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Rumor: Call of Duty Moving on to Vietnam?
Citing a confidential source, That VideoGame Blog says Activision is pursuing licenses for Vietnam War-era music, as well as Cuban, Soviet Union and African music. They also infer that Treyarch will be the developer. TVGB says that Noah Heller is involved with this supposed CoD 7; he was the senior producer on World at War,…
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Study Says Playing Shooters Improves Vision
How’s your “contrast sensitivity”? What’s that? Well it helps you see in the dark, and read, and it degrades in old age. But a study found it improves in gamers who play shooters. The research, reported in the latest edition of Nature Neuroscience, took a very deep look at how games affect vision. The results…
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Original Call Of Duty Coming To Xbox Live, PlayStation Network
The original PC title that launched the Call of Duty franchise is finally getting the console treatment, as an ESRB rating reveals an impending release on Xbox Live Arcade and the PlayStation Network. Not only does the ESRB rating for Activision’s Call of Duty suddenly include the Xbox 360 and PlayStation 3, the European review…
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The Art of War
War is a theme that has always been found in the video game medium; leaps in game presentation have typically corresponded to some kind of combat themed game. In the more than 15 years since the introduction of the first-person shooter genre, and nearly 10 since tactical shooters came on the scene, the progressive immersion…
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Parent Asks Son to Play COD According to Geneva Conventions
Although it’s some versions are rated T, Call of Duty had some troubling aspects for a father of a 13-year-old who wanted to play it. So they came to an agreement. On Boing Boing, a writer named Hugh Spencer mentions his son Evan’s enthusiasm for Call of Duty, but also that his kid knows there…
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The Whitest COD Players U Know
Sketch comedy group The Whitest Kids U’Know take a look at Call of Duty and nail the most irritating part about multiplayer FPS gaming, the dipshit who won’t pay attention or cut his mike. This clip is from their latest season; you can catch them on the Independent Film Channel on Tuesdays at 10. Whitest…
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NBA Dunk Champ Shouts Out to Call of Duty
Couple weeks back the Knicks’ Nate Robinson saluted before a free throw to prove to another gamer he plays Call of Duty. En route to winning the dunk contest, he gave the game another shout-out. Here, after finishing off a bounce-pass windmill, Robinson throws up another salute and calls the game out by name. But…
By Owen Good