The week ending November 30, 2008 in gaming news from a modders perspective brought to you by MODSonline.
This show:
3D TVs, Co-op Resident Evil 5 demo, No Killzone 2 Install, Halo 3 Recon renamed, Downloadable Games are Underpriced, Paid Xbox Avatars, BF2 Operation Peacekeeper, Grand Theft Auto IV Editor Tutorial, Fallout 3 Editor, Call of Duty: World at War Double-XP Week, Flashback Sequences, Linux Steam, Zombie Shooter 2, Nokia Quake III, ArmA II, US Army Game, ways WoW is Worse Than Real Life, ESRB for Ratings Awareness, Developers After Launch, Parenting, tax on playtime, Modification Survey, South Park Call of Duty, Reindeer Kringle, more...
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== TOPICS ==========================================
-- Hardware -----------------------------------------------------
- LG to launch "one or two" 3D TVs in 2009
engadget.com/2008/11/26/lg-to-launch-one-or-two-3d-tvs-in-2009/
-- Consoles -----------------------------------------------------
- Co-op Resident Evil 5 demo coming to PSN
psu.com/Rumor--Co-op-Resident-Evil-5-demo-out-next-month-News--a0005498-p0.php
- No Killzone 2 Install: "No Install Optional Or Otherwise"
kotaku.com/5098519/no-killzone-2-install-no-install-optional-or-otherwise
- Halo 3 Recon has a new name
majornelson.com/archive/2008/11/25/halo-3-recon-has-a-new-name.aspx
- Downloadable Games are Underpriced Says XNA Developer Nathan Fouts
1up.com/do/newsStory?cId=3171486
- First 'Paid' Avatar Items Appear on Xbox Live Marketplace
1up.com/do/newsStory?cId=3171455
-- MODS in the News --------------------------------------------
- New BF2 Operation Peacekeeper
bluesnews.com/cgi-bin/board.pl?action=postmessage&boardid=1&threadid=93554&id=0
-- Modding ------------------------------------------------------
- Grand Theft Auto IV Editor Tutorial
bluesnews.com/cgi-bin/board.pl?action=postmessage&boardid=1&threadid=93560&id=0
- Fallout 3 Editor and DLC Coming
bluesnews.com/cgi-bin/board.pl?action=viewthread&threadid=93520
-- Gaming -------------------------------------------------------
- Call of Duty: World at War Double-XP Week
bluesnews.com/cgi-bin/board.pl?action=viewthread&threadid=93565
- More Games Need ‘Tomb Raider Underworld’’s Flashback Sequence
multiplayerblog.mtv.com/2008/11/26/tomb-raider-flashback/
- Linux Steam Clues
bluesnews.com/cgi-bin/board.pl?action=viewthread&threadid=93629
- Zombie Shooter 2 Demo
bluesnews.com/cgi-bin/board.pl?action=viewstory&threadid=93486
- Nokia Quake III gains on-phone server, Bluetooth keyboard and mouse support
engadget.com/2008/11/28/nokia-quake-iii-gains-on-phone-server-bluetooth-keyboard-and-mo/
- ArmA II Movie
bluesnews.com/cgi-bin/board.pl?action=viewthread&threadid=93488
- US Army Game Plans
bluesnews.com/cgi-bin/board.pl?action=viewthread&threadid=93466
- 6 ways WoW is Worse Than Real Life
cracked.com/article_16782_6-ways-world-warcraft-worse-than-real-life.html
-- Politics, Companies, Events -----------------------------------
- New Jersey Senate Leader Teams with ESRB for Ratings Awareness Commercial
gamepolitics.com/2008/11/25/new-jersey-senate-leader-teams-esrb-ratings-awareness-commercial
- What Game Developers Do When Their Games Launch
kotaku.com/5099773/what-game-developers-do-when-their-games-launch
- Should parents police their children more aggressively?
news.cnet.com/8301-13506_3-10108871-17.html
- Slapping a tax on playtime
news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/technology/7746094.stm
- Computer Games Modification Survey
unipark.de/uc/hh_uni_psych_inst_ST/2204/
-- Other --------------------------------------------------------
- South Park kids playing Call of Duty: World at War
videosift.com/video/South-Park-kids-playing-Call-of-Duty-World-at-War
- Happy Tree Friends - Reindeer Kringle
youtube.com/watch?v=rU9Lp0TV_WU