinity Ward and Activision's fired CEOs, Jason West and Vince Zampella. The news sites are pumping out some recaps and think pieces, as linked below. 
    Today's featured MW2 vid is best watched with the sound turned off. Usually, I don't mind this dude's commentary, but on this vid it's way too cutesy to be tolerable. Turn the sound off before watching. On to the links:

Featured MW2 YouTube Video

Modern Warfare 2 Camper's Team Deathmatch 15 (RPD Rampage) by ThatGuyWhoCamps

• VentureBeat: The Making and Unmaking of Infinity Ward.
• GameRant: Infinity Ward versus Activision.
• Planet Call of Duty: Chronological round-up of the Infinity Ward/Activision debacle.
• Terminal Gamer: Scans of court documents in IW/Activision lawsuit.
• GameKicker: Modern Warfare 2 slips to 7th place on UK sales charts; Bad Company 2 takes 1st place.

    More Gaming Links:

• TechSpot: Battlefield: Bad Company 2 GPU performance in depth.
• BadCompanytwo.com: BFBC2 Bugs and How to Get Around Them.
• Voodoo Extreme: Faster BC2 PC server browsing.
• GamaSutra: Battlefield Logistics: A Bad Company 2 Interview, an interview with DICE's Patrick Bach.
• Firing Squad: Battlefield: Bad Company 2 multiplayer review.
• MetaCritic: Bad Company 2 currently at 88% average.
• Bad Company 2 "Battle of the Baddest" tournament at GameStop with $10,000 in prize money to be won by top squads. Deadline to enter is 14 March 2010.

Pixel Enemy: Win a copy of BC2

• GamePro: Medal of Honor Redux. (GamePro editors meet with real-life Tier 1 operators.)
• VG247: Halo: Reach multiplayer trailer stripped bare by hardcore fan.

Halo: Reach MP trailer analysis by Hoovaloov

• UGO: Remaining Halo 2 Players Get a Surprise.
• PushSquare: PSP SOCOM U.S. Navy SEALs trailer analysis.
• GameTrailers: Pach-attack on internet use caps.
• DigitalSpy: Gaming's forgotten war: World War I.
• GameSpy humor: The Strange and Embarrassing History of Videogames on TV.
• GameTrailers: Top 10 Disappointments of the Decade in Gaming.
• Kotaku (image): Xbox 360 controller cupcake.

    Non-Gaming Links:

• Mashable via Digg: Hundreds of Twitter Accounts Hacked [WARNING].
• Popular Science opens online archives of its 137-year run of issues. (Thanks, Slashdot.)
• Gizmodo: For the douche who has everything: Vers Handcrafted Wood iPad Case. Speaking of douches, related: Steve Jobs Says "No," iPad Won't Tether To iPhone.
• BBC thru Slashdot: Sumo Wrestler Steals Cash Machine From Moscow Shop.

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