It was a mission any fan of first-person shooters would accept: fly to Los Angeles and be transported to an undisclosed location to play Call of Duty: Black Ops two weeks before its release.
Whisked from LAX first via black SUV and then five helicopters – mine a now-civilian Huey chopper, a stalwart of the Vietnam War – three dozen of us arrived at the Ojai (Calif.) Valley Inn & Spa. In each of our rooms: a 55-inch Samsung 3D LED display, a Panasonic surround sound system, an Xbox 360 system and a customized Mad Catz gaming headphone setup.
– it’s true, I would so accept this mission.