Finished: Call of Duty 4

I'm pretty happy to wrap this game up. It gave me just enough of a taste of maddening challenge to feel relieved that it's over. I'm not left wondering what all the fuss is about, nor am I so exhausted that I have nothing to say about the game. I beat the game on the hardest mode, veteran, and with the exception of one ridiculous level, and I think that it was the perfect challenge for me.

I'll keep playing the game online until I max out my profile. I don't quite understand what people are getting out of this "prestige" mode. It doesn't serve any purpose online other than to get you a different unattainable rank. But the price, resetting just about all your unlocked items and challenges, is too heavy for me. As little time as I do play the game, I need something to remind me of all the time I put into it.

It's like why I enjoy games that have a running clock of how many hours you put into beating it. Gamers really don't have anything to show for their hard work to the real world outside our game rooms, so any tangible, programmed measurement is welcome. If it were a total of pink bunnies in a flower basket, I'd be sure to tell you I had gotten all 55 of those furry bastards and even that I'd named the last one Willie, the name of that kid who I got into a butter fight with in elementary school.

I got him now.