Comments on: Who Needs Hollywood?

By: Veruckt

Veruckt — Sat, 26 Dec 2009 16:25:36 +0000

Hermes is correct the story was a massive letdown that made less than zero sense. That aside though the game is a blast.

On a related note a few friends of mine and I team up about 2 or 3 nights a week and play private matches just for sh*ts and giggles and we’re always looking for me people to join us. None of us are especially outstanding at the game (though I am decent) and since most of us are in our 30s or beyond, married, and working a minimum of 40 hours a week it’s just a good bit of escapism for us. Anyone interested in playing for fun rather than “Ranking up” just let me know and I’ll give you the particulars.

By: dr. zoon

dr. zoon — Fri, 25 Dec 2009 19:26:51 +0000

agreed … i don’t have much time for gaming, but that’s one i enjoyed. bummed none of my gear has enough muscle to play the new one. :-/

By: Hermes Guzman

Hermes Guzman — Fri, 25 Dec 2009 18:24:44 +0000

Well, I hate to be the one to break it to y’all, but MW2 is a HUGE letdown – without getting into the full story deficiencies, and not caring at all about ‘spoilers’, one of the main bad guys is an American Col., and you have to ally yourself with the other bad guy. Basically, it plays as just another Hollyweird anti-American trope, as far as I’m concerned.

By: Lars Walker

Lars Walker — Fri, 25 Dec 2009 18:13:21 +0000

Producing material for your audience isn’t “selling out,” if you hold on to the simple principle that–fairly often–the majority of the people are smarter than you think.

By: Kevin S

Kevin S — Fri, 25 Dec 2009 18:01:55 +0000

Old Hollywood was in it for the money too, but look at what they produced. Compare and contrast with what the Soviet Union produced. Name all those classic Soviet movies that people watch…crickets…Ideologues do not produce movies that people want to watch, they produce their opinions on what people be watching. Same goes for New Hollywood, they’ve become the Soviet Hollywood, a bunch ill-educated ideologues.

By: Mike

Mike — Fri, 25 Dec 2009 16:29:10 +0000

Okay, I’ll forgive Activision for what they did to Infocom.

It wouldn’t surprise me if somebody comments that these companies are just in it for the money, so I’ll just get in a pre-emptive “duh.” (That’s the Mike Doctrine, by the way.) Motives here aren’t anywhere near as important as actions, and companies that are willing to portray America’s fighting men as the heroes they are deserve support—the support that Hollywood has lost.

I think I remember Veruckt saying he was looking for Call of Duty playmates, Floyd. You guys should make a play date!

By: JohnFN

JohnFN — Fri, 25 Dec 2009 16:25:46 +0000

I played the heck out of Modern Warfare. Best first-person shooter game ever. I had the first one on PC, but got the sequel for PS3 as a birthday present and have been waiting the right moment to dive in head first. Once you turn it on, it’s difficult to turn off.