For the love of gaming

At 11:45 p.m. on Nov. 9, in front of a gaming store, a long line of people waited patiently, if not enthusiastically, for the arrival of the new video game called “Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2.”

Richard Moylan, an employee at the game store, said the wait for this game has been about a year. Moylan said that it wouldn’t take very long to get through the 200 people in line because they all pre-ordered the game to ensure that they had a copy to play the night it came out. The multi-player capabilities drew many players into the game.

” ‘Call of Duty’ is an online multi-player game that allows 9-on-9 person battles,” Moylan said.

This is of great interest to the avid video-gamer who wants to face the most competition and prove their strength. This is not the only winning feature of this game.

“This game is more realistic than others. It has really great graphics and you get to play with real weapons that they use in the military,” Colin Pennington, a recent graduate of Georgia Military College, said.

This game has proven to appeal to a variety of age groups like with Devin Dubay, a high school senior at GMC, and his father Paul Dubay. Both play video games religiously, devoting eight hours straight to playing on the weekends, and approximately four hours every weeknight.

“This game is better than other games because you have different guns to chose from. You can actually customize weapons and pick certain attachments that you will need,” Devin Dubay said.

They also stated that the “perks” of this game, or the incentives that you earn from reaching a certain level, are expected to be more helpful in this version than in past versions.

“There are generally three perks in each series. In this series, which is the sixth, they have removed the perk from the last game that did not allow you to die. It’s just overall better,” Paul Dubay said.

Most gamers stated that they were going to devote their entire night to playing this new game with their friends. Some were even willing to miss school to learn the new ins and outs of the game. Not so for Harrison Kone, a freshman at GCSU.

“I’ve been itching to play this game since the fourth game and I own all of the ones in the series, but this game doesn’t come before school,” Kone said. “I’m going to put it on my shelf and play it tomorrow.”

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