This cartoonish Modern Warfare 2 bug proves the deadliest enemies are falling care packages

Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2 (2022) screenshot
(Image credit: Activision)

Ringing in the weekend is one of the funniest Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2 beta bugs we've seen so far.

As with any game just entering its second beta weekend, Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2 has some bugs, but few will surprise you in as comically cartoonish a way as this one from Redditor /ven20r, who was lucky enough to witness what I'm sure is a shot-for-shot reimagining of an old Looney Tunes bit.

In it, you can see the player character admiring the smoke pouring out of a bomb while a nearby friendly player moves around erratically. If you're like me and you're watching this part of the video, you're fully expecting the bomb to explode and the video to end with both players coincidentally eliminated, eliciting nothing more than an unsurprised chuckle. But then this happens instead:

i_was_just_trying_to_admire_the_smoke_graphics from r/ModernWarfareII

Didn't see that coming, did you? It's unclear if the deadly care package was called in by the unfortunate player now crumbled beneath it like Wile E. Coyote under an ACME anvil, but the one witnessing the hilarity was startlingly quick to take advantage of the situation and secure the loot for themselves. It's a little unsettling the way the ragdoll physics make it look like the player suffered a long and painful death by falling crate, but I'd be lying if I said that made it any less amusing to watch (and rewatch).

Here are all of the Warzone 2 and Modern Warfare 2 error codes and fixes to know about when you encounter less amusing bugs, crashes, and errors.

Jordan Gerblick

After scoring a degree in English from ASU, I worked as a copy editor while freelancing for places like SFX Magazine, Screen Rant, Game Revolution, and MMORPG on the side. Now, as GamesRadar's west coast Staff Writer, I'm responsible for managing the site's western regional executive branch, AKA my apartment, and writing about whatever horror game I'm too afraid to finish.

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