Why Call of Dutys greatest power fantasy leads to its most disturbing scenes

Modern Warfare’s mission briefings might be pornography for hardcore military fetishists – all bristling gun barrels and intimate exhaust port close-ups – but there’s really only one vehicle that makes an impact deserving of Infinity Ward’s near-reverential treatment. For a game that’s in constant, unabashed thrall to military hardware, the AC-130 alone manages to communicate the sheer, terrifying