We're the Military and Airpower Guys of Jonah Goldberg of National Review Online + a stray we found wandering around looking lost. All original material JHD, BHD, JR, WT, and KA 2003-2010 http://www.thedonovan.com/archives/2008/02/from_an_email_1.html Sat, 24 Mar 2012 15:32:37 Z Movable Type 4.12 en Copyright 2012 http://www.rssboard.org/rss-specification I get a lot of email, with lots of good stuff. Heck, I rely on it. I can't keep my eye on everything, and if readers are sending stuff they find interesting... chances are other readers will too. But, some of it isn't quite what it seems to the emailer. Like the one I got this morning. Incredible footage! Subject: SOF Mission First When you hear the media's talk of war deaths from "friendly fire," or rage, or pure murder, you have to remember that war is not the one-on-one shootouts depicted in movies and TV. War is hell, ambushes,... http://www.thedonovan.com/archives/2008/02/from_an_email_1.html http://www.thedonovan.com/archives/2008/02/from_an_email_1.html Sun, 24 Feb 2008 10:14:56 -0600 The audio is interesting because somebody took the effort to add in snippets from the real Afghanistan video, i.e. every time you hear "strike". I doubt those are in the CoD 4 game, so somebody made a conscious editing effort to fool people. http://www.thedonovan.com/archives/2008/02/from_an_email_1.html#comment-70057 http://www.thedonovan.com/archives/2008/02/from_an_email_1.html#comment-70057 Mon, 25 Feb 2008 12:10:30 -0600 Get it. I loved the game, especially the "NBC-1" report when the nuke went off. http://www.thedonovan.com/archives/2008/02/from_an_email_1.html#comment-70048 http://www.thedonovan.com/archives/2008/02/from_an_email_1.html#comment-70048 Mon, 25 Feb 2008 09:29:50 -0600 LOL - Some people are SOOOOO gullible! Yep, this is COD4. I have it, and this was the easiest level for me, so far. Awesome graphics, but geez, is this game intense. I finally just set it on "WIMP", and am still getting creamed. LOL Sometimes I have to go back to COD2 and MOH to repair my ego. LOL http://www.thedonovan.com/archives/2008/02/from_an_email_1.html#comment-70036 http://www.thedonovan.com/archives/2008/02/from_an_email_1.html#comment-70036 Sun, 24 Feb 2008 17:15:35 -0600 I got the game for Christmas, and when I got to this mission I was speechless. It is the best part of the game, in my opinion. Definitely some "&(@#$! cool" moments. The Activision folks really did their homework here. It very closely models the "real" youtube video that came out a couple years ago. http://www.thedonovan.com/archives/2008/02/from_an_email_1.html#comment-70034 http://www.thedonovan.com/archives/2008/02/from_an_email_1.html#comment-70034 Sun, 24 Feb 2008 14:34:03 -0600 I got the game for Christmas, and when I got to this mission I was speechless. It is the best part of the game, in my opinion. Definitely some "&(@#$! cool" moments. The Activision folks really did their homework here. It very closely models the "real" youtube video that came out a couple years ago. http://www.thedonovan.com/archives/2008/02/from_an_email_1.html#comment-70033 http://www.thedonovan.com/archives/2008/02/from_an_email_1.html#comment-70033 Sun, 24 Feb 2008 14:20:49 -0600 The movie *is* from CoD4, a friend has it and those all-white target figures are a dead (heh) giveaway. It's a cool game but you need a fairly high-end system to run it properly as it's *very* resource hungry. http://www.thedonovan.com/archives/2008/02/from_an_email_1.html#comment-70030 http://www.thedonovan.com/archives/2008/02/from_an_email_1.html#comment-70030 Sun, 24 Feb 2008 12:02:14 -0600 I have call of duty one and two. Pretty good. Although, all I keep thinking is "why not a hellfire"? At least twice, I would have let one off into the cars while they were nearby and gave them no exit route (since they kept running to them). http://www.thedonovan.com/archives/2008/02/from_an_email_1.html#comment-70029 http://www.thedonovan.com/archives/2008/02/from_an_email_1.html#comment-70029 Sun, 24 Feb 2008 11:38:40 -0600