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“Why Are JRPG Heroes All Emo Teenagers?”

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One of the writers with Kojima Productions has written a politely scathing piece in which he decries the JRPG’s single-minded obsession with having overwrought teenage boys as their protagonists, suggesting that is tied to a wider lack of heroic adult male archetypes in contemporary Japanese culture.

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  • Anonymous commented on January 30, 2012 13:32

    Squall wasn't emo for starters.... More

  • Anonymous commented on January 27, 2012 11:57

    Tom cruise is 50+, Daniel Craig is getting up there, Anthony Hopkins, Clive Barker, Will Smith, Hugh Grant Jude Law, Johnny Depp. I know they're actors in real life, but they all are examples... More

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Nintendo Announces 3DS, Metal Gear Launch Title

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Nintendo’s E3 performance included a full announcement of its 3DS console, which appears to have been very well received indeed.

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  • Anonymous commented on June 29, 2010 04:57

    The hot dog stand outside the convention center was better than Microsoft's conference.... More

  • Anonymous commented on June 18, 2010 17:08

    neogeo joynub ripoff... More

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E3 sees the release of spectacularly violent gameplay videos of the latest Metal Gear title, Metal Gear Solid: Rising, and also sees Solid Snake buried for the time being.

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  • cuppatea@yahoo.co.jp commented on November 30, 2011 21:01

    'mericans have a ton of religious and body issues. Breasts are warm, soft, and life-giving - of course they must be worse than shooting someone in the head.... More

  • Anonymous commented on June 18, 2010 06:49

    This game doesnt deserve to have the name Metal Gear in it as it seems to be a hack and slash game rather than a stealth game tbh.... More

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Metal Gear Solid Pantsu Walker

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Metal Gear Solid Peace Walker’s latest claim to fame (its other major claim appears to a minor scandal over Famitsu’s non-existent journalistic ethics) is the presence of a surprising amount of sexy gravure service involving a pantsu-clad girl of tender years – this can be inspected below.

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  • Gradius commented on June 16, 2010 02:49

    Where is the NAKED version ?... More

  • Anonymous commented on June 14, 2010 13:51

    Newsflash: Kojima is otaku (and god according to him)... More

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Metal Gear master Hideo Kojima has made a bombastically enigmatic twitterance in which he promises to “challenge a certain industry taboo” whilst warning that “I may have to leave the industry if I mess up.”

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  • Anonymous commented on June 17, 2010 08:26

    i totally fapped to your post sir.... More

  • Anonymous commented on June 17, 2010 08:21

    # of fans doesn't prove anything, american idol probably has more fans than MGS. not that i agree with the troll, but your logic still sucks.... More

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PS3 Power “Infinite” vs “Limited”

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The PS3’s much vaunted Cell processor has been trumpeted as having “bottomless” capabilities by top PS3 developer Naughty Dog, although it seems not all developers are inclined to agree, with Hideo Kojima on the other hand maintaining that his magnum opus stretched the machine to its limits.

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  • Anonymous commented on January 17, 2010 03:24

    To fully utilize the PS3's potential, you require extra time and money to optimise the coding amidst deadlines so 3rd party developers would rarely be able to polish games so well. During the mid-to-end shelf-life of... More

  • Sylar commented on January 8, 2010 15:10

    Finally someone who speaks the truth. But the companies unfortunately are forced to work like that because they have deadlines and they longer it takes something to complete the bigger is the cost. Also this... More

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Hideo Kojima: “After Seeing MW2, I’ll Return to the PS3″

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Hideo Kojima, creator of the Metal Gear Solid series of stealth interspersed cutscenes, has stated that such is his admiration for Modern Warfare 2, he feels motivated to make a return to the PS3 for his subsequent games.

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  • Common Sense commented on June 15, 2010 22:41

    You've seen people or you've seen a youtube of a person beating MGS4 in such a time? You have to consider that people who do speed runs of a game and are actually recognized for it... More

  • Sandalphon commented on April 14, 2010 15:12

    I don't blame Kojima, MW2 is pretty good. I actually enjoyed the game quite a lot, it has a lot of "oh shit!" moments that MGS4 lacked [for my tastes] and no "I'm fucking invincible"... More

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Kojima Already Thinking About MGS5

Kojima Already Thinking About MGS5

Wasn’t this supposed to be the last in the series? Snake’s last battle? Well, it seems that only applies to Snake, but the Metal Gear series will go on, Hideo Kojma reveals in the recent interview (scan below), also saying “I’ve got to get to thinking about Metal Gear Solid 5”. Clearly Kojima is not one to abandon a successful franchise, although this hardly seems surprising. Via Ore-teki.

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  • Anonymous commented on June 17, 2010 07:06

    I hope that metal gear series won't face the same destiny as final fantasy series did...... More

  • fxc2 commented on May 19, 2009 02:32

    Everything this dude touches turns into pure gold. I'm fine with anything it is he creates.... More

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MGS4 Product Placement Bonanza

MGS4 Product Placement Bonanza - Snake uses Regain to fight 24/7

With Metal Gear Solid 4 complete, all the details regarding the marketing arrangements in the game have come to light. It seems the game will be a vehicle for product placement on an unprecedented scale for an A-List title, with 10 product “collaborations” evident; but it is not so much the number as the prominence and lack of consideration for fit which stand out. Read on for the full details.

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  • Anonymous commented on April 18, 2010 09:27

    cool... More

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Metal Gear Solid 4 Completed

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According to the official announcement, Metal Gear Solid 4: Guns of the Patriots is now completed, so all that remains is to wait for the release. Whilst a variety of dubious marketing endeavours are underway (placing Regain into the game seems positively tawdry), the biggest change this brings is the opening of the official site, filled with movie based quizzes which you can “complete” for “Digital Download Points”, exchangeable for a variety of wallpapers and the like – how very original. Still the game movies are interesting enough.

Hideo Kojima may have put his foot in his mouth recently, and again just now if you read the drivel he spouts in the press conference comparing SCE to space pioneers, but this hardly has any bearing on what will doubtless prove to be the biggest PS3 release to date; it will certainly be interesting to see how well the PS3 fairs with the upcoming releases of its major titles – my guess is well.

  • PrinceHeir commented on June 4, 2010 16:40

    First :D finally after playing 2 years after it's released the best game this generation hands down. hideo kojima kudos to you ^________^... More

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Kojima Denies PS3 Rubbish – Claims Mistranslation

Kojima denies he said the PS3 couldn't live up to his expectations

There was something of a furore when Metal Gear Solid 4 creator 小島秀夫 / Hideo Kojima gave an interview to Edge and was quoted as saying “The original vision was to go ten steps further, the reality was just one step”, amongst other negative statements about the PS3 platform. Now on his own blog, he denies all, and claims it was in fact a mistranslation; his humble and self abasing Japanese was distorted through translation and cultural misinterpretation, as well as shameless media exaggeration in pursuit of page views, and so he was grievously misquoted.

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  • Anonymous commented on January 7, 2010 20:53

    Not just Edge. There's lots of other sites that hates Sony and I'm sure they made it to full blown exaggeration.... More

  • Anonymous commented on January 5, 2010 08:28

    Well...Edge hates Sony/PS3 so much that I can easilly see they doing that........ More

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