Call of Duty and Gaming Links

• Product Reviews News: Panicky report on the JTAG douche video currently slouching its way thru the gaming sites. FWIW, I left a twitter-logged comment that it was a modded Xbox 360, not an exploit per se. One of the douches at the heart of the video is revealed in this 2Old2Play forum thread. I previously posted a thread there about the vid, and the 2Old2Play forumers recognized it for the hardware cheat it is.

    Wanna see what kind of immature, cheating douchebags we're talking about? OK, here's one of the dough-faced twats:

• High school paper review of Modern Warfare 2. "You could complete the campaign with a pistol." O RLY?
• Operation Sports: A spelling and punctuation challenged blog review of MW2. At least, it doesn't claim you could complete the campaign with your sidearm.
• If you're young enough to know who they are: The band Your Demise will play MW2 on Xbox Live with fans 23 February 2010, according to the Metal Underground website.
• Complex.com: Game Vixen bio of Call of Duty player Charisse Nicole Williams. Woof!

 
    More Gaming Links:

• NeoSeeker: Metro 2033 PC version comes with Steamworks.
• GamaSutra: Aliens and Predators overrun the UK multi-platform sales charts.
• IncGamers: New Medal of Honor game will retain the lean and peak-around-corners functions. The article doesn't state whether these will be included in the console versions of the game.
•  LA Times: Anatomy of a $60 videogame. Pie chart shows where each of your dollars goes.
• Joystick Division: Top 10 scariest games of all time.

    Bad Company 2 Round-up:

• Examiner: Bad Company 2 PC pre-orders from EA's online store get a bonus: Battlefield 2142 Deluxe free.
• Destructoid: Bad Company 2 demo downloads exceed 3.5 million.
• PlayStation Lifestyle: Bad Company 2 to include VIP codes for special content DLC. Translated: Stuff you won't be able to get if you buy the game used.
• GamerBlorge: Why Modern Warfare 2 players are noobs at Bad Company 2. Because it's a new, different game?
• GameDaily: Plenty of reasons to play Bad Company 2. Other than because it's a new, different game.
• Game Hub: Battlefield: Bad Company 2 preview.
• Spong: Bad Company 2 preview.

    Non-Gaming Links:

• PC Pro UK via Slashdot: What you get when you buy a $40 iPhone in a bar.