So my wife got me Modern Warfare 2 for Christmas (god I love marrying a gamer!) and I have been playing it a couple hours a week and I must say this is probably the best Call of Duty title in the series. As nostalgic as I get sometimes for the classics this edition just blows them out of the water IMHO.

The amount of graphic detail, realism (not completely but better than previous versions), customizability and engagement just keeps me hooked.

A couple of things I have learned that may help those new to the game, or those who are experienced but don't quite "know it all".

Emergency Air Drops:
I see this a lot on online videos and in game. People call in an emergency air drop just to have most of their packages land out of the map rendering them useless. Here is the best tip regarding this killstreak:

When you throw the smoke grenade for the emergency air drop...

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