Call of Duty and Gaming Links, 12 November 2012

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Uploaded 29 October 2012 on TheFallenScopes

    Call of Duty Links:

• [Image Gallery] Black Ops 2 Nuketown 2025 screenshots. Of course, tomorrow, you can see it live and in color... And be sure to follow the official Black Ops 2 online code of conduct.

    More Gaming Links:

• Halo 4 bringing back free-for-all and SWAT playlists.
• [YouTube] An introduction to The Elder Scrolls Online.
• Ubisoft confirms 2013 release for Watchdogs.
• Metal Gear Solid 4 25th Anniversary Edition revealed.
• [Op-Ed] Rush Job: Why Assassin's Creed 3 sets a bad precedent for annualized series.
• [YouTube] Killzone live action fan film.
  
  
  

    Non-Gaming Links:

• NASA to drop water-seeking robot on the Moon by 2017.
• Theory of Everything says Universe is a transformer.
• China's 'mystery plane' draws the attention of the West.
• Hacking the President's DNA.
• Android and Linux on a dual-booting tablet for $100.
• SpaceX claims its first victims as RocketDyne lays off 100 employees.

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Call of Duty and Gaming Links, 9 November 2012

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Uploaded 7 November 2012 on iFlyILLINI

    Call of Duty Links:

• Black Ops 2 maps leaked on YouTube.

    More Gaming Links:

• [Review] Medal of Honor: Warfighter on Zero Punctuation. (Not safe for work language as usual.)
• [YouTube] Far Cry 3 story trailer.
• Post-launch review of Crysis 2 (PC).
• [YouTube] Aliens versus Predator Crysis 2 PC mod tech demo.
• Halo 4 sets franchise record with over 3 million copies sold on day one.
• [Feature] Digital Foundry versus Halo 4.
• Seal Team Six members who consulted on Medal of Honor: Warfighter have been disciplined.
• Friend codes officially a thing of the past with Wii U.

    Non-Gaming Links:

• New planet discovered in habitable zone of nearby star. Also covered on SkyMania. And by 'nearby', we mean over 40 light years...
• [Feature] For Apple, 'it's all downhill from here'.
• Parrot in captivity manufactures tools. Pining for the fjords...
• How to cook the perfect fried egg. I can't do it... I always break 'em, lol.
• Carrie Fisher says she would join the cast of 'Star Wars 7'.
• [Image] An older, scarred and scary Luke Skywalker might look like this. OTOH, here's the worst case scenario for Star Wars 7.

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Call of Duty and Gaming Links, 8 November 2012

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Uploaded 5 November 2012 on z3r0ko0L

    Call of Duty Links:

• Questions and Concerns About Call of Duty: Black Ops 2 PC.

    More Gaming Links:

• [YouTube] GiantBomb Quick Look: Sleeping Dogs: Nightmare in North Point.
• Back of Wii U box art revealed.
• Microsoft Kinect patent counts the number of people watching a movie on your Xbox.
• [YouTube] Discussion - Gaming as escapism: Good or bad? Game good.
• [Op-Ed] How Diablo 3's endgame has failed.
• [Browser Game] Online text-based multiplayer shooter.

    Non-Gaming Links:

• Asteroid mining might be a better option for obtaining platinum than ocean mining.
• Asteroid 'pinged' as it buzzes Earth.
• Japanese researchers reveal how to make a $250 holographic microscope.
• Microsoft 32 gb Surface tablet only has 16 gb of free space. What's up with that? A 16 gb tablet OS? Bloatware?
• Amputee scales 103 floors with world's first neurologically controlled bionic leg. 'We can rebuild him...'
• [Image Gallery] The world's narrowest house.

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Call of Duty and Gaming Links, 4 November 2012

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Uploaded 27 October 2012 on ATxBASE

    Call of Duty Links:

• Black Ops 2 video shows off campaign horseback footage.

    More Gaming Links:

• [Reviews] Halo 4 on EGM. 'a rinse-repeat relay of pumping way too many bullets into the same half-dozen enemies over and over on your way to pushing some random-ass button or blowing up a shield generator—only to find yourself forced to backtrack through yet another sea of the same bad guys who’ve magically spawned in behind your position'
• [YouTube] BroTeam 'reviews' Medal of Honor: Warfighter. We laugh because it's funny, but we also laugh because it's true...
• Details on Halo 4's skill-based ranking system announced.
• [Image] Duke Nukem Forever lead designer calls Halo 4 review 'retarded' in tweet, gets slammed.
• Former GameStop VP pleads guilty to $2 million embezzlement scheme.
• [Image] New Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim DLC image of a Sauron-like boss.
• [Image] Master Chief's evolution (fixed).

