I just turned off Saving Private Ryan, which is on TNTHD right now, to play Call of Duty 3. It occurred to me as I did it that I was doing so in part because the movie was getting to the part I dislike, where Upham has his cowardly moment. So, I go from a movie that shows one of the challenges of war, to a game where war is no challenge (“Respawn already!”). Bravery, honor, and valor have no equivalent in video game war.

I don’t really have any deep insight here, just saying I found the transition interesting.