Metal Gear Solid’s greatest death scene is your own
Say what you will about auteur theory, but some artists demand it. Take Hideo Kojima, whose 1998 masterpiece Metal Gear…
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Survive might be trying to warn us about the series’ future
Welcome back to our Game In Progress review of Metal Gear Survive. This week, we’re wrapping up with thoughts on the…
Metal Gear Survive is a suffocating spin-off
Welcome to our Game In Progress review of Metal Gear Survive. This week, we’ll cover the basics of this spin-off of the…
Kong: Skull Island writer and director reuniting for Metal Gear Solid movie
Way back in 2014, years before he directed Kong: Skull Island, Jordan Vogt-Roberts was attached to direct a movie…
Hideo Kojima wrote an essay on the similarities between Dunkirk and Death Stranding
Hideo Kojima is the legendary game designer who created the long-running and absolutely insane Metal Gear series. He’s…
Rescue Melania Trump from her private hell
Melania Trump and Donald Trump are not in love. She was ready to live out her days quietly tolerating her senile,…
Sailor Moon and Solid Snake are here to sell you an automobile
Selling crap to people born in the ‘80s and ‘90s is tough, partly because they’re too savvy to fall for old marketing…
Yeah, well, Konami’s making its own Metal Gear, with co-op and zombies
After an ugly, public falling out between the Metal Gear series’ publisher, Konami, and its creative mastermind, Hideo…
What pop culture should be adapted into a different medium?
Here’s this week’s question, from reader Jon Grunert:
Hideo Kojima leaves Konami, partners with Sony for first game as a free man
It’s finally officially official: Hideo Kojima, the creator of Metal Gear Solid and one of the world’s most famous game…
A pair of glasses hides Metal Gear Solid V’s commentary on its development drama
This article contains plot details from Metal Gear Solid V: Ground Zeroes and Metal Gear Solid V: The Phantom Pain.
If you’re a nice guy, John Carpenter won’t sue you—even if you rip him off
Seth Abramovitch’s recent interview in The Hollywood Reporter doesn’t shed much new light on “horror master” John…
Metal Gear Solid V’s intro renews the series’ weirdness with untimely butt crack
Welcome to our weekly open thread for the discussion of gaming plans, nagging questions, and whatever else we feel like…
The Kings Of Summer director in talks to direct Metal Gear Solid movie
Sony is reportedly in early talks with The Kings Of Summer director Jordan Vogt-Roberts to direct a big-screen…
There’s magic in my eyes: 12 dubious explanations for x-ray vision in games
X-ray vision and similar superhuman visual tricks have become a video game design staple. As the worlds in mainstream…