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Today's GungirlTM has just the medicine for

keeping our patriotic spirits high on this

solemn day.

Today is the 9th anniversary of the Twin Towers attack. It's hard to believe that almost a decade has transpired since that horrible day. I recall it clearly... I was sleeping, since it was a workday, and Reibo woke my up around 9:30 to tell me that a plane had flown into the World Trade Center. I was groggily awake by the time the second plane crashed into the second Tower, ending speculation that it might be accidental and any illusions Americans might have had that we are safe on our own soil.

On a far happier note, today's my old pal Jerry's birthday. I haven't kept in touch with him as I should have, but, wherever my old work compadre is, I wish him well on his b-day.

Today's featured Call of Duty 4 vid is Pyropuncher hating his team on a Bog TDM match. Bog is one of my most detested maps; it's the poster-child for the 'Spawn, die! Spawn, die!' cycle of a badly designed map. Today's second CoD4 vid is Hutch, well, dominating on Domination match on Crossfire. Moving on..

Featured Call of Duty 4 Video
TDM, Bog: 'I Hate my Team'

Uploaded 7 September 2010 by Pyropuncher

Call of Duty Links:

CoD4 Commentary 1 - Domination, Crossfire

Uploaded 8 September 2010 by Hutch

• Late to the party feature: Helium's Beginner's Guide to Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2.
• Or maybe not: Modern Warfare 2 still Xbox Live's most popular game.
• CVG op-ed: Why can't I shoot people in the face? Because it's a game, bucketass.

More Gaming Links:

• Halo: Reach pre-orders reach 2 million world-wide.
• K-Mart really wants you to buy Halo: Reach.
• Valve talks about their PS3, Xbox 360 failures.
• New Starcraft II map, 'Burning Tide', released.
• Kotaku: Everything you need to know about Duke Nukem's return. And he's out of bubble gum...
• Portal 2 co-op trailer covered on Blues News.
• StarCraft II open tournament in fantastic.
• Boston Globe: New motion-reading controller is a good Move for Sony. Get it?
• Borderlands 'Psycho Bandit' mask papercraft project.
• Company of Heroes dev who gave his life to save his family has a memorial fund now.
• Kill Bill actress in new Yakuza game. No, not her! The other one. No, not that one. Gogo Yubari!

IGN Daily Fix for 8 September 2010

Uploaded 8 September on IGN Entertainment

Is Jessica the best Xbox accessory ever?

Yes, she certainly is!

Non-Gaming Links:

• Mars Exploration Rover Opportunity reaches halfway point.
• Shuttle Discovery leaves hanger prior to final flight.
• British explorers map a 'never-ending' cave system beneath Borneo jungle. No sign of dragons or gold rings yet.
• IBM develops optical bus on circuit board.
• Apple: 'We don't need any more Fart apps'. What?
• Sony shows Amazon how to do touchscreen ebooks.
• CNN: Threat of cyberwar has been hugely hyped.
• Martin Scorsese's favorite gangster movies.
• Let Milla Jovovich explain the Resident Evil movie franchise's popularity. No explanation necessary. She is teh hot.

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