Call of Duty and Gaming Links, 11 October 2012

Featured Modern Warfare 2 Video

Uploaded 6 October 2012 on ImAnderZEL

    Call of Duty Links:

• Vita version of Call of Duty: Black Ops 2 won't feature a co-op mode for zombies.

    More Gaming Links:

• [YouTube] XCOM: Enemy Unknown Quick Look by GiantBomb.
• [Review] XCOM: Enemy Unknown singleplayer on Rock, Paper, Shotgun, GameSpy.
• [Feature] The Remaking of XCOM.
• [YouTube] Teaser trailer for Angry Birds Star Wars.
• [Report] Medal of Honor: Warfighter for the Xbox 360 to have two discs, high def texture install. The Medal of Honor reboot from 2010 had some framerate issues on the 360 for me... How well will Warfighter perform?
• [Recap] Doom 3 BFG Edition - Everything we know.

    Non-Gaming Links:

• Mars rover Curiosity starts sifting dirt for life.
• Declassified US Air Force plans for a 'flying saucer'.
• Linguists reveal ancient links between language families.
• Ronald D. Moore may be the director of the next Star Trek TV series.
• [Feature] Arnold remembers: Becoming the Terminator.
• Firefly's 15 best Chinese curses (and how to say them).

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Call of Duty and Gaming Links, 12 September 2012

Featured Modern Warfare 3 Video

Uploaded 7 September 2012 on specialdefect

    Call of Duty Links:

• Call of Duty: Black Ops 2 GamesCom 'Accolades' trailer.

    More Gaming Links:

• [Preview] Black Mesa Source screenshots.
• Black Mesa Source has been 'greenlit' on Stream.
• GameSpy's Borderlands 2 'anti-hype' machine.
• Battlefield 3 'Armored Kill' DLC is now available.
• Steam 'Big Picture' preview on PC Gamer. And here it is on YouTube.
• ArmA devs arrested for espionage in Greece. Because taking pics of a military base is a really, really smart idea for developing a video game. 
• [Image Gallery] Female Skyrim Ancient Nord cosplay.

    Non-Gaming Links:

• Curiosity could be carrying Earth bacteria threatening search for life on Mars. I'm terrified for the bacteria on Mars...
• Latest explosion on Jupiter captured by amateur astronomer.
• Helium supply bursts. Spongebob birthday balloons on the endagered species list.
• Alzheimer's may be reclassified as 'Type 3 diabetes'.
• Second hand smoke damages memory.
• Supercomputer recreates the Universe from the Big Bang to today. Hey, it's Multivac again!
• Five free ways to boost your wi-fi signal at home.

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Call of Duty and Gaming Links, 11 September 2012

Featured Modern Warfare 2 Video

Uploaded 26 August 2012 on xxRagingAmishxx

    Call of Duty Links:

• Unlock progression for Call of Duty: Black Ops 2.
• [Twitter] You can't knife turrets in Black Ops 2 multiplayer. Also, all cosmetics (weapon camos, etc.) are unlocked by challenges.

    More Gaming Links:

• [Preview] Borderlands 2 on GiantBomb. Also this: Borderlands 2 'skill trees'. And this: Borderlands 2 blasts 2K Games pre-order records.
• Bioshock Infinite confirmed for Wii U development.
• Epic Games opens Seattle studio to work on Unreal Engine 4.
• Vivendi still seeking to sell Activision.
• [Feature] Valve, a video game maker with few rules.
• [Image Gallery] Home-brewed 'virtual reality' gun project for FPS games.

    Non-Gaming Links:

• Scientists produce H2 using inexpensive catalyst in 'real world' conditions.
• Organic food: No better for you - or the planet.
• Adobe confirms Windows 8 users vulnerable to active Flash exploits.
• [LifeHack] Top ten simple things every computer user should know how to do.
• [Op-Ed] Yes, we can make iPhones in America. Just not any time soon...
• Research finds Airplane to be the funniest film ever.
• How the Morgan Freeman death hoax happened.
• [Cracked] Five true stories cut from movies for being too 'unrealistic'.

