Does Call of Duty Believe in Anything?

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The game gives a no no to chemical warfare, but in the first mission you call in white phosphorus.

Is this game political? Performs extrajudicial murder of a civilian in a war zone No.

Rewatching this, and I realized that MW actually displays torture as working perfectly, when in reality torture is an extremely unreliable way of getting information

Anyone who says their story about war is not political is a huge coward and should be mocked mercilessly.

the fact that they made a fictional middle eastern country attack a real european city shows really clear what kind of politics they had in mind

For some people, apolitical = in line with their worldview And they don't even realize it.

Fun fact; If your game is being assissted by the united states military, you're not presenting all perspectives. They don't assist if you don't portray them in a positive light.

The funniest part of gamers who say, "I'm sick of politics in my video games!" is that they LOVE politics in video games. They're just sick of seeing politics THEY don't agree with in video games.

"It seems insane to get political" is an extremely political statement.

love how "gamers" think women and lgbt ppl automatically make a game "political" but war and terrorism don't

“Disco Elysium isn’t about real life so it’s not political” is quite a take

COD's developers: this game isn't political Also COD's developers during the same interview: this game deals with themes like imperialism

Ah yes, the secret technique of turning your head a little while being waterboarded. Checkmate torture.

"If there had come a point in the game where Captain Price made the decision to use chemical weapons against the enemy, the game would have framed it as a tough choice, but we need people who can make tough choices to protect our freedom." Fun fact, that's exactly what he did in Modern Warfare 3. He gases a man for information, then kills him when he gets the information.

This reminds me a meme that went like: "Games have two genders: male and political. Two races: White and political. Two sexual orientations: Straight and political."

I admire their commitment to their cowardice. It takes real guts to not stand for anything, and even more to obviously have an opinion and direction and lie about it.

"I can't shoot Captain Price, but I can shoot this baby" Damn..

I've said it once, I'll say it again, if your game focuses on warfare in any way, it's a political game. War is an inherently political process.

I know I’m late to the party here, but Jacob’s conclusion as to what CoD actually believes in reminds me strongly of the conclusion that Shaun came to regarding the politics of the Harry Potter series: there are no good or bad actions. There are only good and bad teams. If the bad team does something heinous, it’s simply because they’re The Bad Guys. If the good team does something heinous, it’s actually fine, because, well, they’re The Good Guys. Actions do not determine the goodness or badness of a particular group or individual; instead, the goodness or badness of the action is determined by whether it was committed by The Good Guys or The Bad Guys.