Modern Warfare 3: Hacked Lobbies

So it's finally happened.  Well, I happened before too, but this is my first experience, and it seems to be spreading.  An unnamed hacker group consisting of large, overweight, acne-ridden and introverted 14-year-olds with stringy hair have created several bugs in the ultra-popular Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 3.   Here, I'll tell you how to spot these lobbies and avoid them.  If it's too late and you're already infected, hopefully it's not too late.

This one doesn't have time for your solid waste excrement.

Mass Effect 2 was never my favorite game, and I'll be the first of the Bioware/Mass Effect fanboys to admit that.  The sudden change to the combat system combined with the extremely linear storyline was enough of a change from the first (and best) Mass Effect to turn me off.  As a result, I painstakingly cleaned up as many achievements as I could and sold the game back to GameStop, an action which I now consider a gamer's cardinal sin.

After my final playthrough (more like sprint-through) of Mass Effect, I imported my character to Mass Effect 2 and geared up for the impatience and frustration of DLC, seemingly never-ending (and boring) Allegiance quests, shallow character builds, and lackluster RPG elements.

My First MLG-Style Match

So my community and specifically my branch established an aptly-named "Elite Squad" to do battle against other so-called "Elite Squads" from other equally talented and established communities.  We held tryouts with our higher-ups as judges stressing communication and strategy tinged with K/D and W/L.

Then they made me captain.

Mass Effect Prequel Updates: "Oh crap, a pop-up."

So I've been working on creating my ultimate character to play through all three Mass Effects with, since mine was ultimately obliterated to the netherworld by a fault in the data transfer system that Microsoft should pay me millions for.  I'm kidding, but really... all that hard work...

Day 3: Friday.

Noveria!  Snowy planet, reminds me of the frozen tundra that I call home, way up in northern Minnesota.  Seriously, I live just one hour south of Ontario, Canadia.  Yes, I say Canadia.
This is only my second story-related mission and I'm already level 30.  For those of you reading who have never played Mass Effect before, you get three times LESS experience for killing things with the Mako.  I get out and kill shit.  I also speak with a French accent every time there is a Paragon/Renegade option, just to make this shit interesting after the seventh time I've seen it.

Okay, so my leveling technique is dangerous.  If you're not careful, as I usually aren't, you can take a rocket to the face.  And die.  Not even kidding.  Those Thresher Maws too - they give you 1,000 exp each, but they're melee can take out the Mako and have you whining like a child.

On foot?  Been there, done that bitches.

I know, I know.  This is an achievement-hunting journey on my part and all you loyal (?) readers are just foaming at the mouth for a little more know-how.  Well I perfected and 100%-ed this game's achievements years ago.  This is purely for my entertainment only.  So I'm sorry.

Mass Effect 3 is Finally Here!

So I'm sure you've heard the news: Mass Effect 3 has finally dropped and you can finally save the universe from the Reapers once and for all.  Shepard is back, picking up right after the end of Mass Effect 2, ready to let you take the controls and tear the universe apart.  The demo has been played by thousands, the trailers have been watched by millions, and it's been a headline on the Xbox Live Dashboard for weeks.