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Modern Warfare 2 Multiplayer Strategies

AC Slater — Wed, 11 Nov 2009 15:00:12 +0000

I’ve only had a chance to dive into the multiplayer aspect of Modern Warfare 2 for a few hours so far, but I made this post for CoD4: Modern Warfare so I figured I’d get it started now for MW2. I’d like to post overhead views of each map, but at this point I’ve only been able to find 4 images of the maps, so if you have any others or know where I can find them please let me know. Also if you have good sniping spots, good strategies or any thing at all that can help out fellow players in multiplayer matches please leave a comment letting us know. Also, I can’t seem to remember all of the locations of the Flags in Domination so if you can point them out on any of these maps please help me out. Thanks. If you only see Afghan, the rest of the maps are after the jump.

General Tips

Switching to the pistol is generally faster than reloading
In Domination Flag B is the key to winning, always send a few guys to capture B right away

Modern Warfare 2 Multiplayer Maps

Afghan

Estate

Favela

Highrise

Derail
Invasion
Karachi
Quarry
Rundown
Rust
Scrapyard
Skidrow
Sub Base
Terminal
Underpass
Wasteland

South Park: Dances With Smurfs (11/11/09)

AC Slater — Wed, 11 Nov 2009 13:22:43 +0000

Here is the plot outline for tonight’s all new episode of South Park courtesy of Star Pulse, they seem to have a better source for the plot summaries than TVguide.com does.

Dances With Smurfs

Eric Cartman seizes the opportunity to become the voice of change at the school when he takes over the morning announcements. His target is South Park Elementary’s Student Body President, Wendy Testaburger. Cartman is asking the tough questions and gaining followers.

Modern Warefare 2 Available Now

AC Slater — Tue, 10 Nov 2009 15:56:47 +0000

Today is the day folks, Modern Warfare 2 has finally hit the shelves and is set to break all sorts of records based on early numbers. GTA IV previously held the record for the most pre-orders on Amazon.com but as of yesterday Modern Warfare 2 had 50% more pre-orders than Grand Theft Auto IV did, so if the numbers continue in that direction this could be a record breaking title for the guys at Infinity Ward.

Let us know if you got your copy already, did you wait in line at midnight? If you did and you took pictures of the midnight launch event you were at, post up the pictures we’d love to see em.

Those of you that have gotten the game already, does it live up to the hype? Is Xbox Live already littered with 12 year olds calling everyone “fags” and “n—-rs”? Let us know what you think, I’ll be posting a full review after I get through the single player campaign, which may or may not take a while depending on how obsessed I become with the multiplayer.

DVD and Blu-Ray Releases for November 10, 2009

AC Slater — Tue, 10 Nov 2009 13:25:59 +0000

Today belongs to the animated hit UP, if you haven’t seen this movie yet I would highly recommend it. Other than that it looks like there’s a special edition of WATCHMEN coming out today and not a whole lot else. I know I will only be purchasing Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2 today so the DVDs and Blu-Rays will have to wait a bit. What are you guys picking up today?

DVD Releases

Blu-Ray Releases

It’s Always Sunny: A Very Sunny Christmas Review

AC Slater — Mon, 09 Nov 2009 15:54:50 +0000

The gang at It’s Always Sunny in Philadelphia decided that since the show usually ends its run on FX before the Christmas season they were going to put out a straight to DVD Christmas special entitled “A Very Sunny Christmas”. I recently happen to come into a copy of this episode and figured I’d give a quick review before it comes out on DVD next week so that you can make up your mind on whether or not to purchase it, although if you’re a fan of the show and own all the other DVDs I’m sure you are going to purchase this no matter what I say, and with that said, it’s definitely worth checking out.

I usually don’t like when TV shows take one episode and release it as a DVD because frankly it seems like a rip off. This DVD lists for $17.99 on amazon, which is almost what you pay for an entire season of the show and this is only one ~42 minute episode. I’m not sure if there are a lot of special features or extras on the DVD itself since I did not watch a retail copy, but even with extras I don’t know that the DVD warrants the price. I will admit that it was a solid 42 minutes and compares to some of the funnier episodes we’ve seen this season, but again that price point just seems illogical. But enough about the price let’s talk about the actual episode.

The episode revolves around each persons personal experience when it came to Christmas growing up. Mac and Charlie team up for most of the episode because Mac comes to the sudden realization that his parents had been stealing all their Christmas presents. They convinced him that it was tradition to go into other people’s houses on Christmas morning and open their presents and that’s why there were never any presents at their house, because other people were doing the same to them. Charlie informs him that they were robbing those people and it’s definitely not a tradition, so he decides to take Mac over to his moms house to show him what real Christmas tradition is like. When they get to Charlie’s moms’ house, she is definitely in the Christmas spirit, there are decorations all over the house and she’s making gingerbread cookies. Charlie then begins to explain some of the traditions that happen on Christmas morning, like when the santas show up at the house with presents. Mac is a little confused due to santas being plural so Charlie explains that Santas would show up at his door on Christmas morning with a present for him and then they would go upstairs and “cheer up” his mom, basically Charlie’s mom is a prostitute and Charlie doesn’t like finding out this information. So basically Mac and Charlie stick together trying to make Christmas a better time for both of them.

