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Imagine living in the desert, away from your family and friends for months … years.    Imagine waking up every day of your life and wondering if today is the day you will die.  The day your child takes it’s first steps without you. The day you will take another life.   The day one of your best friends will no longer be there.

Now, imagine returning home after this struggle only to face a new one - the inability to get a paying job back here in the states. For 20% of our veterans, that is the challenge.

Activision not only launched the much anticipated Call of Duty - Modern Warfare 2 this week but it also launched the Call of Duty Endowment,  a website to assist our military veterans in finding employment after their tours of duty have ended.

Take a look at the site.   Donate if you are able to but, more importantly, spread the word about this great charity.

C.O.D.E.

While you may be getting tired of guitar and drum peripherals, Activision has yet another unique toy for you to add to your collection. Personally, as long as it doesn’t have a strum bar or five rainbowtastic buttons I’m all for trying new things. I desperately want Tony Hawk: RIDE to be good (although THUG is still going to be hard to top), and if this new trailer is any indication, the skateboard controller may just have what it takes to deliver a fun, as-close-to-authentic-as-a-piece-of-plastic-can-get skating experience. Check it out, drop your thoughts, and come back for our review on or around the game’s November 17th release!

Whether you’ve already snagged a streetdate-broken copy or are waiting for the midnight launch tonight (don’t pretend like you’re not going), the wait for Modern Warfare 2 is finally at an end. Activision and Infinity Ward have provided a final, shiny trailer for the release of what is sure to be one of the best-selling games of all time. Check it out, get the game, and we’ll see you all online soon!

Uh oh, another video game-turned-Hollywood atrocity. But wait, what’s this? Jerry Bruckheimer? Disney?! THE ORIGINAL CREATOR?!!! This all seems so unfamiliar and, possibly, good. Don’t take my word for it though: Here’s a shiny new trailer for all you Prince-loving peeps. I’ll save the excitement for opening night as we all know if there’s anything Hollywood is good at, it’s crushing dreams and letting Tim Burton $#?! all over my childhood memories.

Whoever said geeks were a dirty, smelly bunch are about to eat their words. Or maybe eat soap. You know how bitter those geeks can be after years of teasing.

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User DigitalSoaps from the craft site, Etsy.com, has made our collective dreams come true by combining two awesome things - showers and video games. Soap…shaped like video game controllers. Who would have thought of such a thing? A lady named Chrystal Doucette, that’s who. She’s the creator of these nerdy cleansing apparatuses and is actually a mild-mannered reporter by day. You mean, like SUPERMAN?!? It’s a match made in nerdy heaven!

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I Personally think ‘girl gaming’ sites who get offended by the colour pink don’t have a right to complain if they post Hello Kitty articles and have cute pink mascots.

If you are a female gamer and own a site or write for a site that could be described as ‘gender nutural’ or ‘masculin’, I could understand if you were slightly offended by the press release of all pink accessories. You are right, it isn’t your obvious audience.

However, if your site is obviously aimed at women, by women and you review girly products, such as Hello Kitty games, pink iPods and nail decorating machines. I fail to see how you can be offended by PR companies sending you information on pink products? You claim you are ‘not the obvious market’ when I’d argue that you obviously are, maybe it verges on hypocritical.

I also fail to see why you are even offended. Pink is a colour, it sells well and that is a fact. We could hardly keep the pink DSlite on the shelves at Christmas time. Now, I own a pink DS, Pink iphone case and pink Skull Candies. This does not make me ‘less’ of anything. I just like the colour, I don’t find it degrading in any way. If I don’t like pink (even if I am female), I will quite simply not buy it. It is merely an option for those who do want it. You know, blue is a very nice colour too and I’ve even heard that they will sell you something in pink even if you have a penis!

Nobody is forcing you to buy all pink accessories because of your vagina. I write for a girl gamer orientated website and I am past the point of caring. I play games and what colour Xbox360 pad I use will not effect how badly I suck at Halo3, but I can still play.

Late last week I headed down to the MTV office in Santa Monica to check out the goodies being released for Rock Band on Tuesday, October 20.

Two exciting new song packs are being released tomorrow for The Beatles: Rock Band and Rock Band.

Hardcore Beatles fan who played through the game looking for more songs to unlock will be happy to know that the full Abbey Road album will be available to download, plus those that download the full album will have access to a 16-minute medley of b-sides as a single track. Be sure to pick an instrument and a difficult you are proficient on, as this medley can, at times, kick your butt. I managed through it on hard difficulty on the drums, which, on The Beatles: Rock Band, isn’t too bad, except I almost failed out of one of the drum solos!

Rock Band fans will have another reason to stay in on a Friday night with your friends with the new Queen DLC 10 pack, with ultimate favorites such as “Another One Bites The Dust” and “Fat Bottomed Girls”. Unfortunately, no “Bohemian Rhapsody” on this pack, but never say never. Everyone likes to think of bands and songs they’d like to see on Rock Band, and Queen was probably on most people’s lists. Why didn’t they think of this sooner? I can see it now… households all over the country will be breaking out the face paint and platforms, and smashing their guitar controllers into the ground… well, maybe not. But there will certainly be a lot of Rock Band parties in your near future!

Abbey Road Tracks:

“Come Together” - “Something” - “Maxwell’s Silver Hammer” - “Oh! Darling” - “Octopus’s Garden” - “I Want You (She’s So Heavy)” - “Here Comes The Sun” - “Because” - “You Never Give Me Your Money” - “Sun King” - “Mean Mr. Mustard” - “Polythene Pam” - “She Came In Through The Bathroom Window” - “Golden Slumbers” - “Carry That Weight” - “The End” - “Her Majesty”

Queen 10-Pack Tracks:

“Another One Bites the Dust” – “Crazy Little Thing Called Love” – “Fat Bottomed Girls” – “I Want It All” – “I Want to Break Free” – “Killer Queen” – “One Vision” – “Somebody to Love” – “Tie Your Mother Down” – “Under Pressure”

Be sure to get up bright and early on Tuesday, October 20 to be the first of your friends to download these tasty tracks and have them mastered before they do!

What began as a simple Halo 3 expansion evolved into it’s own, full-length project.  Sans Master Chief, ODST is definitely a unique game that is worth your time.
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Colin McRae may be gone, but Codemasters fully intends on continuing to honor his legacy by making the best damn rally games ever.

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