Call of Duty: Yuletide Warfare

   No MW2 action report today. This cold is really bogging me down. I think I'm going to do some single player today, since I'm not feeling well enough for multi-player. If I manage to man up, I'll update the blog later. 

    In the meantime, I'd like to plug Den Kirson's FPS weapon stat site and board. His Xanga site has a wealth of weapon stat info for all the CoD games. His board is trying to fill in by user testing what Infinity Ward has locked away in the PC version of Modern Warfare 2. Check out both sites, as they feature a very good signal-to-noise. On to today's links:

• The Modern Warfare 2 1.07 patch is currently live for PS3 and PC. No word on the 360 version, except that it's in Microsoft certification. Judging from the forum posts, the nerfing of the 1887 was minimal. Players are still bitching.
  
• Xbox 360 security broken for Modern Warfare 2 hack? WTF?
• Tom's Guide on the Xbox Live ammo hack currently being patched.
  
• GamesRadar: How to beat MW2 on Veteran. Die a lot.
• Early Halloween: How to dress like a Modern Warfare 2 character.
  
• Cnet imagines November without Modern Warfare 2. (Sales analysis)
  

More Gaming Links:

• Battlefield: Bad Company 2 screenshots. Battlefield: BC2 squad play video from GameTrailers. IGN details BC2's Squad Deathmatch mode. BC2 hands-on roundup: GamesRadar. Joystiq. Destructoid. Examiner.com.
  
• Team Fortress 2 Soldier vs. Demoman war over. Soldier wins -- boots.
• GiantBomb dogs Rogue Warrior. YouTube: Rogue Warrior shaky cam single-player gameplay.
  
• Borderlands clocks up 2 million+ sales.
• Aliens vs. Predator gets Aussie classification after all. "On the ready line, Marines!" Ooh-rah!
  
• GameSpot Halo: Reach trailer breakdown.
• GameSpy: Mass Effect 2 1st hour gameplay.
  
• A trio of Splinter Cell: Conviction vids from G4TV: Conviction Co-op Interview; Co-op Dev Walkthrough; and Co-Op Conviction Trailer. 1Up has a Splinter Cell: Conviction hands-on.
• CVG reviews Avatar.
  
• R.I.P.: Ryan Bredin., long-time OCC staffer.
  

Non-gaming Links:

• A Soldier's Xmas Poem. Sniper Santa. Santa the SAW gunner. Get some, Santa! Now, that is what I call Christmas spirit! Jack Bauer grills Santa Claus. (Tweet from majornelson.)
  
• Life imitates video games: Iranian islamofascists hack into UAV drones.
• Amateur parlays $300 YouTube video into $30 million movie deal.