Ignominy, my usual state...

From my 15 February blog:

    I managed to play for a couple of hours before the pain in my metacarpals, wrist, elbow, and shoulder made me quit. It was a pretty lousy gaming night for me, as I went prominently negative in a couple of games. I was primarily responsible for a close loss on Favela, going 8/14. In that match I was 0/7 at one point. I've never seen the Pain Killer death streak bonus so many times. Ever. We only lost by a few kills, but it was way more than my negative spread, so it was my fault. I eked out a last-minute flurry of kills trying to take the high ground, but it was to no avail.
    I think that sometimes trying to retake the advantaged spawn is an error. And, on Afghan, I purposely stayed at the Overlook (above the plane wreck) when we got driven out of our initial spot outside the cave entrance. We won that game, IMO, because we didn't try to take the better tactical spot and, instead, formed a defensive perimeter when the spawns flipped.
    I started keeping track of stats, but I lapsed after the first couple of games. I had no really stellar games, but I did get a lot of weapon challenges and unlocks done last night.On to the links:

• BASHandSlash: Anarchic-X World at War Base Assault mod gameplay. Direct YouTube link is below:

• IGN: Call of Duty: World at War DLC nearing 10 million downloads.
• Joystiq: iPhones Call of Duty Zombies gets DLC in form of $4.99 Verruckt map.
• Examiner: Wii's Call of Duty: Modern Warfare Reflex hacked.
• MW2 merch review from GameRant: The Throat Communicator. Apparently cool looks aren't enough to overcome poor mic sound quality and electric shocks to the throat.

• GamesRadar: Bioshock 2 review.
• Edge Online: Bioshock 2 takes UK number 1 sales spot.
• Edge Online: Crysis 2 details revealed.
• Joystiq: Mass Effect Redemption comic selling like hotcakes, doesn't suck.
• Destructoid: Uncharted 2 DLC planned for 25 February 2010.
• Kotaku: Xbox Live Mobile unveiling due today. Great. Now, you can be called a "noob" on your PDA.
• Joystiq: Best of Big Download for 8-14 February 2010.
• GamaSutra: Economic analysts "disconcerted" by game industry's post-Holiday slump. This gamer "disconcerted" by his continued joblessness, so I'm being really choosy about buying games.

• Joystiq: App development surges due to iPad.
• 1Up: Texas teen arrested for suspected school shooting plan -- which he talked about openly on Xbox Live. Guess he probably got a bad player review, too. Here's more on the story from Kotaku. And from the San Antonio Express, the douche was a Modern Warfare 2 player.
• IGN: Wolfman movie review. Some reboots don't need to happen. Ever.