When you face low expectations, falling short of them doesn’t count for much either. And that’s the dirty secret of Call of Duty, which has spent four years solidifying its image as a crass chickenhawk brand thanks to some particularly dumb marketing initiatives. But hiring on Col Oliver North to stump for Black Ops 2 represents a new low.
We were always under the impression that The Guinness World Records only included listings of things that could be measured by quantity — most number of X, tallest Y, shortest Z, tiniest bean, etc. As it turns out, our impression is wrong and there is room for opinion in the book of World Records.
The gentleman who dressed up as the box for Call of Duty: Black Ops at this year’s Fan Expo in Toronto, US was one of our favourite cosplayers of 2011. He sends everyone here best wishes for 2012 with that picture of him and Katee Sackhoff, better known as Starbuck from Battlestar Galactica. “I can’t tell if she liked my costume or not,” Black Ops Guy said.
At Call of Duty Zombie Labs, the worlds’ top scientists are working around the clock to familiarise themselves with the undead inside and out. And inside-out. Ew.
