In Real Life

This Real Metal Gear Can Now Climb Stairs

We first told you about this project last year, but DARPA’s new FastRunner – which bears an unsettling resemblance to something from the Metal Gear universe – has come on in leaps and bounds since then. Quite literally.


March 19, 2012
News

Metal Gear Solid Creator: ‘I Will Make Games Until The Day I Die’

Kotaku AU

Hideo Kojima turns 50 this year — an age where most people begin to plan their retirement. But retiring to a life of golf and orthopaedic jogging shoes is the last thing on the Metal Gear Solid creator’s mind. He recently pledged that he “will make games until the day I die.”


March 9, 2012
In Real Life

From Metal Gear Solid To Portal 2, Every Video Game Sounds Better In German

Why would you ever want to play a video game in a language you don’t understand? Once you hear Half-Life‘s G-Man, Metal Gear‘s Psycho Mantis and Portal 2‘s Space Sphere speaking German you’ll understand completely.


March 7, 2012
In Real Life

It Only Takes A Minute To Summarise Metal Gear Solid’s Story [Spoiler]

Well, that’s a lie. This video, released last week by popular YouTube user Lore, only sums up part of the action-shooter-stealth series’ twisty, oft-incomprehensible story. Still, it’s worth watching if only to see Lore’s adorable cartoon portrayal of Solid Snake’s adventures.


March 5, 2012
In Real Life

Community Review: Metal Gear Solid HD Collection

Kotaku AU

Until I played Journey, I’m almost embarrassed to say that my game of 2012 so far was a HD remake of an eight year old game: Metal Gear Solid 3: Snake Eater. Have any of you guys managed to pick up the MGS HD Collection yet? How did you find it?


February 23, 2012
In Real Life

Mario? Mario? Maaarrriioooo!

Moroccan artist Mehdi Annassi throws Mario and Snake together to see what fits. There’s a moustache and a cigarette, so he got the gist of it right.


February 22, 2012
News

Get Ready For The "Next" Metal Gear Solid

Now that Bayonetta developers Platinum Games are working on Metal Gear Rising, Kojima Productions is free to work on something else. Like…another Metal Gear Solid game.


February 15, 2012
In Real Life

Jackets So Badass, They’ll Punch Your Teeth In

Yesterday, Japanese game designer Hideo Kojima posted a photo of himself wearing the jacket actor Ryan Gosling wore in the movie Drive. But Kojima, best known for his Metal Gear games, didn’t call it a “jacket”. No, the famed designer called the coat something else: a sukajan.


February 14, 2012
In Real Life

Hideo Kojima Thinks He’s Ryan Gosling Now

The man? That’s Metal Gear creator Hideo Kojima. The jacket? That’s a replica of Ryan Gosling’s from the movie Drive. With Hollywood’s big night looming, a little Oscar party cosplay, perhaps?


February 7, 2012
In Real Life

Game Characters Embarrassing Themselves On Facebook

Mario is a boozehound. Luigi loves photo bombs. Peach is vain. Some of gaming’s greatest characters get classic (and clever) Facebook pic parodies.