    Non-Gaming Links:

• Beginnings of Bionic: Flexible, stretchable electronics could launch cyborg era. We can rebuild him...
• [Video] The $300 prosthetic arm.
• Nexus 4 review on The Verge.
• Verizon staff arrested for stealing a customer's nude pics. Must be an ex-member of the Geek Squad, lol.
• [Video] WWII carrier pigeon, with encrypted message in leg tube, found in British house chimney. Message being decoded.
• [Image Gallery] Total Recall: Then and now. (Not safe for work images)
• [Image] Gem, Tron: Legacy cosplay.

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Call of Duty and Gaming Links, 31 October 2012

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Uploaded 19 October 2012 on jfuller247

    Call of Duty Links:

• [Preview] Black Ops 2 multiplayer match-making explained.

    More Gaming Links:

• [Review] Resident Evil 6 reviewed by Zero Punctuation. (Not safe for work language as usual.)
• [Wii U info] Wii U Pro Controller doesn't have a headphone jack. Also this: Wii U Pro Controller battery life estimated at 80 hours.
• [YouTube] Halo: Forward Unto Dawn, Episode 4.
• [YouTube] TotalBiscuit's evaluation of the Planetside 2 beta, calling for release delay.
• Star Wars: The Old Republic free-to-play restrictions detailed.
• Eidos exec says broadband providers are holding games back.
• [Feature] The art of Dishonored.

Halo Master Chief pumpkin

    Non-Gaming Links:

• Felix Baumgartner: Mars is a waste of your tax dollars.
• [Feature] Skylab's untimely fate: How the US abandoned the largest space station ever built.
• [Nano-news] IBM makes first steps to carbon nanotube manufacturing.
• [YouTube] TED talk on one trillionth of a second photography, light wave propagation through a bottle of water.
• [Cigars] How to make a large humidor out of a mini-fridge.
• [YouTube] Decay: A zombie film made by the scientists from the Large Hadron Collider.

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Call of Duty and Gaming Links, 21 October 2012

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Uploaded 23 September 2012 on bryson

    Call of Duty Links:

• [YouTube] Official Call of Duty: Black Ops 2 launch trailer.
• Black Ops 2 will not support Call of Duty Elite on Wii U at launch.

    More Gaming Links:

• [YouTube] Marvel Heroes game features trailer.
• [YouTube] Serious Sam: BFE Jewel of the Nile launch trailer.
• Next Battlefield 3 patch will include color grading off option.
• Why the Xbox 720 and PS4 will not be the last traditional home consoles.
• How game tutorials can strangle player creativity.
• [YouTube] Halo 4: Forward unto Dawn, Episode 4.

Fallout Pip Boy pumpkin

    Non-Gaming Links:

• Earth climate models confirmed on Mars.
• Scientists uncover a surprising trend in galactic evolution.
• Preorders for Microsoft Surface base model sell out in less than 24 hours.
• Complex body parts could soon be lab-grown.
• UK police taser blind man after stick is mistaken for sword. Too many Zatoichi movies...
• [Doctor Who] Audio special with 11 Doctors for 2013. Also, this: Tom Baker's Doctor had the most awesome scarf ever.
• [Images] Star Wars-themed pinup posters.

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Call of Duty and Gaming Links, 20 October 2012

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Uploaded 20 April 2012 on ELPRESADOR

    Call of Duty Links:

• [Preview] Call of Duty: Black Ops 2 zombies on GamingBolt.
• Pro baseball player Evan Longoria talks Call of Duty.

    More Gaming Links:

• [Preview] Hands on first look Aliens: Colonial Marines on Forbes.
• [YouTube] Halo 4 live action launch trailer 'Scanned', long form.
• [YouTube] Star Command, 13 minutes of gameplay.
• [Preview] Day Z screenshots on Day Z devs.
• Five reasons you have to play XCOM: Enemy Unknown.
• [YouTube] The Avatar Machine: A virtual 3rd person view of the real world.
• [YouTube] Halo: Reach machinima: The Defense of Earth.

BioShock 'Big Daddy' pumpkin

    Non-Gaming Links:

• A super-computer on the Moon to direct deep-space traffic.
• [Feature] The Raspberry Pi: The small computer with big ambition. And now with twice the RAM for the same $35 price tag.
• Collection of the best Felix Baumgartner pictures and videos on ExtremeTech.
• The tech behind Felix Baumgartner's Red Bull Stratos stratospheric skydive. Also, this: Google actually considered sending Felix Baumgartner up with Google Glass.
• [Video] First helmet cam footage from the Red Bull Stratos jump. 
• [YouTube] Star Trek did the skydive from space first.

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Call of Duty and Gaming Links, 17 October 2012

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Uploaded 11 October 2012 on livin4bmx

    Call of Duty Links:

• Call of Duty Elite goes free as Activision charges only for DLC on Black Ops 2. Meaning: They figured out they got more money from people buying all the DLC like suckers... like me.
• [Preview] Call of Duty: Black Ops Declassified for the PS Vita on GamerLiving. Also this: Call of Duty: Black Ops Declassified is 'tailor-made' for the PS Vita, says Nihilistic.

