Metal Gear/ Metal Gear Solid

Kojima's an asshole for making me put down The Boss' Horse.

In regards to what I said here, especially Soble's reply here, let me clarify on that. When I meant "first experiment in the project the gave birth to the Next-Generation Special Forces," I meant infused with Big Boss' DNA, like the actual Next-Generation Special Forces in 2005.

Anyways, I digress. Back on-topic.

@ The Airman

Berthold?

The Last Days Of Foxhound

Sniper Wolf's dog. We've been running through some fun ideas I like to call "The Snake Family AU".

As for schooling for David and Eli, think John would pass knowledge of stealth ops to his kids in case of bullying on the playground?

Thanks

Berthold was pretty cool, too.

Already got you covered.

A bit less lovey-dovey than what we probably have in mind, though. I do want to give that Liquid a hug though. MGSV Eli though can go drown in untreated sewage.

God I love this comic.

Snake is just insane enough that he probably did that, and it still worked.

Holy cow, somebody give this guy a trophy for giving Konami probably one of the biggest "reasons you suck" speeches I've ever heard for...anything. (NSFW)

edited 9th Dec '15 5:30:45 PM by TargetmasterJoe

Jim Sterling called it first, and much better in my opinion.

Who is this Jim Sterling?

IS HE AN AVGN RIPOFF? HE'S JUST AS BAD AS IRATE GAMER!

Jim Sterling is a popular internet gaming critic noted for his biting critiques, comedy and being British. He used to work for Destructoid and continues to put out well received content and commentary on the industry.

That is some pretty low-class shit though. I've generally stayed out of the Kojima/Konami thing because I've given up on MGS but this is just ridiculously insulting and petty.

Continuing from - He's also somewhat of a controversial figure - there are people who hail him as the Only Sane Man of games journalism, others who decry him as a dreaded "SJW", and then more moderate people who are into his stuff and find his act funny or people who can't stand his full-of-himself onscreen persona.

I like him, personally, and you should check him out. But yeah, he's not for everyone.

edited 10th Dec '15 3:25:08 AM by MrMallard

I'll give you a link to his #Fuc Konami vid on Youtube:

Here's his initial reaction to the first rumblings about the situation between Kojima and Konami, along with the cancellation of Silent Hills

And here's an updated vid where he basically points out that he knew how godawful Konami was months before it got so publicly bad... along with how much he hates Konami

Best part is that he actually has a coherent argument - he doesn't devolve into rambling and swearing for the sake of it like the other guy did.

edited 10th Dec '15 3:25:04 AM by SgtRicko

Well thanks to this fine gentleman whose video I just saw recently:

I know Konami's CEO's name: Satoshi Sakamoto.

Ladies and Gentlemen, I would like to suggest a new addition to the "We hate Konami" line of hashtags. I present:

#FireSatoshiSakamoto

edited 11th Dec '15 8:35:12 AM by TargetmasterJoe

If the game devs themselves are coming out against Konami's decision, then it's implying the backroom gossip between them is of the consensus that Kojima's faults, if any, are vastly overshadowed by Konami's severe behavior here. I guess that's good news - it means we probably won't hear any reasonable defense from Konami's side, ex Kojima abusing funds, excessive leave, improper behavior, etc. Just probably what we've already heard or known, such as his habit of being a procrastinating perfectionist.

I get the feeling he'd go over budget because of so many things that were cut and he kept trying to fix it.

Figuring out how Brojima makes games is like a detective investigation. I think we have a good idea of how TPP's development went and that it had problems. Like every game ever, just a bit more than the norm at least.

But we have a very clear view of Conami's rather unethical practices. It's a shame, really. They should be better than this. What happened to them?

Man, it'll be a treat if Broji's Non Disclosure Agreement ever runs out.

Regardless of one's thoughts on V, it is clear that Conami are just screwing themselves royally right now.

And now even one of the former Executives of Square Enix, Yoichi Wada, is putting his thoughts out on the issue. He thinks the supposedly irrational behavior from Konami might be both due to Sakamoto (Konami's current CEO) having no experience in the videogames industry or knowledge of how it's fans behave. It's also likely that Konami's various departments have terrible communication between one another, leading to the vague and sometimes inconsistent responses they've been giving to the public and even to their own staff.

Wada weighs in on Konami/Kojima drama, calls it "negative for business"

Hey guys, imagine if Metal Gear had a Wild West AU.

Red Dead Revengance.

“Maybe leaving the home console market is management’s plan, but going out of your way to make enemies with the world has no meaning.”

He knows what we're thinking! ^_^

EDIT: as in, there's no point in making enemies with everyone else.

edited 12th Dec '15 8:06:20 AM by TargetmasterJoe

Revolver Ocelot's wet dream.

Well, that and Big Boss.

Or wild west Big Bosses.