Feature Excerpt Hideo Kojima Hates You By Emma Kostopolus • January 23rd, 2023 A study in difficulty scaling.
Collision Detection Game Guides vs. The SEO Grind: Who Wins and Loses? By Ben Sailer • September 7th, 2022 Physical strategy guides are on their way out. But is the SEO sinkhole that has replaced them better? Spoiler alert: no.
Traces From the Man Who Sold the World By Diego Nicolás Argüello • July 10th, 2021 “In our struggle to survive the present, we push the future away,”
The Three John Wickiest Games By David Shimomura • February 13th, 2017 David Shimomura recreates that John Wick feeling in some popular shooters.
Female Stereotypes Perfect for Hideo Kojima’s Games By Khee Hoon Chan • January 31st, 2017 Khee Hoon Chan suggests some “deep” character backstories that can help to “justify” Kojima’s next oversexualized female character.
Here's the Thing Getting Over Metal Gear Survive By Rob Rich • October 11th, 2016 People need to stop pretending that they wouldn’t be lapping it up if it was the self-proclaimed “auteur’s” idea in the first place.
My Quiet Shame By Rob Rich • December 3rd, 2015 “Hideo Kojima was right – I do feel ashamed after learning why Metal Gear Solid 5’s mysterious sniper wears so little. But for a completely different reason.”
Phantom Politics By Katriel Paige • December 3rd, 2015 “There is no absolute ‘us’ versus ‘them’ in Metal Gear; alliances and loyalties shift within the franchise.” Katriel Paige explores political allegiance in MGS V.
Running on Broken Glass By Amanda Hudgins • December 2nd, 2015 “Metal Gear Solid V sabotages its own depth by playing everything straight, by presenting real world horror alongside events that are completely ridiculous.”