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Call of Duty and Gaming Links, 23 May 2012

Featured Modern Warfare 2 Video

Uploaded 5 May 2012 on Sandy Ravage

    Call of Duty Links:

• [YouTube] El Matador's MW3 M60E4 tips and tricks guide.

    More Gaming Links:

• [YouTube] Far Cry 3 'Burning Building' trailer.
• Diablo 3 accounts hacked, gold and items stolen.
• Electronic Arts shutting down Dragon Age: Legends in June.
• Surviving in Day Z, part 3 on Rock, Paper, Shotgun.
• Nvidia claims GeForce Grid processor will make online game streaming as common as online movie rental. Because my Netflix experience is so smooth and stutter-free, right?
• [Feature] Behind the scenes on Tom Clancy's Rainbox Six.
• [Image] Linkin park. (Original image link credit: LightSamus on Reddit Gaming.)

    Non-Gaming Links:

• [Weird] What caused the mysterious 'Dark Day'?
• Microsoft Kinect surgery assistant in testing. Patient saved! Achievement unlocked!!
• Samsung gets 9 million pre-orders for its new Galaxy S III smartphone. Also covered by Reuters.
• Apple iPhone teardown: Quality in a tiny, expensive package.
• Microsoft responds to criticism of its Windows 8 phone software with a video. My daughter-in-law has one... It blows...
• Transparent HDTV for your living room may soon be a reality.
• [YouTube] Skyfall official trailer.
• [Review]  Battleship is enjoyably terribly terrible.
• [Humor] Read every single line Rihanna has in the  movie flop Battleship.

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Call of Duty and Gaming Links, 13 May 2012

Featured Sandy Ravage MW2 Video

Uploaded 6 May 2012 on TheSandyRavage

    Call of Duty Links:

• Activision tops views on Call of Duty; outlook misses.

    More Gaming Links:

• [Preview] Hybrid: Turning the shooter upside down.
• [PC Preview] Iron Front: Liberation 1944 on Violent Gamer.
• Al Lowe fleshing out Leisure Suit Larry remake.
• Lottery-based game mechanic made illegal in Japan. Does that mean Call of Duty spawning is now illegal in Japan?
• Zynga sues French developer over -ville suffix.
• Understanding the legal implications of publishing your game.
• [Feature] The future of games could look a lot like television.
• The $99 Xbox 360: Could it change the industry or fail miserably? Could be either...
• [Image] Old Hulk (2003) meet new Hulk (2012). Amazing how far movie CGI has come in just 9 years... (Original image link credit: tomhagen on Reddit Movies.)

    Non-Gaming Links:

• Research suggests babies' brains benefit from music lessons.
• One in six cancers caused by treatable infections.
• [Everyone panic!] Melting glaciers could release ancient microbes.
• Quantum dot lighting could be just around the corner. Right after the $60 LED light bulb...
• Comparison of ink in Hewlett-Packard cartridges over the years.

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Call of Duty and Gaming Links, 11 March 2010

Last night it was Call of Duty:

Guinness Warfare

    Apart from some tut-tuts from EA, nothing new on the Infinity Ward/Activision lawsuit. We have the upcoming Modern Warfare 2 DLC to look forward to, tho. And, as noted in the first Bad Company 2 link below, another round of VIP DLC is due on 30 March 2010, the same date as the MW2 DLC is due to it Xbox Live. Coincidence? I think not. :D On to the links:

Featured MW2 YouTube Video

Fastest nuke ever; 2:00 mins
Setup? You decide.

MW2 Myth Madness 2010 announced
by defendthehouse

• GameSpot: EA COO weighs in on Infinity Ward firings, retail's fate.
• Late-to-the-party MW2 review: Tech-Human.
• TUAW: GDC World at War: Zombies iPhone post-mortem.

