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Kill Stealing, Disconnecting And Other Rage Moments From Black Ops II, In Retro Form
Maybe the retro graphics on this will help with not having your blood pressure rise while watching typical frustrating moments from playing Call of Duty’s multiplayer. This amusing YouTube video comes from user rabbodirect65, who knows the pain of a Call of Duty player well, it seems. I hate it when I can’t seem to…
By Patricia Hernandez Published January 7, 2013 -
Are We Being Unfair When We Say That Grinding Sucks?
I hate feeling like a cog in the machine—like my actions don’t matter, like I’m wading through tedium before I can get to the ‘meaningful’ part. Tedium exasperates me, makes me start thinking about depressing things like not reaching my true potential. This is true in both real life as well as in games. So…
By Patricia Hernandez Published January 3, 2013 -
I Can’t Decide If This Call of Duty Troll Is Hilarious Or Annoying As Hell
Twenty minutes. Twenty minutes of infuriating yet hilarious trolling in Call of Duty by YouTube user NormalDifficulty. I’ve definitely come across this type of player before—and really, the only thing you can do is to ignore em, right? They want you to blow up or react,that’s the point of adopting these affectations. But playing along…
By Patricia Hernandez Published January 2, 2013 -
Misunderstood Bro Culture And Their Obnoxious First Person Shooter YouTube Videos
You press play. A homemade logo or two pop up—maybe a clan, or a made-up studio. You notice the name of the player—tons of X’s, maybe a 420 reference, and the rest seems incomprehensible. That’s when the top 40 song begins. Then, it happens: a man dies. Cause of death? Headshot, intentionally timed to connect…
By Patricia Hernandez Published January 2, 2013 -
If Nintendo Made Another Mario Movie… For The Call Of Duty Generation
Here’s the second episode of fan series Mario Warfare, which turns the Mushroom Kingdom into something a little more Call of Duty Like the first episode, it can get a little hammy, but like the first one it’s also looks shockingly pretty. MARIO WARFARE – Part 2 [beatdownboogie]
By Luke Plunkett Published January 1, 2013 -
Call of Duty‘s Biggest Problem? Penis Swastikas.
Call of Duty: Black Ops II, like the last few Call of Duty games, allows players to create and personalize emblems—little icons that appear on their weapons and next to their names when they’re online. Naturally, being mature and respectable members of society, Call of Duty players are using these emblems to draw swastikas made…
By Jason Schreier Published December 31, 2012 -
Black Ops II‘s First DLC will be a Timed Xbox 360 Exclusive
Images purportedly of in-store promotional materials suggest that Call of Duty: Black Ops II‘s first map pack extension will be a timed Xbox 360 exclusive arriving on Jan. 29. Five maps are included. “Revolution” sports five maps, one of which—”Die Rise”—appears to be a zombie map. The others are named Hydro, Grind, Downhill and Mirage.…
By Owen Good Published December 30, 2012 -
Nuketown, Wake Island, De_Dust2 And Other Awesome Maps Recreated In Far Cry 3
Bless map editors. They make wonderful things possible—wonderful things that normally couldn’t exist. MP1st brings our attention to Youtube user ShadowZack, who took it upon himself to recreate a few famous maps in Far Cry 3. These maps hail from franchises like Call of Duty, Battlefield and Counter-Strike. The one above is Nuketown. Here are…
By Patricia Hernandez Published December 18, 2012 -
British Tabloids Are Blaming Call of Duty and… Dynasty Warriors
Initially, Mass Effect incorrectly (and embarrassingly) got the blame for the tragic Sandy Hook school shooting. Now, British tabloids are picking up the “played video games” angle to single out Call of Duty and Dynasty Warriors Today’s morning edition of The Sun carries this headline: “KILLER’S CALL OF DUTY OBSESSION”. The sub headline reads “Massacre…
By Brian Ashcraft Published December 18, 2012 -
Please Quit Photoshopping Horns Onto Bobby Kotick. It’s Bad for His Dating Life.
