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Call of Duty fans debate upcoming movie director Peter Berg's years-old comments, where he once called war games "pathetic" and gamers "weak"

Eurogamer.net·Victoria Phillips Kennedy·about 1 month ago
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Image credit: Activision A 2013 interview with Call of Duty film director Peter Berg, in which he called those who played war games such as Call of Duty "weak" and "pathetic", has recently resurfaced, leading to plenty of discussion amongst the series' fans. While it's over a decade old at this point, Berg certainly had some choice words. At the time, he said "the only people that I give a Call of Duty get-out-of-jail-free card to is the military", and implored gamers to get outside and do something more worthwhile with their time. Needless to say, some have now started to question if he is the right person to be helming, of all things, a Call of Duty film adaptation. Over the weekend, ResetEra user Neat shared the original 2013 interview from Esquire , in which the publication called Berg a "public advocate of American manhood".…

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