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Topical Tuesday: In-Game Death

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Call of Duty : Modern Warfare 2. I had the enemy in my sights. I waited for him to walk into my crosshairs, fingers ready to pull the trigger. And then from behind – my enemy’s teammate leaps into the air like a panther, knife coming straight down into my back. I am dead, and the enemy I “had in my sights” is gone. Seeing as this was the first time I had played CoD:MW2, I was aghast, but a part of me was also amazed. That was awesome.

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Many of you have probably had a moment like that in a multiplayer game – no matter what the genre – where the enemy so fantastically kicked your ass that you just had to pause, put down the controller, and say “Wow.” We want to hear about those moments.

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