Yesterday while I was out hunting for a new 360 to replace my busted one, I was looking through all the games the store had on the shelves and saw Call of Duty: Ghosts, now I'm going to be honest, I'm a HUGE fan of Call of Duty, not just because of the fact that I support the military, but I like the stories the games tell. Not a fan of the multiplayer as its filled with a bunch of trashtalking 10-year-olds who think they're tough shit for playing a CoD game.
What really bugs me is when some kid tells me they want to join the Military, I ask him why, and he says "Because its just like Call of Duty." I looked at the kid and said "Call of Duty is just a game, real warfare isn't." Then the kid tells me I don't know anything about the Military, I laughed and said "I have a friend and a cousin in the Marines, a cousin in the National Guard, a friend who served in the Navy, a brother who served in the Army, and a grandfather who fought in WWII. They didn't join because of some stupid game, they joined because they wanted to fight for their country."
Kid then said to me, "What is the difference? CoD is about real war."
I told him "Real war isn't a damn video game. There is no such thing as 'Respawn'."
This is why little kids shouldn't play Call of Duty, because they will never understand what real warfare is after playing it. I had never served in the military, despite the fact that I wanted to be in the Marines, but from hearing all the stories from so many veterans and very few active duty soldiers, I believe I understand a little about real-life warfare.
But to me, the only way to truly know what real warfare is like, is to see it with ones own eyes.