Over the years, Call of Duty campaigns have delivered the closest distillation of Michael Bay-style cinematic set piece action in video games. The first-person military shooter franchise, perhaps the most popular series of games in the world, has increasingly tilted in favour of its money-spinning multiplayer modes, with gradual introduction of battle passes, microtransactions, and downloadable content, but some of its single player campaigns remain a benchmark for bombastic sequences in the medium. Memorable missions from Call of Duty titles are part of gaming folklore — the raw shock of a nuclear detonation, the tense deliberations of a ghillied-up sniper, and the disturbing implications of a false flag terror attack; CoD campaigns have sustained their commitment to over-the-top, knockout moments with imaginative mission design, the “Oorah” machismo of American military might, and immersive cinematics that punctuate the action.
Playing Modern Warfare 3 Reminded Me How Tough It Is to Be a Woman Online
16.11.2023 - 22:36 / gamepur.com / Be A
The moment I slipped my husband’s Xbox headphones over my ears to settle in for a game of Zombies in Modern Warfare 3, my mind slid back to the first (and last) time I used in-game chat.
It was the early 2000s, and every guy I knew was obsessed with Halo. As a girl who took pride in her Super Smash Bros skills, I wanted to be good at this game, too. I wanted to beat the boys because I wanted to prove I could be a gamer, too.
The trouble was, I wasn’t good at Halo. My early forays were local play with people I knew, who might laugh at my inability to hit a moving target but who were nice enough about it. Then, I decided to borrow my brother’s account and log in for online play. That’s when I learned what it’s like to have a female voice in the online chat for a first-person shooter.
Are You A Girl?
I can’t remember if I actually tried to start a conversation or if I made an offhand comment without realizing my mic was on, but it did not take long to learn that everyone in chat would lose their minds at the sound of my 15-year-old girl’s voice.
The instant I said anything on the mic, the chat erupted with a chorus of “Are you a girl?” To be fair, in a chat full of guys who haven’t hit puberty yet, it’s probably a valid question. But the tone beneath it, the fascination mixed with something else, felt… less than great.
If I said yes, one of two things inevitably came next. Increased interest and a flurry of unwanted attention or a barrage of pointed questions about what a girl could possibly be doing playing a game like Halo. Either way, it felt like a clear reminder that I didn’t belong in this space, that I was an anomaly.
I wanted to crush them with my gameplay so they’d shut up with their questions, but that would require me to be any good at first-person shooters, which I was not. So I endured the comments, the questions, the pointed remarks, all the while losing my interest in this game and anything like it.
Does this Space Suit Come in Pink?
There was a brief period where I tried to lean into it. I would be the most feminine girl gamer you ever saw running around your screen in this first-person shooter. I created a profile for myself, where my little spacesuit could be pink, where my avatar would announce what my voice would have revealed anyway. I’d be female all up in their faces, and I’d show them.
Except this just increased the “Are you a girl?” questions, and ignoring them didn’t make the messages and the taunting stop. It just pissed them off, earning me more rude comments in what I can only guess was an effort to force me to turn on my mic and confirm whether I was female.
I wanted to be the girl in the pink spacesuit who ran around the map, completely owning the boys. But I
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What We Played #629 – Warhammer Realms of Ruin, COD Modern Warfare 3 & P5 Tactica
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