Call of Duty and Gaming Links, 21 May 2010

IGN/YouTube: Rewind Theater: Call of Duty: Black Ops World Premiere Trailer Analysis

Uploaded 19 May 2010 on IGNEntertainment

    I think the rocket launcher at 3:11 is the M202 Flash rocket launcher. It's the 4-shot rocket launcher seen in the movie Commando with Arnold Schwarzenegger. On to the CoD links:

• Today is the Treyarch community day in Cali. Follow the BlackOps firstlooks here.
• Kotaku: Chad Ochocinco willing to trade season tix for early copy of CoD: Black Ops. Sure, it's called a beta.
• MarketWatch: Glu to Release Next Game for Call of Duty(R) Franchise on Mobile Phones Worldwide.

TDM w\ Mini-Uzi on Wasteland by Playakiwi

 Uploaded 19 May 2010 on MachinimaRespawn

    More Gaming Links:

Halo: Reach Beta Top Ten Kills (May 19th)

Uploaded 19 May 2010 on IGNEntertainment

• Bungie: Halo: Reach beta officially ends.
• CinemaBlend: Halo: Reach beta impressions - from a Halo fangirl. 
• ElectricPig: Red Dead Redemption Multiplayer Review.
• GameDaily: Red Dead Reflection. "Every game has warts, even ones that cost $100 million."
• Kotaku: Red Dead Redemption raises Irish ire at its token drunk.
• UK Press Releases: Red Dead Redemption sets pre-order record on Amazon UK.  Also, Joystiq notes that Red Dead Redemption is a surprise hit for GameStop in the US. Take that, Pachter!
• CVG: Pachter: 'I was wrong about Red Dead Redemption.' You could say he was dead wrong. (Thanks to OPM_UK for the tweeted link!)
• Kotaku: Valve: PS3 is like a GameCube. LOL! Wut?
• MCV: Namco: Video games are too expensive.
• GameSpy: THQ announces its own version of Online Pass (i.e., re-buyers must purchase online functionality for pre-owned games).
• The Escapist: GameStop is A-OK with DLC. They don't think the trend for publishers denying re-buyers online play will affect sales. O RLY? Their used prices are not so good that they'll make up for the $10-15 the publishers will charge for online functionality.
• TrueSlant: Are achievements killing gaming? No, the boosting douchebags are.

    Non-Gaming Links:

• UPI: Mars Rover sets longevity record.
• ABC News: Can One Man Communicate Solely Through Social Media for a Month? @SilentClark swears off traditional media to 'silence' cancer. Please check out his blog for for ways to help.
• Kotaku: Predator costume is made of spare parts, awesome.

 Picture credit: Kotaku

    In yesterday's update, we had a link to the Kotaku article with pics of Anthony Le's functional War Machine suit. Today, we have a YouTube vid of the awesome suit in action at Starfest 2:

 

Functional Iron Man 2 War Machine Costume

Uploaded 20 April 2010 by AnthonyLe247

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