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I may take November off...

October 25

November 8

Modern Warfare 3 is, as the name states, the 3rd installment of the Modern Warfare series from Call of Duty and I can't wait.  MW2 was great so I very much look forward to the 3rd part of the story.  While the multiplayer and online games is where the real investment is because of the replayablity.  I am hooked on the storyline from MW and MW2 and am really looking forward to seeing how the events of MW2 evolve into the 3rd "episode".  That being said... my excitement over MW3 is only a fraction of the excitement I have for Battlefield 3.  I've never played or purchased a Battlefield game.  But from what I've seen in previews and the limited multiplayer Beta... I may have found a new love to replace the CoD franchise.  Something that I really didn't think would be possible.  The graphics, even in Beta, were great and the destructible environments were amazing.  Tree in the way + RPG = no more obstruction.  I will be buying both.  Taking days off for both.  And sleeping less for a few weeks after release.  I'm sure I will have some comments on each (probably more comments than most will care to read) after playing each.

Video of the Week

Kenny... Powers 

Kenny Powers - The K-Swiss MFCEO (UNCENSORED) from Michael Bay

CoD Black Ops

Every bit as good as advertised, for those who are interested in such things... 1AM bed times are not kosher.  Actually glad to be out of town next week to catch up on my book.

New Video Game Day

It's new video game day and I am very excited as I often am on this day.  After my two previous video game desires got horrible reviews  they were no gos on the the purchase front (one of which was borrowed and confirmed as a solid decision), I have high, yet measured hopes for Call of Duty Black Ops, I don't think there is any way possible for the storyline to beat Modern Warfare 2, but they did bring in some big guns for voice overs such as Gary Oldman.  So there is potential, but with such a disappointing year in video games thus far, I've gotta approach this with caution.  If preorders are any indication it'll be epically awesome or a colossal bust, because early indicators have it paced to beat MW2, which put up HUGE numbers.  I'm picking this up after work and ... it'll likely be a late night/early morning combo.

Video of the Week

Maybe the best video game commercial I have ever seen...  Kobe? and Kimmel with an RPG? no talking frog or horse with creepy human characteristics can top that.

Call of Duty Modern Warfare 2 - The Review

In a single word, perfect.

This game is so breathtakingly amazing that I seriously struggle to find words to adequately describe it.  This game has more drama and plot twists and turns than a Hollywood blockbuster.  The plot, the music, the visuals, all were top notch.

To clear up the biggest bit of "controversy" (Not sure if any readers will play this but **SPOILERS** are sprinkled throughout, so if you don't want anything ruined skip to the last paragraph now)   their was a stage that involved participation in a terrorist attack on unarmed civilians in an airport.  First off, it should be no surprise that the media blew it out of proportion and took it completely out of context.  In the context of the game and the games stoyline it made sense.  Was it disturbing, absolutely.  But the game's theme is meant to be so, one of Modern Warefare's goals is to get you emotionally involved, emotionally invested in the game.  This disturbs a lot of people because it's new, I mean it's hard to get emotionally involved in jumping on a turtle or getting a fireball flower.  The scene certainly was hard to watch but it was very powerful and spoke to the absolute worst side of humanity, that like it or not does exist.  And to further clarify, you don't have to participate in the executions, you walk through and watch, but you dont' have to actively "do" anything.  Nevertheless, it DID fit the game's plot it was not an unecessary attempt to add violence and gore.  **Big Spoiler** Essentially, your character was an undercover agent that infultrated a Russian Terrorist ring, at the end of the airport attack, they shoot you and leave you there.  Leave you an American there.  Which then leads Russia to attack the U.S. bringing the war to the U.S. views of DC in ruins were pretty gripping.

Alright, I've gone on about this for far to long and the geekiness has shown through way too much.  My bottomline point is that I equate this more to a movie than a video game.  There were plot twists, betrayals, an amazing score, and you were truely emotionally invested in the story and characters from the moment you hit the start button. 

All that praise and I didn't even talk about the online gameplay....