# Love-Promoting Gamer Parodies This Call of Duty Parody Video Promotes Love Not War By Anne Booth | Published 2013-09-28 | Pop Culture Source: Trend Hunter, https://www.trendhunter.com/trends/call-of-duty-parody References: [behance.net](http://www.behance.net/gallery) & [behance.net](http://www.behance.net/micahmalinics) The ‘Call of Duty’ parody video called ‘Cornation War’ parodies the violence associated with the video game and transforms the game’s mission. Micah Malinics creates the video game for a high school project where she uses film and video effects in order to get her message across. ‘Call of Duty’ is a video game where the mission is to kill other players and to have the most amount of “kills.” Malinics uses the same screen set-up but instead of holding a gun, the player holds a carnation. The goal within this game is to deliver carnations to girls within a school setting. The parody is hilarious but shows how much the game can change when the goal is reversed-spreading love not war. The ‘Call of Duty’ parody is sure to draw some attention to the debates about [video game violence](https://www.trendhunter.com/trends/humanity-games), but is certainly a humorous spin off of a [popular video game](https://www.trendhunter.com/trends/call-of-duty-mobile-nier) today. ## Trend Insights (Trend Hunter) - Score: 2.0/10 - Popularity: 9% | Activity: 43% | Freshness: 8% - Audience gender: 70% men, 30% women - Primary generations: Millennial - Top markets: North America ## Categories [Trend Hunter](https://www.trendhunter.com/trends) > [Pop Culture](https://www.trendhunter.com/popculture) > [Humor](https://www.trendhunter.com/humor) ## Key Themes ### What's Driving This Trend - **Video Game Parodies:** Creating parodies of popular video games is a trend that showcases alternative perspectives and messages. - **Switching Game Objectives:** Changing the goals and objectives of a video game can create disruptive innovation opportunities and spark conversations about different game mechanics. - **Humorizing Violent Games:** Humorous parodies of violent video games offer a way to address concerns about game violence while providing entertainment. ### Who This Affects Most - **Video Game:** The video game industry can explore opportunities to create parody games that challenge traditional game mechanics and narratives. - **Education:** The education industry can incorporate video game parodies in lessons to promote critical thinking and viewpoint exploration. - **Entertainment:** The entertainment industry can produce and promote humorous video game parodies as a form of light-hearted entertainment for audiences. ## Related on Trend Hunter - [Promotional Influencer Videos](https://www.trendhunter.com/trends/activision-1.md) - [Video Game-Inspired Soaps](https://www.trendhunter.com/trends/dr-squatch-x-call-of-duty-collection.md) - [Gamer-Centric Beauty Campaigns](https://www.trendhunter.com/trends/real-virtual-beauty.md) - [Gamer-Targeted Donor Campaigns](https://www.trendhunter.com/trends/virtual-donors.md) - [Cartoon FPS Game Collabs](https://www.trendhunter.com/trends/call-of-duty-beavis-and-butthead.md) - [Pizza Brand Game Promotions](https://www.trendhunter.com/trends/little-caesars-call-of-duty.md) - [Vegetable Power-Up Campaigns](https://www.trendhunter.com/trends/modtheveg.md) - [Gaming Taquito Collaborations](https://www.trendhunter.com/trends/feeding-gamers.md) - [Game-Themed Soap Collabs](https://www.trendhunter.com/trends/dr-squatch-x-call-of-duty.md)