"We do all the things we can to essentially brainwash people into liking it before it actually comes out"
hahaha, yeah, marketing looks like brainwashing sometimes, hahaha
"That's what former Call of Duty director Dave Anthony told a think-tank forum in Washington this week."
wait a minute
"The forum was organised by the Atlantic Council, a think-tank where Anthony is a fellow in international security"
waaaaait a minute
"stationing undercover US soldiers in schools, much like air marshalls on aeroplanes.
"The public won't like it, they'll think it's a police state," he said, then added, "All of these are solvable problems."
well fuck
"The hugely successful Call of Duty franchise has strong ties to the real-world US military."
can't treat this as minor trivia anymore
btw, this is a vid I wanted to post because I found it inspiring from the creative POV, but I suppose it also talks about the people who will actually keep an eye on your kids, without shooting them or blacklisting them in some military database:
http://www.ted.com/talks/jarrett_krosoczka_why_lunch_ladies_are_heroes