{"id":13179,"date":"2009-11-18T13:39:26","date_gmt":"2009-11-18T13:39:26","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/alienbabeltech.com\/main\/?p=13179"},"modified":"2009-11-21T02:39:45","modified_gmt":"2009-11-21T02:39:45","slug":"this-editors-modern-warfare-2-pet-peeve","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/alienbabeltech.com\/main\/this-editors-modern-warfare-2-pet-peeve\/","title":{"rendered":"UPDATE: This Editor&#8217;s Modern Warfare 2 Pet Peeve"},"content":{"rendered":"<p align=\"center\"><script type=\"text\/javascript\">\/\/ <![CDATA[\n google_ad_client = \"pub-7021221536180758\"; \/* 468x60, created 11\/11\/09 *\/ google_ad_slot = \"1949837292\"; google_ad_width = 468; google_ad_height = 60;\n\/\/ ]]><\/script><script src=\"http:\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/show_ads.js\" type=\"text\/javascript\">\n<\/script><\/p>\n<p>Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2 is one of 2009\u2019s most anticipated games and has become the biggest hit ever in entertainment with reported sales of US $310M in just 24 hours. Activision has yet again delivered on their promise of another solid first-person shooter.<\/p>\n<p>This comes out in the game experience because the single player campaign has done great justice to us, the gamers, that have all waited (im)patiently for the release. The multiplayer segment is a different story, which I won\u2019t get into.<\/p>\n<p>I have enjoyed the game immensely so far but I must point out that there is something about the game that got me rather upset\u2026<\/p>\n<p><em><span style=\"text-decoration: underline\"><span style=\"color: #ffff00\">**Spoiler Alert**<\/span><\/span><\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>For those of you that have not yet played the game, I will&#160; not be posting my pet peeve on this first page. This is just so you don\u2019t \u201csee it by accident\u201d. I will continue after the jump.<\/em><\/p>\n<p><!--pagetitle:Intro &#038; Spoiler Alert--><!--nextpage--><!--pagetitle:This Editor's Pet Peeve--><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"text-decoration: underline\"><strong>My Pet Peeve About CoD: MW2<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p>The problem I had was in the stage where you <strong>unavoidably<\/strong> have to play the role of an undercover CIA Agent, placed right beside the big, bad Makarov (the guy you really want to catch) and you are <strong>forced<\/strong> to take on the role of a terrorist!!<\/p>\n<p>This involves being a part of a terrorist group that walks up a flight of stairs in a Moscow airport, armed to the teeth, and start <strong>massacring innocent civilians<\/strong>. I was like \u201cWTF?!\u201d<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/i0.wp.com\/alienbabeltech.com\/main\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/11\/codmw2norussian-jpg.jpg\" target=\"_blank\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" style=\"border-right-width: 0px; margin: 0px 10px 5px 0px; display: inline; border-top-width: 0px; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-left-width: 0px\" title=\"CoD: MW2 - No Russian\" border=\"0\" alt=\"CoD: MW2 - No Russian\" align=\"left\" src=\"http:\/\/i1.wp.com\/alienbabeltech.com\/main\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/11\/codmw2norussian_thumb-jpg.jpg?resize=240%2C151\" data-recalc-dims=\"1\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>This is something I really didn\u2019t expect from this game and as such, I was happy that this portion was short-lived. At least in the end, I <em>got what I deserved<\/em>.<\/p>\n<p>For the longest while, there has been an ongoing discussion among the regulatory bodies about violence in games. Ratings are one thing but that doesn\u2019t really stop a 12 or 13 year-old from gaining access to \u201cMature\u201d (17+) game content but this is really beside my point.<\/p>\n<p>My point is that usually the way we can \u201cjustify\u201d such gory scenes and depictions in a video game is by pitting the proverbial \u201cGood versus Evil\u201d. If you take on the role of a secret operative and go to kill the bad guy, everyone can see and understand the rationale behind that. However, flipping that script like Modern Warfare 2 has (even ever so briefly), has in my opinion tarnished the finished product by exonerating that which the activists have tried to keep at bay.<\/p>\n<p>Don\u2019t get me wrong though, Modern Warfare 2 is still a cut above the rest and will still stand as one of the best games I have ever played. For a \u201cmature\u201d and sanely thinking person it is not that bad. I for one would not let a game influence my real life behaviour but then again, not everyone is the same.