How Call of Duty turned war into a circus

Call of Duty was created by developers who worked on Medal of Honor, a World War 2 game modeled after Steven Spielberg's Saving Private Ryan. The film is brutal, unflinching, and a little bit romantic. But Call of Duty would grow into something much weirder, much bigger, and much more perverse than anyone could have known. It's part of a military apparatus selling war to the public. And it's fun.

0:00 Content Warning
0:14 Pat's favorite YouTube video
2:41 War on film: Saving Private Ryan
7:00 Call of Duty
7:07 I mean Medal of Honor
9:15 9/11 comes to Call of Duty
14:15 Exquisitely tuned gameplay
15:50 Call of Duty gets weirder
18:02 Modern Warfare 3 peaks
18:45 Hello, Jeep
20:40 The Military Entertainment Complex

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