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In a way this is what the most competitive part of the male brain wants. All that namby-pamby sharing bullshit that’s been hoisted on you since childhood can finally be chucked. You are on your own to prove yourself and no one else can take credit for what you do or slow you down. Fight Club famously worked similar ideas on its way to cult success. The reason for having a fight club has to do with men feeling trapped and sissified by an increasingly feminine society. They need a place to work frustration out and be men. That idea grows into a seemingly noble plot to destroy the world’s credit system before the movie yanks back on the chain by telling those people how idiotic that is and showing how the fight clubbers had ceased to think for themselves.

That’s sorta where I’m at in my thinking on Modern Warfare. It’s the closest thing to a fight club for a large number of mostly men. Still, there’s something a little unsettling and “brainwashy” about how it draws those folks in and almost turns the game into a job. People can pour whole afternoons into this thing and I’ve witnessed firsthand the determination hundreds of people in just my college town alone have to give their money and time over to the game.