    More Gaming Links:

BC2 Hardcore DM by

TheSandyRavage

    At the end of the vid, TheSandyRavage has a title card that says "It's a fun game that shouldn't be compared to MW2." Absolutely right. The game is different, not better per se. Some folks may like one more than the other, but it's apples and oranges. So, don't slag off either game if you like one better. :D

BC2: Advice for MW2 Players

by WoodysGamertag on MachinimaRespawn

• Joystiq: Impressions: Medal of Honor.
• VGRevolution: Medal of Honor Preview.
•  IncGamers: New Medal of Honor trailer due this weekend.
• Kotaku: Medal of Honor Is Coming Back The Hard Way.

• EA Battlefield Blog: How to avoid “mapathy” without paying!
• Bad Company review round-up: The Daily Athenaeum; Pittsburgh Post-Gazette; Gaming Today; t5m; New Zealand Herald.
• Game Infowire: Bodycount screenshots.
• GiantBomb: On with the Bodycount.
• Joystiq via digg: OnLive launching for PC and Mac 17 June, $15 per mo.
• GamesRadar: Portal 2: 10 things you need to know.
• Co-Optimus: Source says Six Days in Fallujah is ready for release.
• Joystiq: PC gaming revenue grew in 2009 as retail PC game sales shrank.
• ExplicitGamer: The Definition of Insanity, video games that need a new approach.
• 1Up: Power Gig: Rise of the SixString (PS3). Imagine Rock Band with real guitars.

    Non-Gaming Links:

• Ars Technica via Digg: The Making of the Terminator's laser-sighted pistol.
• LiveLeak: Potato Gun, Black Powder Style.

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Call of Duty and Gaming Links, 10 March 2010

Man, I hope the DLC is good...

    Well, it's official. In a humorous tweet yesterday, fourzerotwo revealed the release date for Modern Warfare 2 DLC on Xbox Live: 30 March 2010. Let's all hope and pray that the DLC doesn't turn out like this:

     After all, there's a legion of timmies poised to run around the new maps lighting tactical insertions, wall-humping, and switching weapons around on the new maps. On to the links:

Featured MW2 YouTube Video

Modern Warfare 2: Team DeathMatch #39 - Karachi (RPD) by DubbleJord

• Cure for "Mapathy": MW2 DLC coming to Xbox Live 30 March 2010.
• VGChartz: Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2 hits 25 million unique players across all platforms.
• Kotaku: Real Soldiers Recreate Modern Warfare 2 Box Art.
• Brisbane Times: Old interview (circa CoD 2 days) with Vince Zampella discussing realism, participation in game development by military advisors, and veteran reaction to combat games.
• Above the Law: Lawsuit of the Day: Activision is Truly Embroiled in Modern Warfare.

 An article tailor-made for MW2 douchebags:

• Complex.com: A-hole Strategy Guide for Modern Warfare 2. 
  

    More Gaming Links:

Battlefield: Bad Company 2 First

Impressions by WoodysGamertag

A double-shot of Jessica Chobot...

(Hehheh. Double shot...)

IGN Daily fix for 08 March 2010

with the luscious Jessica Chobot

IGN Daily Fix for 09 March 2010

with the luscious Jessica Chobot

• Kotaku: Aliens vs. Predator map pack due 18 March 2010.
• GameTrailers: Metro 2033 "Ghosts of the Metro" trailer.
• DigitalBattle via digg: Concept art from Half-life 3 leaked?
• GameTrailers: Bad Company 2 vehicle gameplay vid.
• Bad Company 2 review round-up: Vancouver Sun.
• Voodoo Extreme: More on Bad Company 2 UK sales.
• Escapist: DICE considering Bad Company 2 for the Mac.

    Non-Gaming Links:

• PCWorld via Slashdot: NewEgg Confirms Shipping Fake Core i7s.
• Snopes: True hero, Brian Chontosh, USMC.
• Telegraph UK: True hero, James McKie, 3rd Battalion, The Rifles.