    More Gaming Links:

• [YouTube] Spoiler warning! Halo 4 opening cinematic. 
• [YouTube] Making Halo 4: Infinity Multiplayer.
• Hidden message in Halo bulletin.
• [Image Gallery] Halo history.
• [YouTube] Infantry Online.
• EA's Origin download service leaves back door open, looting ensues.
• Windows 8 Marketplace will carry no games above PEGI 16 or ESRB Mature.
• [YouTube] Half-life/Portal fan live action film When Gordon met Chell.

    Non-Gaming Links:

• [Image] Sunset on Mars.
• Satellite burns up following SpaceX rocket glitch.
• When galaxies eat galaxies.
• YouTube videos now ranked by time watched, rather than link clicks. Also covered on The Verge.
• [Image Gallery] The mother of all YouTube comment dicks.
• [YouTube] The Beretta 1951 9mm.
• [Cracked] Five weapon myths you probably believe thanks to movies.

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Call of Duty and Gaming Links, 15 October 2012

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Uploaded 11 October 2012 on IAmX2XP

    Call of Duty Links:

• Call of Duty: Black Ops 2 pre-orders get you launch weekend double XP.

    More Gaming Links:

• Halo 4 single player leaked, pirated like crazy. Also this: 343 apparently unfazed by Halo 4 single player leak.
• [Preview] First screenshots from Project Eternity on Obsidian.
• [YouTube] First footage of Takedown, a tactical FPS.
• [YouTube] Lost Planet 3 ComicCon gameplay trailer.
• [YouTube] Monster Hunter Ultimate first official trailer.
• [PC Hardware] MSI launches Radeon HD 7970 Lightning Boost video card.
• [Op-Ed] Creativity within the lines: Immersion in linear games.

    Non-Gaming Links:

• Planet made of diamond discovered by astronomers.
• Red Bull Stratos high altitude free fall breaks records. Here's a YouTube video of the full dive. Why no helmet cam? 

Original image by CharlieDarwin2

• Mars rover Curiosity finds rocks similar to Earth's. Also, this: High resolution image of the plastic-like object spotted by the Mars rover.
• Meteorite is found to be pristine piece of Mars. Also this: Mars meteorite may contain bubbles of 700,000 year old Martian atmosphere.
• No Jurassic Park: DNA only has a 521 year half-life.
• [Images] Concept art of dino-humans from proposed Jurassic Park 4.
• R.I.P., CSM Basil Plumley.

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Call of Duty and Gaming Links, 6 October 2012

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Uploaded 5 October 2012 on 360codMW3

    Call of Duty Links:

• [Spoiler warning] Call of Duty: Black Ops 2 zombie mode has 'easter eggs'.

    More Gaming Links:

• [YouTube] Halo 4: Forward unto Dawn, episode 1 (about 15 mins).
• [Preview] Hands on with Hitman: Absolution on Rock, Paper, Shotgun.
• [Image] Assassin's Creed 3's evil King George Washington.
• [Preview] First Monster Hunter 3 Ultimate Wii U screen shots show improved graphics.
• [YouTube] Electronic Arts responds to NHL 2013 'Hercules check' bug with hilarious video.
• Suspicion over Kim Dotcom net lag, may have been spied upon weeks before. See? If your MW3 connection lags, you're being spied on!
• [Cosplay] Borderlands Lilith the Siren cosplay.

    Non-Gaming Links:

• Star Trek gets it right: New fusion engine design using dilithium crystals cuts travel time to Mars to six weeks.
• Are electric cars bad for the environment? Bad for the bank account anyway...
• Education chief wants textbooks to go digital.
• We get these all the time at home: 'I am calling you from Windows'. A tech scammer dials Ars Technica.
• Another reason to stick to Google: Bing users disproportionately affected by malware redirects on searches.
• [YouTube] Teaser trailer for Die Hard 4: A Good Day to Die Hard. Does the Beethoven background soundtrack mean a link with Hans Gruber?
• [Animated GIF] Firing a Glock underwater.

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Call of Duty and Gaming Links, 3 October 2012

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      Uploaded 26 September 2012 by AgonyObey

    Call of Duty Links:

• [YouTube] Why Call of Duty isn't good: The death of tactics.

    More Gaming Links:

• [YouTube] Battlefield 3 'realistic look' PC mod.
• GiantBomb Quick look: Resident Evil 6.
• Kojima's new LA studio to develop Metal Gear Online.
• Nintendo already has a hit on its hands with the Wii U sold out nationwide.
• [Feature] Black Mesa: How fans rebuilt a classic from the ground up.
• [Project] Build it yourself virtual reality headset, the Oculus Libre.

