Call of Duty and Gaming Links, 5 September 2010

Featured Call of Duty: Black Ops Video
Wager Mode Gameplay and Commentary, Part 1

Uploaded 2 September 2010 by Hutch

• Hutch's CoD: Black Ops Wager Mode Gameplay and Analysis on YouTube, Part 2 and Part 3.

    Call of Duty Links:

Flawless Search & Destroy #3 : Black Ops Initial Thoughts

Uploaded 3 September 2010 by MrDunkus

• Disturbing rumor: No Call of Duty: Black Ops beta? 'Lalalalalalalala! I'm not listening!' Rumor apparently started here on Adan News. The official Call of Duty: Black Ops website solicited input via Twitter and Facebook prior to the multiplayer reveal on 1 September, so I think a beta is still possible, even likely.
• Call of Duty: Black Ops merch: MadCatz Black Ops headset first looks: MTV Multiplayer; Destructoid; IGN; Guardian.co.uk.

    More Gaming Links:

Portal 2 Co-op Gameplay - PAX 2010

Uploaded 3 September 2010 on IGN Entertainment

• Duke Nukem Forever preview: ShackNews.
• Kotaku's Jim Sterling: I played Duke Nukem Forever today - and liked it.
  
• The voice of Duke Nukem. Balls of steel, indeed. 
• Kinect hands on: GamingExcellence. 
• The Museum of Soviet Video Games. In Soviet Russia, video game plays you!

One gamer's lament: 'I'm 32, and it saddens me that I'm getting older than many of the the characters I play in video games. At least I'll always have him...'

 To which I say: Wait until you're 48, sucker. Besides, it isn't all fast reflexes...

    Non-Gaming Links:

• Slashdot: The Joke known as 3D TV.

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