Metal Gear is a series that’s (at least partly) about giant mecha and Cold War drama. It may be pure fantasy, but in the early 1960s, the US did actually build a giant two-armed military machine: the “Beetle”.
It’s not everyday that Kotaku features Costa Rican cosplayers. And it’s also not everyday that Kotaku features Costa Rican cosplayer dressed as a character from a game set in…Costa Rica!