Call of Duty and Gaming Links

Top 5 Plays of the Week, Episode 6 by GameplayUnited.

• YouTube: Modern Warfare 2 Mythbusters, Episode 3. (Episode 1; Episode 2.)
• WTF MW2 ad from DiscoverMoosejaw in Saskatchewan, Canada:

I know the rate of exchange is rough, but $1234 Canadian?

• Coolest office job:  AWeber in Philadephia, PA.
  Q: What’s the coolest part of the office?
  A: We’re also big on our game room with an HD projector that puts a screen on the wall that’s about 12-13 feet. We do a little bit of 360 at lunch, a little bit of Modern Warfare. So we have a good time.

    More Gaming Links:

• BASHandSlash: Battlefield: Bad Company 2 beta community impressions. Best quote: In CoD, the action is right there in your face and you can go it alone and still have fun. BFBC2 requires thought and orchestration, so bear that in mind. Related: BASHandSlash's Saturday webcast featured discussion whether BC2 was a buy. The edited 'cast isn't up yet, but when it pops up, I'll blog the link to it.
• Aliens vs. Predator multi-player impressions: GameSpy; GiantBomb.
• Mass Effect 2 round-up: GameRevloution review; IGN: Mass Effect 2 Achievement guide. Let the boosting begin! GamaSutra: Mass Effect 2's Suprising Genre Experiment. Is it an RPG or what?
• GameSpot: MAG Review-in-progress.
• 1Up: Vanquish debut trailer. Someone stole the Masterchief's Mjolnir armor.
• GameSpy: Halo There, Vanquish! Guess I'm not the only one who noticed how Haloesque the Vanquish armor is. :)
• Zero Punctuation skewers Bayonetta.
• Late-to-the-party review on Fragland: Bayonetta; Dark Void.
• Joystiq: Rentrak top game rentals of 2009.
• Shacknews: Valve boasts 205% growth last year.
• Massively: What Apple's iPad could mean for MMOs.
• GamesRadar: What does the iPad mean for gaming? Nintendo prez says: "Not much." Heh. Related: Gizmodo on iPad interface and gestures.; iPad Aftershocks: Apple's "netbook" is screwing notebook makers; Which iPad data plan should you buy?

    Non-Gaming Links:

• Gizmodo: Best Buy's Geek Squad "optimization" optional -- but Best Buy won't tell you that.
• ITWorld: Find a bug in Google Chrome and get a reward.
• Guardian.co.UK via Slashdot: Aliens can't hear us. Good.
• Netflix attributes subscriber growth to game platforms.
• GameDaily: Weekly Web comic round-up.