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Man do I miss playing Call of Duty, all I’ve been doing lately is working and studying for school. I was scheduled to work eight days in a row, which really sucks because I basically go to work instantly after school gets out. School is a full time job and on top of learning I have a part time job, therefore I have no time to do anything until eight at night. I never seem to be able to have enough time to play anymore.

I remember back when Call of Duty 4 came out, I played that too much. I believe that I logged 24 days of online play in a matter of six months to a year and that’s a lot, believe me. I was tenth prestige aka the gold cross; prestige mode is a way to up your status online in CoD, what happens is that you lose everything you earned in 55 levels to get a new symbol and start over with a fresh slate. That may sound lame and you might ask why anyone would to that. Well, the only answers are boredom and also to get a super cool symbol. I did that ten times, it took me maybe 15 days of being in actual game play to achieve this prestigious symbol. I was also able to achieve golden camo weapons that could only be unlocked if you completed everything for a certain class of weapons. I was clearly addicted to that game and since I didn’t want to do my homework back then and had nothing else to do outside of school I resorted to this amazing game. I don’t regret it at all it gave me bragging rights to all my friends, but since I have matured I have logged less and less time on these games.

This brings me to the next Call of Duty game, known as World at War. The creators, although they were different, copied the format from CoD 4, but added some twists in, such as some different perks, weapons, attachments, and Nazi zombies. Even though it sounds different, the basic concept was the same, but set in World War 2. In this game, since I didn’t play it as much, I only got to 7th prestige, and I mostly used my time to beat my last Nazi zombie level. Call of Duty has been known for its online play and compelling story line, CoD 5 had both the Nazi killing was something that stood out and made the game that much better. Therefore I didn’t spend 24 days online, I cut it to about half of that and focused a lot of time on massacring zombies.

This then led to the most recent Call of Duty, Modern Warfare 2. I’m also addicted to this, but since I have no time to sooth my addiction I’m not able to play as much as I did in the past. This is definitely the best one by far, they revamped the online by overhauling the perk system and also giving me a better choice of what to put on my gun. I love this game and lately I’ve been suffering with withdrawals because school, AP tests, and work keep getting in the way. I can’t wait until this summer when I can play for however long I want and almost whenever I want.

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