Modern Warfare 2: A Very Late Random Goldfish Review

Most media reviews happen upon release of said media – movies, books, TV shows, video games.  They represent an elitist and snobby perspective on the subject – someone who is paid to critically review the intellectual property, drawing on vast expertise.  The critic also has to finish the product and write the review and get on to the next product asap to make his/her bosses happy.  So not only are professional reviews overcritical from a layperson’s perspective, they are based on a method of consumption that most common folks don’t use.

For example, when I play a video game that is 15 hours long, it takes me around a month.  A video game reviewer will finish the game in a day or two. This makes the experience fundamentally different – repetitious components of the game for the reviewer will serve only as an annoyance, whereas for me repetition serves as a guidepost and helpful reminder of where we left off (see Creed, Assassin’s).  A book may take me several weeks to read, whereas a NY Times reviewer may finish it in one sitting.  Furthermore, I haven’t read every book in the genre, so a book’s similarity to another title doesn’t upset the balance of the universe like it does for a NY Times book reviewer. Nerds.

Anyway, that is the premise for reviews at Josh Being Josh. Real people reviewing things. Maybe several months after things come out. And that’s more authentic and more Random, if not Very Late. Some reviews will be done with my bff Goldfish, ergo the Random Goldfish Reviews. If you aren’t bored out of your mind by now, here is the first one.

Modern Warfare 2: A Very Late Random Goldfish Review

My platinum plaques and status is whack if I’m not the baddest… Eminem, Till I Collapse

Truer words. The song (top 5  of the decade) is perfect for the launch trailer for Modern Warfare 2. Call of Duty 4: Modern Warfare was the true Halo Killer. Lots of games aspired to kill Mr. Halo, but none of them lived up to their self-billing. Then Infinity Ward took their Call of Duty split franchise (it’s complicated) from World War 2 to a modern-day setting. Mr. Halo became Mr. #2, and we all know who # 2 works for. Modern Warfare has been #1 for a while now, and the sequel might well be the most anticipated video game of all time.

But Modern Warfare 2‘s platinum plaques and status is whack if it isn’t the baddest. Does the game live up to the unprecedented hype? Keep reading “below the fold”. Pretty Please.