Columnist Rob Watson at the Philadelphia Inquirer is a bit concerned about the fancy new collectors edition of Modern Warfare 2, which will ship with a pair of night vision goggles.

In Modern Warfare 2's case, I shudder (just a bit) to think of someone, who may have a hard time with reality anyway, donning these goggles for real mischief or even worse. Infinity Ward should know better. They are great at fake realism. One of the best. This maybe be crossing that line, however.

I shudder (just a bit) to think of what a cheap piece of junk people are getting for a couple hundred bucks when they buy this special edition. Useful and reliable night goggles are, of course, available to anyone willing to pay for them. They can then be used for real mischief and worse. But if it's any consolation to Mr. Watson, you're getting some sort of bottom-line first generation device with Modern Warfare 2 that will probably break the instant you bump them into a vine-covered trellis outside the local sorority house. Infinity Ward would obviously have you believe you're getting a pair of these. What you're probably getting is a less dorky-looking version of these, made more dorky by having videogame logos stuck on them.

But Mr. Watson is right in that more mischief is possible than if the game had shipped with, say, a flashlight. He cites the possibility of "real mischief" and "worse", which I'm guessing is a reference to terrorism. I'm just glad Infinity Ward and Activision didn't opt to include a claymore or anti-tank weapon.