YouTube - Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2 - Teaser

"Remember, you're Russian." (about 1:08 in)

As far as spending money, this is the next game I'll be renting after Tekken. I agree with not paying however much money for a fixed-length single player game and a multiplayer mode I don't care about, particularly since my cash is really limited.

I'm glad there's someone who is more intimate with the franchise than I am who can 'defend' it a little better than I can. Really, we can't pass judgement on it without getting the whole story. That's not quite what I want to happen here, though.

This will hit the mass media. People will judge it out of context (regardless if there is any justifying context within the game or not). You will hear about it elsewhere. I hope to get at least some discussion going beforehand, so if a 'normal person' comes to you as a gamer and says 'How 'bout that Terrorism simulator Call of Duty?' you potentially have something more constructive to say than 'I dunno, I don't play that.' Whichever way you feel about it.

*goes back to paying attention in class*