Petraeus’s storied career lives on in Call of Duty

Not that it needed it, but there's an additional selling point for the new video game "Call of Duty: Black Ops II." In the supposed year 2025, the digitized Secretary of Defense has a familiar name: Petraeus. Looks just like him too. No avatar for the Petraeus biographer, though. Does this mean it will some day be a collector’s item? Probably not, since the game is incredibly popular and far from a “limited release.” Plus, the games maker has already hinted that it won’t be doing any damage control, noting that it is, after all, just a game.

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