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What Osama bin Laden and Metal Gear Solid Have in Common
On Sept. 11, 2001, the world changed forever. Al-Qaeda, the organization Osama bin Laden created, carried out attacks that left thousands dead. The impact was felt around the world. Either out of respect or fear of being insensitive, the second entry in the popular Japanese stealth series Metal Gear Solid was altered. According to Metal…
By Brian Ashcraft Published September 27, 2011 -
A Closer Look at the $50 Risk: Metal Gear Solid Limited Edition Board Game
First unveiled at San Diego Comic-Con earlier this year, here’s our first look at the retail version of the game that blends the strategy of Risk with the game design of Metal Gear Solid… No, it doesn’t come with cut-scenes. The game goes on pre-sale on Oct. 3, for $49.95. The game takes place in…
By Brian Crecente Published September 22, 2011 -
Decisions, Design, and J.C. Denton: The Deus Ex Letters Conclude
Our retrospective letter series concludes with part four. An index of all letters can be found here — From: Kirk Hamilton To: Leigh Alexander Subject: Augmented Reality Leigh, Hello! After a couple weeks’ delay, I’m finally back to write the fourth and final letter in this series. Sorry for the setback—we’ve both been caught up…
Kirk Hamilton & Leigh Alexander Published September 19, 2011 -
Metal Gear Solid, Zone of the Enders HD Collections Coming to Vita Too
And the ports just keep on coming! PlayStation Vita owners will have even more high-def versions of classic games to play on the go as Metal Gear creator Hideo Kojima has revealed that the previously announced Metal Gear Solid and Zone of the Enders HD collections will also come to Vita. Those games are said…
By Michael McWhertor Published September 14, 2011 -
Exhaustion Breeds Quality in the Dragon Con Day Two Cosplay Gallery
After three hours of baby-interrupted sleep, I trudged across town to Dragon Con 2011 again today, where I occupied a great many benches and attempted to stay awake. I was mostly successful. Being dead tired has its benefits, however. Were I full of energy, I would have run about the convention madly, taking shots of…
By Mike Fahey Published September 3, 2011 -
This Metal Gear Solid Cosplay Is Just Like Starting Over
Where the hell is Metal Gear Solid: Rising? Who the hell knows. Well, Konami knows. While you wait for the game’s vital signs, feast your eyes on these photos. Pictured in these photos is Metal Gear Solid cosplay queen Omi Gibson. Kotaku has done, perhaps, six hundred posts on Omi (and maybe two on this…
By Brian Ashcraft Published August 30, 2011 -
Choice, Consequence, and Snake-Skins: The Deus Ex Letters Continue
Our retrospective letter series continues with part three. An index of all letters can be found here — From: Kirk Hamilton To: Leigh Alexander Subject: I Choo-Choo-Choose Leigh, “What do you choose, and why?” I’m glad you asked. I’m tempted to answer, “I choose choice!” but there’s more to it than that. Player Choice has…
Kirk Hamilton & Leigh Alexander Published August 26, 2011 -
So, Where the Hell Is Metal Gear: Rising?
At the 2009 E3 gaming convention in Los Angeles, Konami revealed that it was developing a different spin on the Metal Gear universe. The game was Metal Gear: Rising, and it’s M.I.A. Metal Gear creator Hideo Kojima wasn’t slated to helm the project, but Rising, which stars Raiden, still looked to be the next big…
By Brian Ashcraft Published August 25, 2011 -
Look at the Faces Hideo Kojima Is Making
Hideo Kojima, creator of Metal Gear Solid, is working on something. And it’s powered by a new game engine, which Kojima unveiled earlier this summer. “Until now, we have been developing games for exclusively for specific platforms, but in the future, we look to go more global,” Kojima said at the time. “We are paving…
By Brian Ashcraft Published August 17, 2011 -
How Video Games Make It Harder to Quit Smoking
When attempting kick the cigarette habit, tasks and activities once associated with smoking make the cravings flare. In today’s Speak Up on Kotaku, commenter Peter Pan Complex struggles with video games as a catalyst for puffing his life away. That damn cancer stick. I’ve been trying to quit after 10 years of lighting it up…
By Mike Fahey Published August 1, 2011 -
What is Japan’s Fetish This Week? S&M
Games of leather and rubber. Not video games, but real games with impossible heels and spankings. Those might be the trappings of S&M, but in Japan, S&M isn’t only about trappings or artifice. It’s something deeper. Take this week’s news that Kansai’s JR West punished train drivers and staff by forcing them to clean toilets…
By Brian Ashcraft Published July 28, 2011 -
Metal Gear Solid 3D Delayed Down Under
The 3DS line-up is kinda slim. The latest casualty? Metal Gear Solid: Snake Eater 3D. According to Kotaku Australia, it’s been delayed in the land Down Under from late 2011 to 2012—no explanation given. Kotaku is following up on the US release. [Kotaku Australia]
By Brian Ashcraft Published July 27, 2011 -
In Risk: Metal Gear Solid, You Can Nuke Australia, Occupy Outer Haven
Metal Gear Solid is getting its very own version of Risk, “the game of strategic conquest,” adding Private Military Contractors, a movable continent, the cast of Metal Gear Solid 4: Guns of the Patriots and the option to launch a nuke from Metal Gear Rex. Konami and USAopoly semi-officially revealed Risk: Metal Gear Solid at…
By Michael McWhertor Published July 24, 2011 -
Konami’s Getting Risk-y With the Metal Gear Solid Board Game
“Snake? SNAAAKE?! It’s your roll.” You too can make this ill-conceived attempt at a joke with the forthcoming Metal Gear Solid-themed edition of classic strategy board game Risk, a game not surprisingly titled Risk: Metal Gear Solid Board game maker USAopoly—makers of Risk: Halo Wars!—will bring the military conflicts of Metal Gear to tabletops, seemingly…
By Michael McWhertor Published July 22, 2011 -
Batman, Master Chief, Solid Snake & Sam Gideon are Square Enix’s Newest, Most Beautiful Action Figures
Square Enix does way more than just FInal Fantasy figures. They’ve got fantastic looking toys from other games—Metal Gear Solid, Street Fighter, Batman: Arkham City, Vanquish, Halo, God of War…—coming to their Play Arts Kai line. They brought ’em all to Comic-Con. Some of them look finished. Plenty don’t. They all look sharp, especially Sam…
By Michael McWhertor Published July 21, 2011 -
Let’s Watch Solid Snake Read Shakespeare’s Hamlet
Well, technically, let’s listen, since the video features only the voice behind Snake (David Hayter) and not the game character’s digital self. You will really want to skip straight to the Hamlet passage itself, which begins 5:00 in. It’s a fair effort by Hayter given he’s both in character and taking the piss, but it’s…
By Luke Plunkett Published July 8, 2011 -
Watch Us Go Croc-Hunting in Metal Gear Solid 3D: Snake Eater
We only played a tiny bit of the Nintendo 3DS remake of Metal Gear Solid 3: Snake Eater, but what we did told us one thing. This is definitely a Metal Gear Solid game. We struggled with the controls. Hey, it’s a Metal Gear. Those controls are never that easy to handle. Unfortunately, the demo…
By Mike Epstein Published June 10, 2011 -
This Metal Gear Cosplay Is Boss
Just as Konami shows off more of upcoming Metal Gear Solid: Snake Eater 3D, Omi Gibson cosplays as MGS3‘s the Boss. Gibson is, of course, the queen of Metal Gear Solid cosplay, and her latest photos cement it further. Click here to read more about the Boss, and here to read more about Omi. ザ・ボス…
By Brian Ashcraft Published June 10, 2011