I see the Digital Foundry section of Eurogamer has posted another of their bellows-like game comparisons. And what else could it be this week but Modern Warfare 2, the game that ate 2009.

If you’d like the exhaustive details, by all means click through. There’s lots of videos and pics, spread over 3 pages for their convenience. If you are anything like me you’ll watch what looks like 2 nearly-identical videos, then read the text about the Significant Differences. They never seem to match, the visuals and the words. But I suppose I have a peasant’s ocular sensitivity, because they’ve got graphs and shit, and I certainly can’t argue with that. The 360 one is sporting a fairly obvious Bloom Effect, circa 2004, while the PS3 version has better shadows but a less-scorching  framerate.

Anyways, I much preferred this comparison (courtesy chubigans) of the relative sociological differences baked into the 360 and PS3 versions. Shockingly the (Japanese!) console comes out with a higher score on the Palin Eagle-Chewing Grits-and-Gunrack Index of Don’t Fuckin’ Tread On Me Patriotism. Click to embiggen: