The Daily Hotness: Gears of War 2 insanity

Hamza’s busy recovering from a heated paintball session with some other games writers, so I’m stepping in tonight to cover the Hotness. Boy, bloggin’ sure ain’t easy, is it…

Gears of War 2, arguably the Xbox 360’s most anticipated exclusive of the year, is launching today, November 7th, around the world. In celebration of its release, we posted no less than four (4) stories yesterday that were directly related to either the game itself or its lead designer, Cliff Bleszinski. I counted.

As for other stuff, well…Activision doesn’t want to publish a game it can’t “exploit” (read: milk); we won’t see the 67th episode of RetroforceGO! until next week; Dennis Hopper finally admits that he only played King Koopa in the Super Mario Bros. movie for the money; and much more happened on 11/06/08.

Thursday Regulars:
The Memory Card .43: Waiting for Shadow
RetroforceGO! not recording tonight! Blame Prop 8-BIT!

Originals:
Destructoid interview: Creative director of Isopod Labs, Peter Morawiec

Events:
Catch Dtoid and Tomopop at Pink Ghost Fun Fair this weekend!

Previews:
Gears of War 2 multiplayer

News:
Activision no longer cares about games it can’t milk to death
Bethesda has every right to brag about a sucessful $300 million Fallout 3 launch
Shocker: Microsoft building huge hype for Gears of War 2
Better late than never: Metal Gear Solid 4 demo hits Japanese PSN
Japan prefers GTA IV to LittleBigPlanet
Gamers don’t take game worlds seriously enough, accuses Bleszinski
Keith Vaz whines about suicide bomber game, tries to ban the unbannable
Ah, rape: $5 t-shirt available as LittleBigPlanet DLC in Japan
Sega Mega Drive Ultimate Collection for PS3 and Xbox 360 on the way. Ha ha
You are not loyal enough to enter the Home beta, dishonorable one
Special Edition red 360 controller drops to $50
Foo Fighters’ The Colour and the Shape hitting Rock Band next week
Gears of War 2 instruction manual contains preface by designer Cliff Bleszinski
Sex attacker jailing causes media frenzy and faux-expert opinions
Betting on Evil: Capcom looks to sell 3 million copies of Resident Evil 5
MK vs. DC’s Joker Fatality is NOT censored … in Europe
House of the Dead gore to be as ‘extreme as possible’
Highly relevant to my interests: Grim Fandango puzzle document
Codes for 20 bonus Rock Band 2 songs hitting email inboxes … NOW! (Update)
Ubisoft dodges a bullet, drops plans for Heroes game
Army may test new A.I. in an MMO, probably not any good at PvP
Boston Globe names Harmonix one of the top places to work
Treyarch explains how Infinity Ward influenced World at War’s multiplayer
Format does a videogame feature, our boy Chester does us proud

Offbeat:
Dennis Hopper speaks candidly about his role as King Koopa
Lara Croft model not familiar with Indiana Jones or the Holy Grail

Galleries:
Atlus reveals new Personas from Persona 4
Halo Wars and Limited Collector’s Edition get February release
Mirror’s Edge viral marketing makes its way to Syracuse
Gimme Golf open beta now, uh, open

Videos:
Want a Game Boy-sized NES portable? Here you go
Dissidia EX gameplay features some epic ass kicking
Teaser trailer for Prinny: Can I Really Be The Hero? is adorable