Review: 'Call of Duty: Black Ops Cold War': Patriot games
The United States of America: Boy, we sure are exhausting.
This was the conclusion I reached after finishing the single-player campaign in the latest "Call of Duty," a realization that I don't believe was entirely unintentional. These are games designed by global teams of hundreds of people, crafted largely as multiplayer powerhouses that generate money long after the initial sale. But the modern single-player "Call of Duty" campaigns are full of narrative tension that speaks to those the game publisher believes are its intended players.
Contradictions are present in the newest installment. The franchise can't break free from its pro-America stance, and the latest, a game set amid the stress of the early 1980s Cold War, frames Ronald Reagan as a movie star hero who viewed the presidency as the role of
