More Black Ops, Halo Reach & Jessica, too!

    Managed to play the Halo: Reach beta for a few games. Got my ass kicked in every one, but did have a few good moments. Still trying to nail the config settings. Right now, the look movements are way too twitchy and aiming is pretty difficult. I don't want to lower the game's native sensitivity settings. It's better to tweak it using the XIM360 software. Had some satisfying melee strikes during the games, tho. Played a game of Slayer, CTF, and Headhunter. During the third match, the Headhunter one, the frackin power went out here again. Reibo had said before he left that the wind was kicking up a bit. I looked out the window but there was nary a breeze. Frackin' Central Hudson. Douchebags.
    Unfortunately, the beta doesn't have separate playlists. For purposes of beta-testing, I guess, they're putting everything in a "Grab Bag" playlist. I'm dying to play Team Rockets, tho. My humiliating Reach debut will be posted tomorrow. ;-)

Uploaded 30 April 2010 on Machinima

    Not much in the way of CoD news, but we have some spiffy MW2 vids. Today's first MW2 vid features Ken Burton trying out the AA-12 auto shotgun on Scrapyard. He wonders why so many players favor the SPAS-12 shotgun. (Anyone who has seen Sandy Ravage brutalize enemies with the SPAS-12 with grip can answer that.) Second is a music-only TDM on Quarry with MrCynical13 taking apart the enemy with the aforesaid SPAS-12. Finally, Pyrotoz takes the Riot Shield out for a spin on Rundown, pancaking enemies left and right in a spiffy tutorial on the proper use of the Shield.
    On the Halo side of the house, there are a couple of intro vids about the beta multiplayer modes for newbs like myself. After that, two first impression vids are lined up. On to the CoD links:

 

• Call of Duty Zombies: Mysterious GKNOVA6 memorandum spells T.R.E.Y.A.R.C.H.
• TheHDRoom: 33 HD vidcaps of the Black Ops trailer.

 

Team Deathmatch 1: Quarry w/ SPAS-12
(No commentary; music only)

Uploaded 1 May 2010 by MrCynical13

Pyrotoz's Riot Shield Tips on Rundown

Uploaded 3 May 2010 on MachinimaRespawn

• Bungie Forum: Halo: Reach beta known issues.
• Wired: What to expect from the Halo: Reach beta.
• GameInformer: The Halo: Reach beta live journal.
• GameSpot: Now Playing: Halo: Reach beta.
  
• Halo: Reach beta first impressions and reviews: GameDot; USAToday Gamehunters; VentureBeat; GamerCrave; South Bend Tribune (blog).
• USAToday Gamehunters: Bungie working on Reach beta match-making issues. Spong reports that Bungie's making progress on the fixes.
• 1Up (blog): Predicting Bungie's future by examining its past.

• Medal of Honor: New trailer tomorrow! Countdown at 22 hrs at 0730 hrs EDT.
• GameTrailers: Dead Space 2 trailer Pop Block analysis.
• Co-Optimus: Two minutes of Lost Planet 2 gameplay.
• Kotaku: Splinter Cell, Far Cry 2 designer Clint Hocking leaves Ubisoft.
• Edge Online: In Control, The PS3's motion driven future.
• GamesRadar: Gamings ballsiest banana hammocks.
• IGN: Daily Fix for 3 May 2010 with the luscious Jessica Chobot. (YouTube version embedded below.)

Is this Freudian or what?

Yes, it certainly is.

 

• Medal of Honor (blog): This World Still Has Heroes.
• Slashdot: Mars Rover spots its final destination.
• IGN: iPad 3G review.
• EdgeOnline: iPad hits one million sales.
• Kotaku: Netflix used by 'almost' one million Wii owners.
• Kotaku movie review: Iron Man 2.
• UGO: Black OPs Cold War Primer. Ten scenarios that belong in CoD: Black Ops.