Today’s New York Times profiles Bobby Kotick, the boss of Activision Blizzard and longtime bête noir of many a longtime gamer, many of whom have created unflattering portrayals of him quickly found by Google Image search. Well, he wants you to know this doesn’t help his game. See, he’s divorced and on the prowl. “Think…
By Owen Good Published December 16, 2012 -
At Least 1,408 People Are Playing Black Ops II Online on the Wii U Tonight
For four consecutive Mondays, we’ve counted the number of people who are playing Black Ops II on the Wii U. We’ve wanted to, however roughly, measure the uptake of online gaming on the Wii U, using one of the most popular online series around. Over those four Mondays, the combined number of Wii U owners…
By Stephen Totilo Published December 10, 2012 -
Call of Duty is “a Good Game, but I Wouldn’t Advise It for Younger Kids,” Says 8-Year-Old
Towheaded and small-voiced, Felix von Perfall’s countenance seems to define childhood innocence. But look into those eyes. Those eight-year-old eyes have seen war, they’ve seen … things, things no seven-, six- or five-year-old should ever know. “Call of Duty, it’s a good game, but it’s really—I wouldn’t advise it for younger kids,” Felix told WNYW-TV…
By Owen Good Published December 8, 2012 -
Why David Petraeus Will Never Be a Strategy Game General
David Petraeus would not have gone down in history as a great general, even if he had been able to keep his zipper zipped. Certainly not great enough for the retired Army four-star general and former commander of coalition forces in Iraq and Afghanistan to merit appearing in a strategy game. It is true that…
by Michael Peck Published December 6, 2012 -
This Year’s Biggest Shooters Remind Me Why Multiplayer Unlocks Suck
The other day, a colleague mentioned that she felt like there was something off about Halo 4’s multiplayer. She was getting destroyed by other players, eventually feeling like she didn’t have much of a chance when up against people with advanced abilities or gear gained from Spartan point unlocks. This seemed like a marked difference…
By Patricia Hernandez Published December 4, 2012 -
Kotaku East
Does Call of Duty Camo Work in… Tokyo? Let’s Find Out.
You know in Call of Duty 4: Modern Warfare, when Lt. Price and Cpt. MacMillan wear those “ghillie suits“? The camo outfits look like they’re wearing grass and foliage. Those come in handy while sneaking about the Russian wilderness. They’re less handy when in urban jungle known as Tokyo. Or are they? Japanese site Rocket…
By Brian Ashcraft Published December 4, 2012 -
Kotaku East
This Might Be the Last Cosplay You’d Expect from Japan
When you think of Japan and cosplay, you probably imagine ladies dressed in skimpy anime outfits or dudes in Gundam gear. And you’d probably be right! That type of cosplay is prevalent, sure, but it’s not the only game in town—especially with more and more Japanese players totally digging Call of Duty Recently on Japanese…
By Brian Ashcraft Published December 3, 2012 -
Wait A Minute. Two Smart Critics Really Like The Wii U’s Allegedly Inferior Black Ops II.
Once could be an aberration. Twice? We’re approaching a trend, people. Two sharp critics have both spent some time this week saying that Call of Duty: Black Ops II is good. Better than that, one of these chaps suggests that Black Ops II might be, PC notwithstanding, best on Wii U. What in the world??…
By Stephen Totilo Published November 30, 2012 -
Kotaku East
Forget the Haters, Japan *Hearts* Call of Duty
The conventional wisdom has always been Japan loves role-playing games and dislikes first-person shooters. First-person shooters, pundits said, were popular only with Western gamers. The pundits and conventional wisdom, it seems, are wrong. In its debut week, Call of Duty: Black Ops II on the PS3 is the second best selling game in Japan, moving…
By Brian Ashcraft Published November 30, 2012 -
This Dud is Still a One-Hit Kill in Black Ops II
This could only come from the great laboratory of death known as free-for-all in a multiplayer shooter. Given enough matches, enough combatants and enough button-spamming, you’ll inevitably discover that a bouncing betty to the face is a one-hit kill Call of Duty: Black Ops II—without detonating. YouTube video uploaded by reader Danny
By Owen Good Published November 29, 2012