Yoo-hoo! Yoohoo! Home again!!

    Still don't know the final results of the tests my Mom has undergone at the hospital this week. I get texts from Reibo, but there's a lot of stuff you can't get unless you're actually there talking to the doctors. We're all just praying and hoping for the best in this case.

    I've been cooking up a blog entry on what I like in a First Person Shooter, but I've been delaying it day after day, as I'm not quite satisfied with it. I have to have the time to actually sit down and scan it, rearrange some stuff, and add to it. Won't have that kind of time for a while. Maybe I can take a bit of time during the off days coming up to finish polishing it and publish it as a Vent.
    There's a severe shortage of CoD-related news as this Vent is being cooked up. The bottom of the barrel was scraped to add the links on the CTA Digital PS3 'Assault Rifle' controller. (I didn't want to do 'me, too' inks about Pachter's latest CoD subscription comments. Premium, my ass.) Today's featured Modern Warfare 2 vid is an RPD extravaganza on Terminal by SteveLikesPorridge. The RPD is probably the best LMG, both in CoD4 and MW2, offering a nice compromise of damage, firepower, and rate of fire. I usually did really well with the RPD at medium/long distances in both flavors of Modern Warfare, so it's a personal favorite of mine. I used to do the Campoholic thing with the silenced RPD quite a bit, and it was always a hoot to silently rain lead on unsuspecting enemies in HCTDM. Later in the week, we'll also have a Ken Burton vid extolling the virtues of the 'RP Dizzle'.
    There's a dearth of good vids today, too. I plugged most of the good ones into future blogs to save myself time during the work week, so today's second CoD vid is a music video by metalcore group Avenged Sevenfold with Call of Duty: Black Ops footage. Not a huge fan of today's metal, but if the mood strikes... Moving on...

 

Featured Modern Warfare 2 Video
Spraying With The RPD Demolition on Terminal by SteveLikesPorridge

Uploaded 20 July on MachinimaRespawn

• Avenged Sevenfold Posts "Welcome to the Family" Video with Call of Duty: Black Ops Footage. But can you dance to it?
• Barely CoD-related: Assault Rifle PS3 controller from CTA Digital. 
• CTA Digital Assault Rifle PS3 controller 'could have fooled a veteran'. Yeah, from 100 yards away, maybe.

• Blacklight: Tango Down reviews: Arizona Daily Star; GameFocus; The Independent UK; Irish Times.
• Blacklight: Tango Down gameplay basics by Team Xbox.
• Blacklight: Tango Down maps and FAQ by Team Xbox.

• Halo: Reach Multiplayer Evolved.
• Halo: Reach Xbox 360 Limited Edition bundle. (Thanks, Blues News.)
• Halo: Reach panel discussions at ComicCon, Part 1, part 2, part 3, and part 4 on Machinima Respawn's YouTube channel.
• Red Dead Redemption update targets cheaters.
• Alien Swarm is fun, free, and full of potential.
• Alien Swarm can be played as a terrifying FPS. 
• Half-life Episode 3 hints in Alien Swarm SDK? Mebbe.
• FPS Terminator downloadable alpha demo. Looks pretty damn sweet.
• Wall Street Journal retracts its story from last week on Starcraft II's production budget. (Thanks, Blues News.)
• Did PC player dominance kill cross-platform gaming? Yep.
• G4TV's History of Capcom Fighting Games.
• Microsoft: We won't ignore 'hardcore' with Kinect. 

• NASA: 'Space weather an international problem'.
• The search for galactic timebombs: Future hypernovas.
• India's $35 laptop.
• Vibration packs aim to replace batteries. Sex toy industry faced with extinction.
• Black Holes: Peering into the Heart of Darkness [w/ video].
• Dell sold malware infected motherboards - accidentally.
• Motorola Droid X screen failures, privacy issues.
• Bruce Greenwood says Star Trek 2 filming in January 2011.
• Judge declares cheerleading not a sport; cheerleaders still hot.
• Times are tough: Darth Vader robs bank. 'I find your lack of cash disturbing. Stick 'em up!'
• Cracked: The 6 most surprising ways alcohol is actually good for you. The 'beer goggles' effect suprisingly not on the list.