Meanwhile Dennis and Dee hate Christmas because of how Frank would treat them when they were kids. On Christmas morning the kids would run down stairs all excited to unwrap presents, but when they did all they got were empty boxes. And in some cases Frank would go out and buy all the hottest toys and stuff that he knew Dennis and Dee wanted, but he would buy them for himself and this Christmas was no different. Frank buys himself a yellow Lamborghini that Dennis has always wanted, along with some designer handbag that Dee wanted, but of course he bought the car and bag for himself and proceeds to eat cheese puffs and malted milk balls out of the bag and drive the car around with the doors open since his short arms can’t reach to close them.

The bulk of the story revolves around these two situations, Charlie and Mac trying to help out the people that Mac’s parents made him steal from as a kid and Dennis and Dee trying to pull a sort of “Christmas Carol” on Frank showing him the errors of his ways by getting Frank’s old business partner to talk some sense into him. The episode was classic It’s Always Sunny and I loved every minute of it. Normally when I do these little review/recaps every week of the episodes on TV I do a rundown of the complete story, but I’m not going to do that here since this one isn’t airing on TV. So if you want to catch all the bits and pieces I left out make sure you get a copy of the DVD, but like I said above, the price is a little steep for what it is so you may have to wait until it goes on sale or maybe iTunes or something will have it a little cheaper. And the only reasons I could tell that it had to be straight to DVD was because of the use of the word “fuck” as well as a good amount of blood and a naked Frank, but other than that they could have cut it into a 2 part episode like they have done in the past with episodes like “The Gang Gets Whacked”.

So are you going to pick this up? Is the price scaring you away? Have you seen it already, what did you think?

Google Wave Invites To Give Away

AC Slater — Mon, 09 Nov 2009 13:51:26 +0000

Google has finally rewarded me with the ability to give out invites to their new service Google Wave so in turn I want to give a few away to the readers of this site. I will give away 2 invites to 2 random people that leave a comment on this post, the comment must revolve around what future event or release in the entertainment/tech industry you are looking most forward to. It can be a DVD release, a theatrical movie, a video game, maybe the start of the NFL playoffs or the Saints losing a game or maybe a new cell phone coming out… just something in the future related to the entertainment/tech industry.

The contest will run until November 15th, please make sure you include the email you wish to have the Google Wave nomination sent to in the email field (not the body of the comment), it will not appear to the public, but I’ll be able to see it.

And remember these Google Wave Invites are more like “nominations” meaning they are not instant, but it moves your name up on the list of people waiting to get in. It could take hours or weeks for you to receive it, but I will send a screenshot showing that I have indeed nominated you. Thanks for reading the site, we appreciate it.

Netflix Streaming on the PS3 First Impressions

AC Slater — Mon, 09 Nov 2009 13:27:20 +0000

So naturally when Netflix announced that they were going to be bringing their streaming video service to the Playstation 3 I was intrigued. I already own an Xbox 360 and an Insignia Blu-Ray player, both of which I use to stream Netflix movies to my TV’s, but there’s no harm in having 3 Netflix enabled devices. The difference between the Xbox 360’s ability to stream and the Playstation 3’s ability to stream is that Microsoft and Netflix have some sort of exclusive agreement that allows for the 360 to be the only console to natively support Netflix streaming from the dashboard. In other words the Xbox 360 has the software to stream Netflx built into the system software where as the PS3 requires a disc in order to be able to stream.

When they first announced the PS3 streaming you needed to request a disc from Netflix, nobody was really sure how long it would be after the request that you would actually see the disc, but I’m happy to say that it only took a week or so to receive my disc. Obviously Netflix does not want you to send this disc back as they require with normal movie rentals and there are ample warnings on the sleeve to let you know that you can keep the disc, it doesn’t even come with a return envelope so it should be pretty obvious, but I figured I’d throw that in there just in case those of you that were still waiting for your disc were curious.

When you first insert the disc into the system you’ll have to link it to your Netflix account via the activation processes. Basically you’ll have to go to a website and input an activation code in order for the PS3 to recognize your Netflix account. After you get through the activation process, which takes only a few minutes, you will be presented with your instant queue. The instant queue are the movies that you’ve added on the Netflix website, but this isn’t your only option for finding movies to watch. Besides the instant queue you can also browse by things like new streaming arrivals, different genres of movies as well as different TV shows, the only thing you can’t do is search by title so you’ll be browsing through a lot of movies if you have a specific one in mind, but if that’s the case you’re better off just jumping on the website and adding it to your instant queue.

