<![CDATA[Kotaku: metal gear sold]]> http://tags.kotaku.com/assets/base/img/thumbs140x140/kotaku.com.png <![CDATA[Kotaku: metal gear sold]]> http://kotaku.com/tag/metalgearsold http://kotaku.com/tag/metalgearsold <![CDATA[MGS Technical Advisor Busted for Shipping Weapons Parts]]> Damn, does this count as simulating a "war economy" too? Gamepolitics picked up an item out of Tacoma, Wash. that a former technical advisor on the original Metal Gear Solid faces a federal charge of attempted parts smuggling. The parts in question are "sophisticated holographic night vision gunsights," bound for Japan.

Capt. Tomoaki Iishiba, a Japanese national who joined the U.S. Military in 1993, faces one count. He basically acquired the sights and then mailed them to others without an export license. The sights cost more than $600 each.

He's scheduled to enter a guilty plea at the end of the month.

Metal Gear Solid Tech Advisor Busted By Feds for Shipping Weapons Parts [GamePolitics]

]]> http://kotaku.com/index.php?op=postcommentfeed&postId=5026970&view=rss&microfeed=true <![CDATA[Metal Gear Retrospective: Part II]]> Gametrailers got up the second installment of its look at the Metal Gear franchise. This 20-minute clips picks up in 1995, eight years after the first Metal Gear, and five since the Japan-only release of Metal Gear: Solid Snake. Hideo Kojima has heard about this new "PlayStation" console and its capabilities, and sets to creating a sequel that will take full advantage of it ...

Metal Gear Retrospective — Part Two [Gametrailers. Here's Part One if you missed that.]

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