By now you've seen the new call of Duty: Black Ops single-player campaign teaser trailer that was released a few days ago. If you haven't, you'd better watch it now before we get started:
There's a bunch of helicopters, some explosions and a Terminator 2 inspired bit with motorbikes. But unless you've scanned it frame-by-frame and watched it back-to-back no fewer than 20 times, your vision holes are short-changing your brain.
The rocket is known as a Soyuz and was first used by the Russians in the 60s. Russians are known for their love of vodka.
The man shooting an empty car
This man appears to be unloading his assault rifle into an empty car. Either the vehicle has been completely evacuated of persons, or the persons is invisible, or the gunman is so angry he doesn't mind that he's wasting his time and ammo shooting a vacant automobile. A lot of crazy shit went down during the Cold War, so it could be any of the above.
The real-life US Secretary of Defense, 1961-1968
The sharp-suited man strutting through the corridors of the Pentagon is clearly Robert McNamara. His severe hair parting is as impeccable as it is unmistakeable. Robert McNamara was a real person. He was also pretty important.
Between 1961 and 1968 he was the US Secretary of Defence and served under John F Kennedy and Lyndon B Johnson. His middle name was 'Strange' and he had a love for analysis. It's highly doubtful that he'll be a playable character in Call of Duty: Black Ops.
The Russian dude from World at War
You may remember World at War's patriotic Red Army sergeant, Viktor Reznov. He's back and this is him. He's already been spotted in an earlier Black Ops demo crawling through tunnels in Vietnam with Captain Alex Mason. So it seems he's switched sides. It's hard to tell what he's doing here, although it looks like he's hiding. Perhaps he's dodging the age police as he clearly looks younger than he did during World War II:
In the image below he's punching a man in the head. He appears to be dressed in classic Soviet army attire (so this could be a flashback or he's being sneaky) and is carrying a PPSh-41 machinegun on his back.
There are several visual clues that point to a snowy, nautical setting. Let's say he's on a boat somewhere in the Arctic. That sounds feasible enough.
The secret stuff getting crossed out
There's a whole bunch of dodgy dossiers being roughly edited with a black marker, but the most interesting bit here is the reference to 'Operation 40'. What is Operation 40? In the game, Operation 40 is a Central Intelligence Agency sponsored faction and the name of a campaign level which features a playable CIA operative.
In actual 1960s Cold War reality, Operation 40 was a special group set up by President Eisenhower and backed by the CIA. It was active in the Caribbean, Cuba, Central America and Mexico. Its primary objectives unofficially included sabotage, assassination, interrogation, terrorism and killing Communists. They'll be playable in Black Ops multiplayer.
Next: Secrets you may or may not believe.