The quality of the movies isn’t terrible, not every movie is in HD so don’t expect HD quality from every title, and the quality also depends on your internet connection. I haven’t had any problems with the quality of streaming whether it’s on the PS3, Xbox 360 or my Insignia Blu-Ray player, but friends of mine that live in downtown Chicago have complained that they quality of their streaming was absolutely terrible, unwatchable. So just make sure your connection is decent if you plan on streaming these movies. My only other complaint is the software itself is pretty simple. I understand that the use of a disc is necessary to get around the exclusivity that Microsoft has with Netflix for the time being, but I can only hope that once the software is integrated into the PS3 dashboard, that it is a little more seamless. The software on the PS3 disc is actually the exact same software that is on my Insignia Blu-Ray player which I was not too impressed with when I got it. I know the functionality between this software and the built in software on the 360 is almost the same, but the navigation and execution on the 360 just seems much smoother and faster. So if I had to choose which hardware to use to stream Netflix I would still have to choose the Xbox 360, but only for now, we’ll see what happens when Sony can build it into the software natively. The other downfall of the service is the movie selection, it’s gotten better since earlier this year, but it’s still not the greatest.

Have you guys tried this out yet? What do you think?

Retailers Breaking Street Date on Modern Warfare 2

AC Slater — Sun, 08 Nov 2009 21:43:02 +0000

Obviously you’re aware that Modern Warfare 2 is supposed to be released at Midnight on Monday, but some stores in the Northeast United States have already broken the street date and started selling legit copies to customers. From what I’ve read a couple Mom and Pop stores started selling the game as soon as they got them, some a week ago, which then caused Gamestop to start selling their copies early for fear of losing out on some business. And despite what some Gamestops are claiming as special permission received from Activision to sell the game early, no stores have been given permission to break the street date according to Activision. However, they did state that if you happened to be one of the lucky ones that found a retailer that is breaking the street date, you will not be banned for playing the game early, but beware that the leaderboards and all of the online stuff will be reset when the game is officially released. So if you got the game early I would take this time to finish the campaign so you can jump right into multiplayer when the stats/leaderboards reset on launch day.

And for those wondering it seems as if stores in New York, Pennsylvania and Ohio have broken street dates. I don’t live out that way so I cannot give you exact stores so if you know any stores that are selling the game early feel free to help everyone out and post them in the comments. And yes, even though the game comes out in less than 2 days, I’m definitely jealous of those of you playing it early.

SKATE 3 Trailer

AC Slater — Sat, 07 Nov 2009 18:55:21 +0000

Video Games | Skate 3 | Exclusive Debut Trailer HD

XBox 360 | Playstation 3 | Nintendo Wii

I’ll be honest, I was a huge fan of the Tony Hawk series until it started to get too “cartoony”, then SKATE came along. I liked SKATE, but it seemed very repetitive and I got frustrated too easily. When SKATE 2 came out I waited until I could pick it up cheap on eBay and it was almost the same game. Now with SKATE 3, it looks like the new gimmick is to team up and skate… but essentially it looks like the same game. At least the Tony Hawk series is trying to do something different with Ride, even though I have a feeling it’s going to fail. But anyways, you be the judge, here’s the trailer for SKATE 3.

Modern Warfare 2 Glitches

AC Slater — Sat, 07 Nov 2009 18:01:46 +0000

I’ve made glitch posts before for Call of Duty: World At War and the only reason I post them is so that the legit gamers out there know what to look for and can report the assholes that utilize these in online matches and so that hopefully the developers see these videos and patch the glitches. There are a lot of jackasses out there that think just because a glitch was overlooked by the developer that it’s their own damn fault and they should be able to utilize it. I mean, if they didn’t want you to glitch they wouldn’t have put it in the game right? You people are idiots and a lot of these people that sit around looking for glitches are absolutely pathetic. Now if you happen to find a glitch on accident, whatever, but these people that put these videos online seem to sit around all day and look for this crap. People that have to glitch in a multiplayer game only do so because they are terrible at the game to begin with and can’t win without cheating. So if you choose to use these glitches online prepare to have a complaint filed against you for cheating, and if you’re the type that hates these glitchers use these videos to spot them and file complaints. Don’t just give these guys a bad rep, actually file a complaint with Microsoft for cheating.

Obviously these videos came from the leak of Modern Warfare 2 and I’m pretty sure Infinity Ward would not have time to patch these before the release of the game on Tuesday so I’m pretty sure we’ll be seeing some idiots doing these glitches. And yes, some of these glitches are only in single player missions, not on multiplayer maps, but I’m sure once the game gets released we’ll be seeing a ton more glitches like these coming out.

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