Press F to pay respect

I only recently found out why people sometimes comment “F” on Reddit threads. It comes from Call of Duty: Advanced Warfare (2014).

At one point, you walk up to a casket at a funeral and have to press F to pay respects to the fallen soldier.

As others on that Reddit thread said, I thought it had something to do with following a thread to get notifications. Just to prove how out of touch I am, it even has a Wikipedia page where the viral meme is described as iconic, but the authors of that page describe it well:

Press F to pay respects” is an Internet meme that originated from Call of Duty: Advanced Warfare, a 2014 first-person shooter in Activision’s Call of Duty franchise. It originated as a set of instructions conveyed during an in-game quick time event at a funeral service. Widely mocked by critics and players due to its forced element of interactivity that was not perceived to be tastefully executed, the phrase would later become a notable Internet meme in its own right. It is sometimes used by Internet commenters to convey solidarity and sympathy, either sarcastic or sincere, in response to unfortunate events.

I never thought I’d be tagging a post with “Call of Duty” again, but here we are in 2025!

Black Ops Combat Training split screen c…

Black Ops Combat Training split screen can actually be fun! I figured out that the second player can change team so we’re both on the same side so myself and my brother had a ball against the enemy AI.

Getcrackin joined us for a few games too and as we were playing recruits he mowed them down!

I’m sure recruit level difficulty is more difficult than it was when the game first came out. The enemy AI throw a lot less grenades now too. I didn’t need flak jacket at all!

The Garnz Intro

Nice, Garnz uploaded an intro and gameplay video from Black Ops!

You played 7 hours straight? I miss those days! Years ago I was asked how I had so much time to spend developing free software and I shrugged. I just did. Of course I was living at home and had all the luxuries and none of the responsibilities of being a parent and home owner. About 18 years ago I stayed up the whole night on a Saturday night coding in assembler on my C64. I looked out the window and saw the sunshine hit the tops of the trees. I was wrecked that day I can tell you!

Eh? What’s that youngster? In my day we had cardboard boxes and we were glad of them!

All time highest Black Ops killstreak: 14 kills

Yes, yes, yes. All you super-duper lightning fast 360-noscope blah blah players are laughing right now but I got my highest killstreak in Black Ops in a game of TDM with some random players yesterday. 14 kills without dying!

Quite pleased with myself I can tell you!

I did narrate this video but it’s so rubbish it doesn’t deserve to see the light of day. Hope you enjoy the minor killing spree in this “no comment” version.

Oh, and Hanni! You’ll enjoy the very last clip!

There’s a huge update for Bad Company 2…

There’s a huge update for Bad Company 2 coming on the PS3 this evening, including data and assets for Map Pack 7 and Vietnam so it’ll be big. It can’t come soon enough if you ask me!

Duck, Conor and myself had so much trouble getting into games of Black Ops we retired to Combat Training where admittedly we had lots of fun. One game we did get into was on launch where we were hammered like shiny new nails into plywood. Very quickly and with little apparent effort. Grrr.

Still, I had a game of TDM early in the evening on Havana and got the first kill with that grenade throw. Very satisfying!