Stimulus stimulating you yet?

    Reading about Battlefield: Bad Company 2's multi-player, it appears there's a bit of a movement to nerf the M60 machine gun. It's overpowered, say the cry-babies. As far as I can tell, from the limited play time I had in the beta, the LMG is powerful, but not overpowered. Besides, the Medic class is the only one without any anti-armor capability. Why completely emasculate the class? But that's the cycle in games sometimes: Pussify the best guns to please the most vocal douchebags. The linked BC2 video for tomorrow's blog is chock full of complaints. (I almost reached through the screen Freddy Krueger style when the poster moaned about vehicles in World at War... ) The biggest news yesterday was Modern Warfare 2 Stimulus Package preview on Inside Xbox Live. A YouTube version is linked directly below. The maps look really well made, with a lot of detail and variety. I'm committed already to buying them as a kind of second chance for Infinity Ward. If IW manages to release these maps without a bunch of cheating glitches, it'll make me very happy. On to the links:

Featured MW2 YouTube Video

• El33tOnline: Modern Warfare 2 manages to stay on top of Xbox Live activity for week of 15 March 2010.

 

    More Gaming Links:

    BASHandSlash: BFBC2: A new perspective.

• Destructoid: Badass robots confirmed for Portal 2.
• 1Up: Metro 2033 review.
• Gamespot: Lost Planet 2 multiplayer hands-on.
• RunDLC: Xbox 360 250 gb hard drive available for separate purchase. It's $129 US on Amazon.
• GameSpy: Nintendo Stuns Industry, Announces the 3DS. I could not be more underwhelmed.
• PC Authority thru Slashdot: The Unsung Heroes of PC Gaming History 
• IGN: Daily Fix for 22 March 2010 with the luscious Jessica Chobot.

    GamaSutra: Opinion: Doing It For The Kids - On UK TV's Latest Games Panic. Particularly delicious is the afternote that one of the most vehemant anti-gamers, voice actress and "sexpert" Julie Peasgood, performed in a violent videgogame herself.

 

   Non-Gaming Links:

• Slashdot: UK Space agency launched.
• Daily Mail: Amateur astronomer captures images break-up of comet.
• BusinessPundit: The 12 most evil print ads in history.

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