The week ending November 23, 2008 in gaming news from a modders perspective brought to you by MODSonline.

This show:
ButtKicker, Netgear's powerline adapters, Core i7, PC Magazine Digital Only, EGM Too, Microsoft Online Store, NXE hitting 360s with red ring, COD Waw ModTools , Gamer Web Browser, Left 4 Dead, Half-Life 1 $0.98, F.E.A.R. 2: Project Origin, All Aspect Warfare, Grand Theft Auto 4 PC Steamed, PC Movie Editor, Google pulls Lively, National Geographic Games, Ghostbusters, Midway's Woes, Championship Gaming, 7-Eleven Gamier, Top PC Games, Bike Hero, Matrix ran on XP, more...

Hosts: foyleman, Jynx, Welshy, Stryder

URLs: modsonair.com/ modsonline.com/

== TOPICS ==========================================

-- Hardware -----------------------------------------------------

- Wireless ButtKicker kit ready to rumble your posterior
engadget.com/2008/11/17/wireless-buttkicker-kit-ready-to-rumble-your-posterior/

- Netgear's HDXB111 / XAVB101 powerline adapters now shipping
engadget.com/2008/11/17/netgears-hdxb111-xavb101-powerline-adapters-now-shipping/

- Core i7 fever
engadget.com/2008/11/21/asus-summons-core-i7-power-in-rog-cg6190-gaming-desktop/
maximumpc.com/article/news/gateway_launces_two_core_i7equipped_gaming_desktops
engadget.com/2008/11/18/commodore-refuses-to-be-left-out-offers-core-i7-based-gaming-ri/
engadget.com/2008/11/17/alienware-gets-in-the-core-i7-game-with-area-51-x-58-desktop/
engadget.com/2008/11/17/dells-intel-core-i7-packing-xps-studio-and-xps-730x-desktops-on/

- PC Magazine Goes Digital Only
bluesnews.com/cgi-bin/board.pl?achttp://www.maximumpc.com/article/news/gateway_launces_two_core_i7equipped_gaming_desktops
engadget.com/2008/11/18/commodore-refuses-to-be-left-out-offers-core-i7-based-gaming-ri/
engadget.com/2008/11/17/alienware-gets-in-the-core-i7-game-with-area-51-x-58-desktop/
engadget.com/2008/11/17/dells-intel-core-i7-packing-xps-studio-and-xps-730x-desktops-on/
tion=viewthread&threadid=93361

- EGM Might Be Discontinued by Ziff-Davis
gamedaily.com/articles/news/egm-might-be-discontinued-by-ziffdavis/?biz=1

- Microsoft Launches Online Store, Kind Of Misses Point
kotaku.com/5089892/microsoft-launches-online-store-kind-of-misses-point

-- Consoles -----------------------------------------------------

- Netflix on Xbox 360 No Longer Streaming Sony Columbia Pictures Films
1up.com/do/newsStory?cId=3171396
crunchgear.com/2008/11/19/sonys-columbia-picture-flicks-not-available-on-nxe-netflix-streaming/

- NXE hitting 360s with red ring, freezing and sorta-sexy-avatar issues?
engadget.com/2008/11/20/nxe-hitting-360s-with-red-ring-freezing-and-sorta-sexy-avatar-i/
engadget.com/2008/11/21/nxe-creating-hdmi-headaches-for-uk-xbox-360-owners/

-- MODS in the News --------------------------------------------

- Call of Duty competitive community to move to CoD2? + CoDWW mod tools released tommorow
deathlyinvasionclan.com/clients/JDogg/wordpress/2008/11/19/call-of-duty-competitive-community-to-move-to-cod2-codww-mod-tools-released-tommorow/

-- Modding ------------------------------------------------------

- COD Waw ModTools
modsonline.com/Forums-top-91503.html
modsonline.com/Forums-top-90524.html

- CoD:WW Video Tutorial is up!
modsonline.com/Forums-top-91645.html

- Treyarch official wip wiki
modsonline.com/Forums-top-90951.html

-- Gaming -------------------------------------------------------

- Call of Duty: World at War Steamed
ggmania.com/?smsid=26217

- Gamer Web Browser
bluesnews.com/cgi-bin/board.pl?action=viewthread&threadid=93411

- Gabe Newell and Chet Faliszek on Left 4 Dead
bluesnews.com/cgi-bin/board.pl?action=viewthread&threadid=93433
edge-online.com/blogs/gabe-newell-writes-edge

- L4d Easter Eggs
forums.steampowered.com/forums/showthread.php?t=746172

- Half-Life 1 $0.98
modsonline.com/Forums-top-91482.html

- F.E.A.R. 2: Project Origin - Developer Diary
ggmania.com/?smsid=26211

- All Aspect Warfare Movie
bluesnews.com/cgi-bin/board.pl?action=viewthread&threadid=93428

- Grand Theft Auto 4 PC Steamed - Pre-order Bonus
store.steampowered.com/news/2043/

- On the Grand Theft Auto IV PC Movie Editor
bluesnews.com/cgi-bin/board.pl?action=viewthread&threadid=93339

- Google pulls plug on Lively
gamesindustry.biz/articles/google-pulls-plug-on-lively

- National Geographic Games
bluesnews.com/cgi-bin/board.pl?action=viewthread&threadid=93304

- The Activision / Ghostbusters Video Game Connection
blog.ghostbusters.net/2008/11/the-activision-ghostbusters-video-game-connection/

-- Politics, Companies, Events -----------------------------------

- Unreal Engine to Blame for Midway's Woes?
gamedaily.com/articles/news/unreal-engine-to-blame-for-midways-woes/?biz=1
bluesnews.com/cgi-bin/board.pl?action=viewstory&threadid=93408

- Championship Gaming Series Closes Down
maximumpc.com/article/news/another_one_bites_the_dust_championship_gaming_series_closes_down

- 7-Eleven gets Gamier
bluesnews.com/cgi-bin/board.pl?action=viewthread&threadid=93380

-- Other --------------------------------------------------------

- Top 10 PC Games (Week Ending November 8, 2008)
gamedaily.com/articles/news/chart/0/?articleTypeId=-1

- Bike Hero: This is hard core
crunchgear.com/2008/11/19/bike-hero-this-is-hard-core/

- If the Matrix ran on Windows XP
collegehumor.com/video:1886349