Call of Duty and Gaming Links, 25 May 2010

Featured MW2 Video
 Team FeaR vs Dominance - CTF Highrise

Uploaded 23 May 2010 on Machinima

    Again, my appy-polly-lodges for the abbreviated blog update. On an unexpectedly long work cycle my first week, so please bear with me.

    On to the CoD links:

• Examiner.com: Spoiler warning: Does Call of Duty: Black Ops's campaign refer to XXX'X XXXXXXXXXXXXX. (Relevant section X'ed out. Don't click unless you don't mind a possible storyline spoiler.)
• Xboxic: Modern Warfare 2 'Resurgence' Video.
• CVG: If Valve made Modern Warfare 2.

If It Were Realistic: Throwing Knives (MW 2 Machinima)

Uploaded 23 May 2010 on Machinima

    More Gaming Links:

• Electric Pig: Halo: Reach release date confirmed: 15 September 2010.
• Unthinkable: Red Dead Redemption roots and toots its way to number one on the UK charts.
• Guardian.co.uk: Rockstar courts controversy again with Red Dead Redemption dastardly rail killing achievement.
• MTV Gaming Blog: EA looking ahead to Crysis 2 and beyond - except for that pesky delivery date detail.
• CVG: EA can't confirm Crysis release 2 date.
• IGN: Daily Fix for 24 May 2010 with the luscious Jessica Chobot. (YouTube version embedded below.)

Uploaded 24 May 2010 on IGN Entertainment

Does Jessica like Japanese plushies?


Yes, she certainly does!

• GameRant: US gamers spent $25 billion on games in 2009. And following explains why:
• 1Up: UK Therapist: Two hours of gaming is equivalent to a line of cocaine.

 He's totally tripping balls on Xbox Live.

    Non-Gaming Links:

• NetworkWorld: Mars Phoenix lander killed by ice build-up.
• ComputerWorld: HP explains why printer ink is so expensive. O RLY?
• Google's Pac-Man thingie costs 4.8 million man hours of work. That is, if the people playing around with it would have been inclined to work, of course.
• Towel Day. You always have to know where your towel is.

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