The idea to play it in 2021 started as a joke between friends – a rose-tinted lurch into the past to deal with a fleeting dissatisfaction in the present. The months after Modern Warfare 2’s launch were a formative cultural moment in my teens, one that still resonates with millions of people today. I was 14 when Modern Warfare 2 came out in 2009 and yes, I did take the day off of school to quick scope my fellow “sick” classmates in a virtual airport. READ MORE: ‘It Takes Two’ first impressions: an essential quarantine co-op experience. It’s the one where the jaded food critic eats a dish that his mother used to make and the nostalgia is so powerful that it transports him back to his childhood, coaxing out several vulnerable emotions. Playing Modern Warfare 2 in 2021 on the Xbox Series X, I’m reminded of a scene from Pixar’s Ratatouille.
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