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Video Games 101: video game reviews, raffles, stories

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Black Ops 2 is very well made and surprisingly well put together.

If anyone does not know about the Call of Duty series, then he/she should know that this game is a first person shooter game. It has come from a long line of first person shooters.  The game incorporated the past and future.  Players go from two main characters, Woods and David Mason.  The year is 2025 and there is a man that most thought was dead; David tries to find the man by going into his father’s past to try to find out what happened and where they could find him.  Black Ops 2 has a perfect mixture of the time periods.  It was a very good mix on the future and past.

Black Ops 2 put a twist on guns that we all know and love, like for example the FN Fal changed to more futuristic weapons that have the same damage and accuracy, but look even cooler.  The game creators did the weapons really well, by making the weapons in the campaign and multiplayer a new 10 part system.  Players can interchange items for whatever they like, but but have a limit of only 10 items (including attachments) total.  This made you feel in control and more comfortable playing online and single player.

Something that the creators definitely had to do well was zombies.  After  Black Ops the fans have demanded more, and Treyarch definitely came with a bang.  They have a whole awesome campaign for zombies.  They added a mode called tranzit.  Tranzit is a mode that takes players to the individual maps on the bus and each map has different items that they can craft together to make different weapons and power sources.  Players have the individual maps also that are a lot of fun!

Hey guys I never got any emails for my first raffle!  So I decided to make a new one.  I am raffling off 2 collectable Japanese Pokemon fossil cards.  There is a Japanese shellder and a Japanese zubat.  If you want to enter please email me at [email protected], thanks!  If you can beat my personal solo best on the map town and have visual proof, you will earn yourself a random Japanese common or uncommon pokemon card from any set.  I have made it to round 23, try to beat it!

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    KIRSTIN ADAMSJan 15, 2013 at 7:40 pm

    I think I like Call of Duty better. This is a good game though.

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    GAGE SALYERJan 15, 2013 at 5:20 pm

    Black ops 2 is ok.

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    MADELYN SEIDELJan 15, 2013 at 5:19 pm

    I definately love zombies. I think it’s a lot better than in black ops and playing tranzit is a lot more exciting than playing on just one map.

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    JOSHUA EISELJan 15, 2013 at 3:01 pm

    Call of Duty are some of the best games I’ve played.

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      Collin DoughertyJan 15, 2013 at 3:30 pm

      they are some awesome 1st person shooters that you can really get into

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    DEVAN BILLOTTEJan 15, 2013 at 2:58 pm

    I had a lot of fun on the campaign of Black Ops 2. I have a hard time playing the multiplayer, due to me having a bad computer, but it seems like it would be good fun. I haven’t got to play the zombies mode yet, and I haven’t even played the original Black Ops game.

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      Collin DoughertyJan 15, 2013 at 3:30 pm

      The zombies are really fun even on solo and the original Black ops was also a good game, but I enjoy this one a lot more. Pretty soon there will be a map pack coming out. Where in zombies you can play as a zombie it will be so awesome.

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    Claeton CresswellJan 15, 2013 at 2:15 pm

    Four words: Yay Call of Duty

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      Collin DoughertyJan 15, 2013 at 3:27 pm

      I adore their games 🙂

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    KARALYN KENNEDYJan 15, 2013 at 2:15 pm

    Great blog Collin, very helpful!

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      Collin DoughertyJan 15, 2013 at 3:26 pm

      thanks love the support keep reading my blogs for some awesome upcoming giveaways 🙂

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    JULIA KOZAKJan 15, 2013 at 2:14 pm

    I love Call of Duty 2! Have you ever played Medal of Honor? It’s kind of the same thing.

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      Collin DoughertyJan 15, 2013 at 3:25 pm

      yea I’ve played almost all of them from ps2 to ps3 🙂

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    Collin DoughertyJan 15, 2013 at 2:10 pm

    EVERYONE READ! check out my newest review on Garry’s mod and if you would like to join my raffle for either a 20 psn card or the equivalent in microsoft points on xbox. All you have to do is go to it and type in the comments ps3 or xbox and I will have a raffle once enough people have commented so tell your friends!

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    TIMOTHY LEBERFINGER JRJan 14, 2013 at 6:58 pm

    Black ops 2 is ok

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      Collin DoughertyJan 15, 2013 at 2:08 pm

      Thanks for the input, I love to hear what other people think about the games so everyone say what you guys thinks!

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    COLLIN SHANNONJan 14, 2013 at 6:57 pm

    Awesome article. Oh, and I’m glad I am not the only one with my first name spelled with two L’s… 😀

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      Collin DoughertyJan 15, 2013 at 2:06 pm

      So cool…love your name by the way 😉

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    RAVEN ANDERSENJan 14, 2013 at 3:01 pm

    LOVE THE GAME!!!!!<3

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      Collin DoughertyJan 14, 2013 at 3:48 pm

      so do I, keep gaming 🙂

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