Week 7 BOC: YouTube Video

This video is a short video intended to be a funny parody of the online gaming community surrounding Call of Duty: Black Ops. It is a game that I play with friends on occasion, and it can be quite fun and challenging if this type of entertainment appeals to you.

However, one element that I have noticed surrounding the game and its so called community is the lack of respect and politic that is fostered by it. For the most part, people forgo be polite and nice with a desire to have a good time for being rude, childish and unquestionably insulting. It can be, and is in many ways, pathetic.

A game, by definition, is supposed to be fun and entertaining. Unfortunately some of the lesser elements of the community don't take it as fun, but as a means to insult and degrade other people, simply because it is part of a community that is for the majority, anonymous and virtual. It becomes sad to see that many people in our culture get more enjoyment out of using games and forms of online entertainment such as this as more of a digital shouting board for their rude, juvenile opinions rather using them as they were intended, for fun. And for the record, no, just because you have a good time insulting other people online does not mean it's a valid form of fun or entertainment.

All in all, the game is still fun despite the negative aspects of the community that have surfaced because of these types of services. But it is still worthy of play from time to time.