20 Gaming Facts That Will RUIN Your Favourite Franchise

12. Government Brainwashing - Call Of Duty

While the Call Of Duty games are regarded as action-packed blockbusters, the franchise has never been afraid to tackle the harsh realities of war. Modern Warfare 2 contained the hard-hitting No Russian mission, the Modern Warfare reboot saw players caught in a chemical attack as a child, and the Black Ops games took inspiration from real-world operations like MK-Ultra to explore ideas surrounding psychological conditioning.

Given how critical the Black Ops titles were of agency and government control, it's more than ironic that David Anthony, the director of Black Ops and Black Ops II, has suggested that the US government should "brainwash" the public.

Speaking at The Atlantic Council think tank in 2014 about the future of warfare, Anthony proposed that the government should expose unpopular ideas to the population as if they were a marketing team trying to sell a new product. These ideas, he explained, should be "marketed as much as possible, whether people like it or not" to "essentially brainwash them into liking it."

While the Call Of Duty games are heavily fictionalised, Anthony's words are a stark reminder that the cynical corporate world depicted in those games is chillingly close to real life.