Tech Olive

With the legendary launch of Modern Warfare 2 back in November, it’s no surprise that the award-winning game spawned many themed products, gaming related and otherwise. Recently, we reviewed the MW2-themed peripherals from Mad Catz, but now it’s time to go a bit more visual.

When we first stumbled across these Ghost-themed balaclavas, we decided it was time to retire our ninja masks and pirate eye-patches (yes, we wore them under our ninja masks, wanna fight about it?) for a more theme-appropriate, facially-obscuring item. A few emails later, we’ve got our faces in one of these awesome masks and we’re here to tell all.

**Because calling it a “mask” simply doesn’t do it justice, we will henceforth refer to it as the “Mask of Awesome Super Killers;” or “MASK” for short.

With the MASK’s superior insulating properties, you no longer need to worry about brain freeze from that strawberry milkshake while gaming. No more lost kills because you’re on the floor crying in pain.

The MASK didn’t come with any instructions pertaining to this, but whenever we donned the almighty MASK of Ghost, it came naturally to speak with our best impersonation of Christian Bale’s Batman voice. [Editor's note: Shop for new Batman mask.]

Unfortunately, at one point during the review process, one of our staff members made the mistake of wearing this MW2-themed MASK while playing Call of Duty 4. Needless to say, he’s been fired from the blog, shunned from the internet and deported from the country with a formal apology letter having been sent to his mother. He will not be missed.

It seems the biggest and, indeed, only issue that we ran into while testing the MASK was that it covers your awesome handlebar mustache and hobo beard. To remedy this, we found that the removal of one’s shirt is sufficient enough to retain one’s manliness during gaming, provided you have the minimum amount of chest hair to display. If not, then may God have mercy on your soul.

Assuming we’ve both been reading the same review, then it goes without saying that this product is far too awesome to be simply rated with our traditional Olive system. Look at the facts. Look into your heart. Now comb your beard and head over to the Ballys Merch Store to grab one for yourself.

Photos taken by Steve Hage – www.pointphotodesign.com