    Non-Gaming Links:

• The cosmological supercomputer.
• 'Eternal clock' could keep time after the Universe dies. As if anyone will want to know the time...
• Medieval 'warm period' not so warm after all.
• Looking at adorable animals is good for the mind.
• Severely obese are the largest group of obese Americans.
• Near-space tourism balloon test launches.

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Call of Duty and Gaming Links, 2 October 2012

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Uploaded 24 May 2012 on n0ts0g00d1

    Call of Duty Links:

• Treyarch fires shot at single-player only Call of Duty players.

    More Gaming Links:

• [Review] Resident Evil 6 on Destructoid, Killscreen, Gamespot.
• [Preview] Screenshots of Halo 4 Vahalla map renamed 'Ragnarok'.
• Oddworld: Spending $30 million on games, not Ferraris and private jets.
• [YouTube] Crysis 3 multiplayer interview.
• [Rumor] The other XCOM game might be a third-person shooter.
• Sony: PS Vita has 10 year life-span.
• [Feature] Project Eternity: What it means to make the game you really want.

    Non-Gaming Links:

• Japan creates element 113.
• Venusian 'cold layer' found.
• Electronics that vanish without a trace.
• Scientists develop first 'biological internet'.
• New technology could be presumed illegal until Congress says otherwise.
• [YouTube] How to tie the Celtic heart knot.

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Call of Duty and Gaming Links. 29 September 2012

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Uploaded 28 September 2012 on FunOverFeeds

    Call of Duty Links:

• [YouTube] Official Call of Duty: Black Ops 2 zombies reveal trailer.

    More Gaming Links:

• [YouTube] Torchlight II development visualization.
• Standalone Day Z game due out this year.
• [PC Gaming] Thief 2 and System Shock 2 get massive new patches.
• Xbox Live 'Rewards' Program available for sign-up.
• Valve: 'We're not selling up to a Korean company'.
• [Op-Ed] How video games are becoming the next great North American spectator sport.
• [Image] Oh, no. Flood-infected Spartan IV's from Halo 4.

    Non-Gaming Links:

• Curiosity readings show extreme pressure variations on Mars. Quade, turn on the reactors!
• Streams of water once flowed on Mars; NASA says photos prove it.
• Milky Way's missing atoms may be in a 'hot cloud' surrounding us.
• Five cent diabetes pill from 1958 may be the new cancer drug.
• Amazon adding 'lockers' at 7-11s and drug stores.
• [Image] M1911 fired underwater.

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Call of Duty and Gaming Links, 27 September 2012

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Uploaded 18 September 2012 on wingman178

    Call of Duty Links:

• New Avenged Sevenfold song for Call of Duty: Black Ops 2 soundtrack.

    More Gaming Links:

• [Preview] A Day of Halo 4 turned me into a believer.
• [Preview] Hands on with XCOM: Enemy Unknown on Penny Arcade.
• [Review] Borderlands 2 on VG247.
• Mark of the Ninja coming to Steam, doesn't use Games for Windows Live.
• [Feature] The making of Tom Clancy's Splinter Cell.
• [Cosplay] Cosplay Crysis exo-suit. Link to more pics here.

    Non-Gaming Links:

• Messenger mission to Mercury finds mysterious polar deposits.
• Russia's first private satellite to be launched in 2013.
• Man hacks Kinect to help his mother email after a stroke.
• Navy names research vessel in honor of Neil Armstrong.
• Men can live longer - by getting castrated. Talk about a life not worth living...
• [YouTube] Apollo Saturn V tribute.

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Call of Duty and Gaming Links, 26 September 2012

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Uploaded 10 June 2012 on WayneWexford

    Call of Duty Links:

• Last DLC for Modern Warfare 3 arriving soon on PS3.
• [Review] Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 3 for the Wii.

    More Gaming Links:

• [Screenshots] Couple of caps from Chivalry: Medieval Warfare.
• XCOM demo is a go.
• Valve slammed by Consumer Protection, issues cease and desist on end user lincensing agreement.
• Gearbox admits Borderlands 2 art plagiarism. Imitation is the sincerest form of flattery, or something like that...
• PS3 to remain active through 2015, models won't drop in price.
• Twenty predictions for the next gen consoles.
• Preview of Angry Birds sequel Bad Piggies on Mashable.
• [Feature] A people's history of the FPS, Part 1. Links to subsequent parts on the website. 
• [YouTube] WETA workshop sends Valve a life-sized Portal turret.

    Non-Gaming Links:

• Brain implant that improves memory and concentration. I already have that... Coffee.
• Hydrogel can provide replacement cartilage, scaffolding for internal organs.
• New SARS-like virus detected in Middle East.
• [Food] Low carb peanut butter bites recipe.
• Toyota drops plan for electric car.
• Some iPhone 5 buyers reporting scuffs and scratches out of the box.

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