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X-Play's Abbie Heppe recently got to visit Valve Software to get her hands-on Left 4 Dead 2, bringing you some amazing interviews and gameplay walkthroughs. While she was there, she also got a guided tour of Valve's offices from Left 4 Dead 2 writer Chet Faliszek. She was kind enough to bring a camera crew so you could go on your own little virtual tour of the offices.

Won't you go on that virtual tour with me?

You work hard and you play hard, but how often do you laugh hard? If it's not often then you really need to watch more ATN. It's a constant parade of clumsy skaters, crazy show hosts, money hungry cyborgs and wild French comedians that will tickle your funny bone vigorously and leave you rolling on the floor laughing.

Find the direct video links from Around the Net on Attack of the Show after the jump.

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We've been in a drought of Skate 3 news since the announcement back in early September. Now, EA Black Box drops a legit look at the team-focused gameplay in the fictional city of Port Carverton with new screens and the below trailer. Give a watch, drop your thoughts.

Skate 3 arrives in May 2010.

Can you guess what everyone on Feedback was talking about this week? Hint, hint: we're one week away from the highly anticipated launch of Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2. However you feel about Infinity Ward's latest entry in its shooter franchise, it's shaping up to be a monumental day for games. Chances are everyone could have talked about Modern Warfare 2 for an entire show, but as it turns out, there's a bajillion other games being released right now. So, we talked about those, too.

 Here's what else Adam, Abbie, Sterling and I cover on this edition of Feedback:

• That controversial Modern Warfare 2 viral video that showed up last weekend (and has since disappeared) sparks some heated discussion...and harsh words for Infinity Ward.
• Even Nintendo's not sure what to do with the Wii these days. We look at where the Wii's come in the past few years and some up with some easy ways Nintendo can patch things up.
• Game of the week? How about games of the week? DJ Hero, Tekken 6 and Grand Theft Auto IV: The Ballad of Gay Tony -- batter up!
• As more casuals join the ranks of our fellow gamers and achievements encourage players to venture into harder difficulty settings, a reader probes us about difficulty settings in games.

Feedback: doing a poor job of hanging signs with scotch tape since mid-2009. Sing our ballad and subscribe:

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(And yes, we are aware that Sterling's microphone is underperforming this week. Top men are on the case. Top. Men.)

Sega's pumping as many visually provocative images into their battle-witch action game, Bayonetta. You've seen what she's packing, you've seen who she must face, now, check out how she'll execute her foes with medieval flair.

--Spoiler Warning--

Resident Evil fans are well aware of the series' collection of plot holes, oddities and all-around complexities in the storyline. Over the years, games like Resident Evil Zero and Resident Evil: The Umbrella Chronicles have tied up many loose ends for the zombie-laden franchise. The upcoming Resident Evil: The Darkside Chronicles, looks to continue the storyline repair work while giving Wii rail-shooter fans an improved experience over the previous Umbrella Chronicles. 

Listen in as Capcom's product marketing manager Matt Dahlgren previews the new South American setting, Krauser/Leon backstory, new characters Javier and Manuela and more in this 10 minute direct-feed tour of the game.

Explosions, cruise ship collisions, and all around mayhem: Not what you'd expect from a racing game. Split/Second, the upcoming racing game from Disney Interactive Studios and Black Rock Studios, has a new trailer, and it's shiny.

Split/Second was the winner of the Game Critics Awards for Best Racing game at E3 2009. The game takes a unique spin on the racing genre, as the trailer clearly shows. Rather than being based on simple competition, Split/Second revolves around a reality television series, so the courses are lined with explosives, crashes and towering structures just waiting to make you go splat. If this trailer is any indication, look forward to an action-packed game in 2010.

Split/Second will be released for the Xbox 360, PS3 and the PC.

BioWare has created a darker sequel in the upcoming Mass Effect 2. Join the developers as they examine the new types of foes you'll be facing.

Hostile alien life forms ahead. 

It's getting cold outside, and all of the jackets and scarves in the world aren't going to keep you completely warm and toasty. You need something that's going to warm you from the inside, like a bout of good laughter or a warm puppy. You can definitely get that from Around the Net today. Our videos feature a disastrous truck crash, a horrible piano rendition of a hip hop classic, a dog who can mambo and a rapping Joe Pesci. These videos will most certainly make the season a lot easier to deal with.

Find the direct video links from Around the Net on Attack of the Show after the jump.

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Yes, I know, you all missed Casey terribly. Well not to worry, this week he's back to bring you the news and comedy you've come to expect from the MMO Report.

This week we're discussing the one million characters that have been created in Champions Online since the game launched, the new "Future Past" trailer for Star Trek Online, and the lawsuit between Interplay and Bethesda over the rights to make a Fallout MMO. So prepare your eyeballs for awesome, press play, and enjoy.

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In part 2 of Ubisoft's behind-the-scenes videos, we catch up with Third-Echelon renegade Sam Fisher, and examine how Ubi has gone to great lengths to increase the the brutality of the combat in Splinter Cell: Conviction.

Capcom's on-rails Wii shooter Resident Evil: The Darkside Chronicles will attempt to cover a plethora of dark spots in the series' storyline. Here's a new trailer which takes a peek at a large assortment of new: scenes, enemies, bosses and the two new characters Javier and Manuela.

Hardcore veterans of Resident Evil lore, what can you pick out from this latest number?

As you might have noticed in the media, the talk of the gaming town is unquestionably Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2. Just to add to the growing pile of MW2 publicity is a Eminem-infused, accolade-riddled launch trailer for the game.

A gaming event, no doubt. A phenomenon, it's looking bloody likely.