USMC Lt. Rob Riggle Wants You: Modern Warfare Elite

Call of Duty is tired...  MW3 felt a lot like MW2.5, and it pains me to say Black Ops was a better game.  Even though everyone has prestige'd a thousand times, Activision is looking to squeeze the last few drops of cash out of the franchise.  Welcome to Modern Warfare Elite.

Did you peg Rob Riggle as an akimbo scorpion kind of guy?  Riggle is a real life Marine turned actor, and he also frags n00bs...  Modern Warfare Elite is private club that you can join for the low, low, price of $50.  Act now and you'll get early access to new maps, expert strategies, and clan benefits.  Sorry hackers this cool guy club is for PS3 and XBOX360 users only.  Here is the official comment from Activision regarding the lack of love for PC owners:

We’ve been working closely with Infinity Ward and Sledgehammer Games to customize a Call of Duty ELITE membership offering for the PC. Since the PC is an open platform, it’s difficult to provide the secure data and statistics necessary for the premium tier of Call of Duty ELITE. Because of this, there will not be an Call of Duty ELITE premium offering on the PC in the near future, but we are continuing to work towards a free Call of Duty ELITE offering and will continue to update the community with more information post launch. As we stated previously, Call of Duty Modern Warfare 3 will support dedicated servers for our PC community, and we will also continue to provide PC gamers the option to purchase downloadable content on the PC as we always have. We are working hard to provide our PC fans the best Call of Duty experience they have had to date.

Dear Activision, your fans don't want a new club that costs money, they want a new game.  Yes, I know MW3 cost a gazillion bucks to make and several years to complete, but it is "old" already.  A few new maps ain't gonna cut it.  Unless you can find a way to make the same game, (that many fans have logged well over a 100 hours playing) interesting, simply don't bother. 

Here is the full length trailer for Modern Warfare elite:

USMC adopts SERPA holster

I read an interesting article over at Military Times stating that the United States Marine Corps is going to adopt the SERPA holster.  Not too long ago I posted an entry about a fella who shot himself whilst using the SERPA.  I've stated before I'm not a big fan of these and was quite surprised to hear the USMC would be getting them.

I'm sure there is a "cheapest bidder" component to this whole thing; Uncle Sam does have to buy a crap ton of holsters.  My own beef is with the trigger finger being used to release the button, but as you'll see in the vid below this same button has the ability to get jammed pretty easily. 

In the past I know the USMC used a flap style holster which is great for keeping out dust and other crap.  It isn't so fast on the tactical draw, which means you probably won't see it in the sequel to Collateral.  Holsters like the SERPA and the Safariland style holsters are easier access but open to the elements. Even after a breezy day in the desert I noticed my 1911 was pretty well dusted. 

I think it is purely aesthetic but the straps that connect to the belt bug me a bit.  I guess I'm just Safariland guy.  Anywho, what's your preferred holster?