<\/p>\n<p>We live in a trying time where crime and violence and specifically terrorism is at the forefront of everyone\u2019s mind. Game developers should at least play their part in keeping things civil. I believe that Activision was trying to portray these actions as the wicked and brutal acts that they really are and they succeeded in doing that but they (and other developers) need to be careful.<\/p>\n<p>Just my two cents you guys. Sign up on <a href=\"http:\/\/alienbabeltech.com\/abt\/index.php\" target=\"_blank\">our forums<\/a> to join the discussion <a href=\"http:\/\/alienbabeltech.com\/abt\/viewtopic.php?f=60&amp;t=19147&amp;start=0\" target=\"_blank\">here<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>&#160;<\/p>\n<p><em><font color=\"#ffff00\">Update follows on the next page.<\/font><\/em><\/p>\n<p>&#160;<\/p>\n<p> <!--nextpage--><!--pagetitle:Update-->  <\/p>\n<p><u>UPDATE:<\/u><\/p>\n<p>I replayed the level without harming any civilians. However, after leaving inside the airport, where we had to go up against the armed forces, Makarov ended up killing me because I wasn\u2019t being \u201cloyal\u201d.<\/p>\n<p>In essence, not participating in the level blows your cover which results in death and a failed mission. At least, we are able to get past the civilians without participating in their awful massacre. We still, however, have to witness it and that gets a solid thumbs down from me.<\/p>\n<p>&#160;<\/p>\n<p><strong>Leon Hyman<\/strong>     <br \/><em><strong>Senior Editor<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p>Please join us in our <a href=\"http:\/\/alienbabeltech.com\/abt\/index.php\" target=\"_blank\">Forums<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Become a Fan on <a href=\"http:\/\/www.facebook.com\/pages\/AlienBabelTech\/123268467142\" onclick=\"_gaq.push(['_trackEvent', 'outbound-article', 'http:\/\/www.facebook.com\/pages\/AlienBabelTech\/123268467142', 'Facebook']);\" target=\"_blank\">Facebook<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Follow us on <a href=\"http:\/\/twitter.com\/alienbabeltech\" onclick=\"_gaq.push(['_trackEvent', 'outbound-article', 'http:\/\/twitter.com\/alienbabeltech', 'Twitter']);\" target=\"_blank\">Twitter<\/a><\/p>\n<p>For the latest updates from ABT, please <a href=\"http:\/\/alienbabeltech.com\/main\/?feed=rss2\" target=\"_blank\">join our RSS News Feed<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Join our Distributed Computing teams<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Folding@Home &#8211; Team AlienBabelTech &#8211; 164304 <\/li>\n<li>SETI@Home &#8211; Team AlienBabelTech &#8211; 138705 <\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.worldcommunitygrid.org\/reg\/viewRegister.do?teamID=3P39R3SRV1\" onclick=\"_gaq.push(['_trackEvent', 'outbound-article', 'http:\/\/www.worldcommunitygrid.org\/reg\/viewRegister.do?teamID=3P39R3SRV1', 'World Community Grid &#8211; Team AlienBabelTech']);\" target=\"_blank\">World Community Grid &#8211; Team AlienBabelTech<\/a> <\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/blockquote>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2 is one of 2009\u2019s most anticipated games. Activision has yet again delivered on their promise of another solid first-person shooter. However, I have a pet peeve<\/p>\n<p>Spoiler Alert: For those of you that have not yet played the game, I will  not be posting my pet peeve on this first page. This is just so you don\u2019t \u201csee it by accident\u201d.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2533,5],"tags":[1047,665,663,2478,2699,2704,2703,2707,2706,2708],"class_list":["post-13179","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-abt-news","category-gaming","tag-activision","tag-call-of-duty","tag-cod","tag-editor","tag-modern-warfare-2","tag-mw-2","tag-mw2","tag-peeve","tag-pet","tag-pet-peeve"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/alienbabeltech.com\/main\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/13179","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/alienbabeltech.com\/main\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/alienbabeltech.com\/main\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/alienbabeltech.com\/main\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/4"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/alienbabeltech.com\/main\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=13179"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"http:\/\/alienbabeltech.com\/main\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/13179\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/alienbabeltech.com\/main\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=13179"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/alienbabeltech.com\/main\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=13179"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/alienbabeltech.com\/main\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=13179"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}