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:

Alright kids, Modern Warfare 2 launches today and I’m sure you’re all very excited.

Just – try not to play it around grandparents, or any related veterans in your family, tomorrow. It’s Remembrance Day. You know, pondering the horrors of war and all that. It might be a little gauche to be popping off headshots and laughing maniacally at the carnage in MW2 on that date. Just sayin’. In fact, if you can possibly leave it in the box until Thursday…. that’s just a suggestion.