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Call of Duty and Gaming Links, 9 March 2010

    As noted in the first link below, fourzerotwo has resumed tweeting after a 5 day absence. No news on the Infinity Ward/Activision lawsuit, but Joystiq has an interesting analysis of the suit, Law of the Game. The featured vid today is Akimbo Slice laying waste to the Timmies with the MG4. Also included is the Michael Barnes "No Russian" machinima tweeted yesterday by fourzerotwo. On to the links:

Featured MW2 YouTube Video

Modern Warfare 2: FFA with MP5k + Crazy MG4 Ownage by TheSandyRavage

• Manhunt called off: Infinity Ward creative strategist Robert "Fourzerotwo" Bowling has resumed tweeting.
• BlendGames: Modern Warfare 2 DLC Details Coming This Week.
• Product Reviews: MW2 vs. BC2: Which is the better game?
• GameInformer: The IW/Activision Lawsuit: What it means and where it's going.
• UGO: Activision responds to West/Zampella suit.
• MajorNelson: Call of Duty: World at War map pack bundle for 1600 Microsoft points.

Michael Barnes' "No Russian" Machinima

    More Gaming Links:

GameInformer poll:

• The Independent:  Current Google Insights trends: 'Bad Company 2', Oscar 2010, 'Alice in Wonderland'.
• AtomicGamer: Battlefield: Bad Company 2 Multiplayer Tips.
• MercuryNews: Tech Test Drive: Battlefield: Bad Company 2 (Xbox 360, PS3).
• Crispy Gamer (Yeah, apparently someone still has a job over there...): Battlefield: Bad Company 2 review.
• Charleston Gazette: 'Bad Company 2' offers fresh take on modern warfare.
• Big Download: Battlefield Bad Company 2 stays in top spot on Steam's weekly list.
• El33tOnline: Bad Company 2 experiences online difficulties, Xbox 360 hit the hardest, should be fixed soon.
• GameSpy: Medal of Honor: War's Hell, and Good Looking?
• Kotaku: Bodycount (sequel to Xbox classic Black) announced. As hinted back in February by Joystiq, the game is being developed by Black creator, Stewart Black. 
• Tom's Hardware: Crysis 2 screenshots will blow your mind (and your CPU).
• CVG: Vanquish 'a brand new kind of shooter'.
• Voodoo Extreme: Ubisoft weekend authentication server meltdown.
• Destructoid: Ubisoft lied about DRM servers, admits they were attacked.
• GameSpy: PlayStation 3D: Free Firmware Upgrade, Hugely Expensive New TV Needed.
• Joystick Dvision op-ed: Pretension +1: Games Are Made By People.
• Kotaku: Can Hurt Locker inspire a new generation of "war" games? In a word, no.

The Onion: Modern Warfare 3

• Co-Optimus: Microsoft demos one game on three platforms. You can play the same game, with the same gamesaves, on all three platforms.
• Examiner: Blind gamer beats Zelda: Ocarina of Time. Or maybe his friends just told him he beat the game.

    Non-Gaming Links:

• Tom's Hardware: NewEgg Ships Fake Core i7s to Unlucky Customers.
• MaximumPC: Freeware Files: Five Apps for Perfect Podcast Recording, Listening, and Editing!
• CBSNews: Swiss voters decide not to give animals right to a lawyer. Seriously.

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Call of Duty and Gaming Links, 6 March 2010

• BASHandSlash: Bash 141 features discussion on the Infinity Ward firings with Ars Technica's Ben Kuchera.

Featured MW2 YouTube Video

Terminal Explosive fun by
MrYosherful.

• CNBC: Big stakes, harsh words in Modern Warfare 2 lawsuit.
• Punchjump: Modern Warfare 2 holds lead in Xbox Live activity. Doing pretty well in litigant activity, too.

    More Gaming Links:

IGN Vanquish Developer Showcase
(See the GameTrailers link below for a 
gameplay mechanics interview.)

