Alright, this is it...the second TMM entry and the first one with substance (disgraceful, I know). So let's start with a bang and talk about Call of Duty 2. If you own the game, you should be asking yourself why you aren't owning Nazis in the stellar single player or owning noobs in the fantastic multiplayer instead of reading this. If you DON'T own the game, then you should be asking yourself why you haven't bought it yet.

Yes, Call of Duty 2 by our good buddies over at Infinity Ward is just that awesome. The thing is just as chaotic and harrowing as the original Call of Duty but looks and sounds SO good. It pretty much blows away its Quake III Engine predecessor in every way. This should come as no surprise, as the Quake III Engine was a dinosaur way back in 2003 when the original was released. Call of Duty 2 will have you screaming Doom 3 all over again in terms of graphics.

Thankfully, it won't have you screaming Doom 3 in terms of gameplay. Call of Duty 2 is just as explody and shooty as the original. Hell, the thing practically blew out my lower left speaker by itself! The thing looks great but it sounds even better. And the thing, as I said, looks like Doom 3.

This whole things draws into the spotlight the next gen focus on graphics and atmosphere while allowing the gameplay and character to take a back seat. This is another rant for another time (you're crushed, I know) but suffice it to say that developers need to look to stuff like Call of Duty 2 more and more if they want to keep pushing these "atmospheric" releases out faster and faster.

By now, you should have been wondering why I'm not playing Call of Duty 2 right now, yes? The truth is that some drone got it into their head that their sense of justice was higher than mine and gave me a detention. The nerve :roll:. And no, I'm not telling you what It's for.

...Ok, I said f*ck. Oh my gorsh, I just said it again! Must be them goshdarned videogames :roll:.

Stay tuned for Entry 3 where I get my damn banner up and post sweet pr0n links*.

~N

*Not really. Read my blog anyway.