This is episode 171 of MODSonair recorded live on March 15, 2009 and brought to you by MODSonline.com.

SmartNav noggin, ray tracing at gaming speeds, Heat of Battle, Half-Life 2: Decadence, Left4Dead Mods, UT3 Weekend, Red Faction: Guerilla, BioShock 2, FEAR 2 DLC, BF Heroes, Merchants of Brooklyn, Crysis Maximum, CryENGINE, Rage Not This Year, Legends of Zork not MMORPG, Blizzard Writing Contest, Second Life’s Adult Continent, Germany Wants Ban, Newell Slammed, rape simulator, Pac-Man 30th, top games February, more…

Hosts: foyleman, Jynx, Welshy, Stryder

**This show may contain explicit language or adult themes.

Run time: 65:27
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Show Notes:

– Hardware –

- SmartNav units control PCs with just your noggin’
http://www.engadget.com/2009/03/10/smartnav…

- Caustic Graphics develops ray tracing at gaming speeds
http://www.engadget.com/2009/03/13/caustic…

– MODS in the News –

- Heat of Battle for World at War
http://www.modsonline.com/Forums-top-98460.html
http://www.heatofbattle.net/

- Download Half-Life 2: Decadence Introduction Trailer
http://www.fileplanet.com/197086/190000…

- 10 Cranium-Consuming Left4Dead Mods
http://www.fileplanet.com/fileblog/archives…

– Gaming –

- UT3 Sale & Free Weekend Return
http://www.bluesnews.com/cgi-bin/board.pl…

- Red Faction: Guerilla Movie
http://www.bluesnews.com/cgi-bin/board.pl…

- BioShock 2 Date & Big Sisters Confirmed
http://www.bluesnews.com/cgi-bin/board.pl…

- F.E.A.R. 2 DLC Next Month
http://www.bluesnews.com/cgi-bin/board.pl…

- BF Heroes Server Beta Key Deal
http://www.bluesnews.com/cgi-bin/board.pl…

- Merchants of Brooklyn Trailer
http://www.bluesnews.com/cgi-bin/board.pl…

- Crysis Maximum Edition
http://www.bluesnews.com/cgi-bin/board.pl…

- CryENGINE 3 Announced
http://www.bluesnews.com/cgi-bin/board.pl…

- Rage Not Coming This Year, Says id
http://www.shacknews.com/onearticle.x/57561

- Legends of Zork not an MMORPG
http://www.bluesnews.com/cgi-bin/board.pl…

- Blizzard Writing Contest
http://www.bluesnews.com/cgi-bin/board.pl…

- Linden Lab changes course for Second Life’s mature content
http://www.massively.com/2009/03/12/linden-lab…

— Politics, Companies, Events –

- German Foundation Wants Violent Games Banned
http://www.modsonline.com/Forums-top-98394-0.html

- Newell’s DRM Speech Slammed
http://www.ggmania.com/?smsid=26749

- Should the United States ban a Japanese “rape simulator” game?
http://www.slate.com/id/2213073/pagenum/all/

— Other –

- Pac-Man 30th Anniversary Game Coming
http://www.gamedaily.com/articles/news/pacman…

- NPD lists top selling PC games in February
http://www.joystiq.com/2009/03/13/npd-lists-top…

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