IGN Rewind Theater: The Halo: Reach beta trailer.

Machinima Top 10 Halo 3 Suicides,
Episode 49 

• 1Up: Battlefield: Bad Company 2 walkthru Super-Guide.
• Kotaku: Battlefield: Bad Company 2 Players Prefer PC To Console. More BC2 players on PC than Xbox 360 and PS3 combined.
• Bad Company review round-up: The blogosphere: CrunchGear; BlogCritics Gaming; Go Fanboy (PS3). More reviews: CNet; Kotaku; BSCReview; Destructoid; JoyStiq (multiplayer only).
• BSCReview: BC2 PS3 "Matrix-style" glitch reported, recorded.
• GameTrailers: Vanquish gameplay mechanics interview.
• Kotaku: QuakeCon 2010 announced for August 12-15, Dallas, TX.
• Stephen Toulouse (Stepto) via Twitter: Xbox Live Code of Conduct changes allow identification of race, nationality, religion & sexual orientation in Gamertags and Profiles. Press release. Updated Xbox Live Code of Conduct.
• GamesRadar: Why God of War 3 is only possible on the PS3.
• Joystiq: Sony files patent for game demos that lose features over time.
• GamaSutra: The Psychology Of Games: The Glitcher's Dilemma. Or they could just choose not to be cheating douchebags.

IGN Daily Fix for 5 March 2010 with

the luscious Jessica Chobot

    Non-Gaming Links:

• Edge Online: iPad launching in April.
• Tom's Hardware via Slashdot: Web browser Grand Prix. How fast is your browser?
• Slashdot: Law prevents British websites from being archived.

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Call of Duty and Gaming Links, 5 March 2010

    The legal wrangling between former Infinity Ward CEOs Vince Zampella and Jason West and parent company/owner Activision is going to be nasty. According to yesterday's Kotaku article on the lawsuit, Zampella and West have filed against Activision, the two fired CEOs accuse game publisher of "Orwellian moves". On to the links:

Featured MW2 YouTube Video

Modern Warfare 2 Mythbusters, Episode 4

• Joystiq: Rumor: Modern Warfare 2 DLC 'Stimulus Package' screens.
• ZergWatch: Rumor: Infinity Ward had been courting EA, other publishers.
• GameTrailers: Modern Warfare 2 Spec Ops: Armor Piercing Solo Veteran Gameplay.

Direct Impact with Javelin

    More Gaming Links:

• Blue's News: Valve Half-life for Apple teaser images.
• Battlefield: Bad Company 2 review round-up: GameRant; Boomtown (PS3); GameZone (PS3); GamesRadar (PC); CheatCC; PlanetXbox; GameSpot (PC); Blast Magazine; GameSpy; Gameplanet.
• Stuff: The Battlefield/Modern Warfare feud.
• Big Download: Ubisoft DRM already cracked?
• Edge Online: Ubisoft denies DRM is cracked.
• InfoAddict via Slashdot: Ubisoft DRM cracked in one day.
• Kotaku: Ubisoft making emergency changes to PC DRM.
• GamaSutra: Bioshock ships 4 million units with sales boost from 3 million seller Bioshock 2.
• Kotaku: Red Dead Redemption delayed till May.
• GameTrailers: Metro 2033 "Ghost of the Metro" YouTube trailer.
• Joystiq: Aussie Ratings Board to discuss an R 18+ rating at April meeting.
• Kotaku: Deus Ex 3 teaser image: A Zippo. No, really.

 Halo 3 Mythbusters, Ep. 5

IGN Top 10 Halo 3 kills

IGN Daily Fix with the luscious
Jessica Chobot

   Non-Gaming Links:

• Slashdot: Classical music as a form of social control on loitering and misbehaving teens. Why not? Their music drives me away.
• MotherJones: Sting in hot water for private concert for Usbekistan tyrant who boiled political enemies alive.

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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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