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Introducing "Above and Beyond" - A Call of Duty Campaign* Retrospective

      Call of Duty is a game franchise that spans twenty-two mainline games, a few spin-offs, and a lot of Nintendo demakes. In a word, it's immense, each game a six to eight hour campaign that's multiplied in length by the near infinite multiplayer and co-op modes, whether that be Zombies or Extinction. Add on Warzone, the series's new cash cow, and the games hit a player with a barrage of content to chew through. How can anyone write about this? I have a fascination with Call of Duty. It's half nostalgia, the campaign, multiplayer, and Zombies modes of Black Ops II filling a large part of afternoons in middle school- and it's half modern interest. I like to look at art about America, and in part that's what Call of Duty is- games about America, how it sees itself, and how it sees the rest of the world. Not always intentionally, but still important to look at. There's real art buried in these games at times, a level here that's well made, a great feelin...