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“It’s been fifteen years, nine games, and an enormous blast to undertake. If it were my choice, I would do this role forever. To hear anyone else’s voice coming from Snake’s battered throat, makes me a little ill, to be honest.” – David Hayter, talking movingly today in a must-read Twitter message about not playing…
By Stephen Totilo Published April 1, 2013 -
Hideo Kojima Excluded David Hayter from the New Metal Gear To Freshen Things Up
Yesterday, news broke that David Hayter—the man who’s been the voice of Solid Snake in all the English language releases of the storied Metal Gear Solid games—wouldn’t be coming back to reprise the role. Worse still, Hayter said that he wasn’t even asked to return. Last night, during a televised interview on GameTrailers, Metal Gear…
By Evan Narcisse Published March 29, 2013 -
This Man Claims To Be Behind The Phantom Pain. He’s Not Kojima.
When The Phantom Pain was announced, one thought was on everyone’s mind: it’s gotta be Metal Gear related, and “Joakim Mogren,” the CEO at Moby Dick studios, is really just Kojima. Evidence seemed to point that way, anyway. So who is this dude? The picture comes from a tweet from Geoff Keighley. Here is the…
By Patricia Hernandez Published March 14, 2013 -
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If You’re Going to Deface Your School Books, Do It Well. Like This.
Doodling in your text books is bad! I do not recommend it. At all. However, let’s say you have to doodle in your text—like, if you don’t, you get in trouble. Then, by all means, please deface the book in the most entertaining way possible. Above, you can see Chinese revolutionary Sun Yat-sen getting the…
By Brian Ashcraft Published March 4, 2013 -
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The Coolest Mecha In Japanese Video Games
Besides mecha anime, video games also feature some of the most awesomely-designed armoured fighting vehicles. Japanese games—mostly shooters—tend to dominate this field (sorry MechWarrior), so narrowing down our selection to Japenese mecha was an obvious decision from the beginning. Deus (Xenogears) Federation Assault Suit (Cybernator) GEKKO (Metal Gear series) The First Boss in Assault Suit…
By Gergo Vas Published February 27, 2013 -
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This Metal Gear Solid Figure Kept You Waiting
To mark the 25th anniversary of stealth series Metal Gear, Japanese figure maker Kaiyodo is releasing a figure of Naked Snake from Metal Gear Solid: Peace Walker. This figure is part of Kaiyodo’s posable Revoltech Yamaguchi line. The figure will be priced at ¥3,980 (US$43) and will be out on April 15. Pre-orders start on…
By Brian Ashcraft Published February 11, 2013 -
Anyone Can Draw Snake from Metal Gear. Um, Maybe Not.
Art is hard. You must practice. But some pictures are easier to draw than you think, once you have the steps. Take Snake from Metal Gear Solid. You can draw Snake. I think. Recently on 2ch, Japan’s largest bulletin board, a Metal Gear fan provided a nifty how-to for drawing Naked Snake from Metal Gear…
By Brian Ashcraft Published February 5, 2013 -
The Most Notable Vampires In Video Games
Surprisingly, blood suckers aren’t as common in video games as you might expect. They might appear as a generic type of enemy, and of course there are a few of them in the Castlevania series. We collected some of these vampires, paying attention to leave out those who like to carry people on their backs.…
By Gergo Vas Published January 28, 2013 -
Enormous LEGO Metal Gear Rex Is Looking For Tiny Plastic Men To Crush
Not to be outdone by a toy company selling models that are already finished, LEGO builder Rags naRock has his own version of Metal Gear Rex to share. And I dare say it’s more impressive. Using around $900 worth of LEGO parts, the thing is enormous, and if the scale isn’t enough to knock your…
By Luke Plunkett Published January 17, 2013 -
The Biggest, And Most Badass Video Game Toy Of All Time Is Finished
If it feels like we’ve been writing about ThreeA’s Metal Gear Rex figure for years, that’s because we have been Over three years later and the thing is finally shipping to customers who paid around $500 for the pleasure. It’s also shown up on toy site Rad Toy Review, whose pictures make it look like…
By Luke Plunkett Published January 9, 2013 -
Damn Gurl, Those Are Some Classy Metal Gear Solid Prints
Check out these awesome Metal Gear Solid prints by illustrator Marinko Milosevski. They’re all excellent, and available for purchase here. Click to enlarge. If Metal Gear Solid isn’t your thing, there are also a couple of other cool ones featured in the store for franchises like The Legend of Zelda as well as Metroid.
By Patricia Hernandez Published December 21, 2012 -
J.J. Abrams Should Direct the Metal Gear Movie
While in Los Angeles for the Video Game Awards, Metal Gear creator Hideo Kojima squeezed in some Hollywood meetings: One was with producer Avi Arad; the other was with filmmaker J.J. Abrams. The tweets didn’t exactly offer any details. In one, Kojima said he had a meeting with Arad about the movie. In the other,…
By Brian Ashcraft Published December 10, 2012 -
Metal Gear creator Hideo Kojima doesn’t want to be “the Metal Gear guy”. So, maybe make something else?
By Brian Ashcraft Published November 30, 2012 -
Metal Gear’s Stealth is Creepy, Annoying in the Real World
It’s entirely acceptable behaviour in desolate military installations and remote jungles, but busting out Snake’s repertoire of stealth moves in public places is a little less advisable. Metal Gear Solid in Real Life (Public Trolling) FINAL CUT [YouTube]
By Luke Plunkett Published November 15, 2012 -
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The next Metal Gear Online will be developed in LA, says Hideo Kojima.
By Brian Ashcraft Published October 1, 2012 -
Hideo Kojima Might Work on the Metal Gear Movie Script [Update]
In late August, a new Metal Gear Solid movie was announced. This wasn’t the first Metal Gear project Hollywood had seen: back in 2008, there was another MGS film that never got off the ground. Some fans are probably happy about the possibility of seeing Metal Gear Solid on the big screen. Others are not.…
By Brian Ashcraft Published September 20, 2012 -
The Brand New Metal Gear Solid Rising Revengeance Trailer (And Its Sexy New Bad Guys)
At Tokyo Game Show 2012, Hideo Kojima revealed the latest trailer for Metal Gear Solid Rising Revengeance. In the new trailer, 3 new enemy bosses are revealed. View each image to see who they are. The new trailer also shows Raiden’s slicing combat system in action, as well as his hacking of an enemy drone.…
By Toshi Nakamura Published September 20, 2012 -
Metal Gear Phone Games Sure Have Come a Long Way
The last big Metal Gear for a phone was 2009’s Metal Gear Solid Touch. It was…look, I’ll be kind and say it was serviceable. Only three years later we’ve come quite some way. Thanks, advancing mobile phone technology! I don’t know how this is going to play, but I imagine Metal Gear fans will be…
By Luke Plunkett Published September 20, 2012