Normally I would never, ever read anything the
LA Weekly has to say about gaming, but my buddy @slimjimallen, author of the music and sports blog
Partial Disclosure, tweeted me the link to this "piece" re: the midnight release event in LA for
Call of Duty: Black Ops. Here are a few of my favorite tidbits from this"article":
"While you were sleeping, [the economy] partied with
passive-aggressive stoners looking to blow some bitches up with toggles, middle-school Monster guzzlers looking to kill the pain with another epic bloodbath and bored-to-death businessmen looking for -- to be honest -- a reason to live."
"Last month,
key "Black Ops" competitor (and neighborhood nuisance) "Medal of Honor" was released to give couch soldiers something to twiddle their thumbs with until the real deal was ready. But "Call of Duty" is like an iPod -- nothing's ever quite as good as the original."
"Inside this time capsule, new-age graphics are dazzling. The game is crisper, louder and far more customizable
(think Wartime Barbie) than its predecessors or competitors -- and at a whole new level of frightening, against a backdrop of sporadic missiles and helicopters with minds of their own. Ever heard of a knife-dart or crossbow-rocket? Now you have."
