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No Place for Hideo: Kojima officially done with Konami

UPDATE: Kojima Productions have launched a new website, along with details concerning their next plans. It looks like a game will be developed for the PS4 as a timed release, with a PC release down the road. Further details are still unknown. Below is an English translation on the slick new Kojima Productions website (thanks …

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‘Metal Gear Solid V’: From tight corridors to open worlds

Metal Gear Solid has traditionally been about successive corridors, lengthy cinematics, and narrative inertia. Each military compound, ruined city, or virgin forest would lead to the next and players would run or crawl or tiptoe headlong into an epic finale. Environments would be interactive and dense with secrets, but they would also be small and …

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Who’s the Boss?: Ranking the ladies of ‘Metal Gear Solid’

There’s been a lot of controversy over the appearance of the new character, Quiet, in Metal Gear Solid V: The Phantom Pain. Despite claims series creator Hideo Kojima that there’s a good reason narratively for the sniper’s hooker-like attire, many gamers remain skeptical. Having not reached her in the game yet, I can’t comment, but I can comment on the other ladies in the series.

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The Failure Chronicles Vol. 2: ‘Metal Gear Rising: Revengeance’ and the endless end-boss

The Metal Gear Solid series has one of the strongest and most adamant fan-bases in the business, and not without reason. Featuring a deeply enriching mythology, genre-bending gameplay, a boundary-pushing philosophy, and the highest production values, it’s not difficult to see why this series holds such a strong place in the hearts of gamers. Likewise, it’s no …

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New Projects: Richard Jewell, ‘Apostle Paul’, Malala, and James Gunn

This week brought us another update on the Richard Jewell thriller that would reportedly re-team Leonardo DiCaprio and Jonah Hill following their work together on The Wolf of Wall Street. Deadline is reporting that Clint Eastwood is now circling the project. Jewell was a police officer who discovered a backpack with a bomb inside at …

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The Objectification and Sexualization of the Female Character

E3 was earlier this month and one of the things I enjoyed most about the expo was getting a better look at Nintendo’s upcoming Hyrule Warriors.  The combo of the Dynasty Warriors series with one of the Big N’s oldest and best franchises, The Legend of Zelda, seems to be as winning a combo as Pokemon and Nobunaga’s Ambition (Pokemon Conquest.)  If …

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‘Metal Gear Solid’ is a striking and memorable experience

I was rather late getting into the videogame scene. Despite time spent at friends’ houses playing Sonic and Donkey Kong Country on their Mega Drive and SNES, it wasn’t until much later – when the PlayStation was well and truly established – that I finally got on board. Games like Crash Bandicoot and Tomb Raider were great fun, and helped reinforce the all-important playground notion that twelve-year-old-me had picked the ‘right’ console (‘N64 still uses cartridges and can’t get proper FMV!’ we chanted).

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HD Remakes: Where Convenience Meets Nostalgia

Of the many trends that have taken off this console generation, one of the finest is certainly the idea of the HD Remake…and why wouldn’t it be? I mean, what’s not to love? First and foremost is the convenience factor. Giving players the ability to play games that they know and love without having to …

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