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In what’s looking like a weekly occurrence, Infinity Ward has gone completely off the deep end and pissed off a large number folks with the latest promotional video for Modern Warfare 2. This latest video features the Philadelphia Phillies pitcher Cole Hamels in a mock PSA warning against grenade spam in Modern Warfare 2. The video comes across very much like Rooster Teeth’s Halo PSAs and is moderately funny until the last few seconds. Where things go awry is the acronym used in the very end of the video: “Fight Against Grenade Spam.” Yes that’s right F.A.G.S.
Last week it was terrorists killing civilians, the week before it was dedicated servers on PC, now they’re posting a YouTube video featuring a homophobic punchline! Clearly IW is pandering to the largest portion of their fan base, the ignorant unwashed masses of Xbox Live. These are the same folks that will freely use the n-word, f*g, h*mo, etc. It’s as if they were somehow concerned that the game wasn’t going to reach the widest possible audience, now they’ve ensured their success by appealing to the lowest common denominator.
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