User blog comment:OfficialUboa/Call Of Duty Rant/@comment-3476077-20120116154506

Not liking CoD. Good man.

However, not creating a story based on major world events? I really don't see the problem. Just because material may be "racy", or objectionable by some party to some degree does not make an argument. Otherwise, movies like Schindler's List, the Diary of Anne Frank, and the Boy in the Striped Pajamas wouldn't have been made. Would you rather have history be kept under lock and key, and have every awkward subject regarding it turned into a taboo?

Back to Call of Duty though. Yes, the games are shameless in their grittiness, in "GRIZZLY DEATH GORE I'M SO FUCKING P[Ort3425ki.;pKEF,Igtfhrth45yeOFB," and their plots are pretty standard "You're the best the military has to offer" faire, but to criticize all that means to criticize the Video Game genre as a whole. Games like Battlefield, Bulletstorm, CoD, Dragon Age, Fallout, Half-Life, Oblivion, Painkiller, Rage, Skyrim, and plenty of other games deal with war or other bloody conflicts in their own ways. Be it a standard sword-and-sorcery adventure, a post-apocalyptic faction punch-out, or Seal Team Six saving the muthafuckin' day. All these involve killing or some aspect of blood and gore. Most of the games on that list are in my collection, and I find 'em pretty enjoyable, if not high art. I FORGOT WHAT MY POINT IS, BUT I'M SURE YOU GET WHAT I'M SAYING.