The footnotes all get moved to the end of the chapters, but the footnotes are used in back and forth, location-dependent fun, which doesn't work in that format.

Which is fitting considering that the game is goddamn bonkers, but I still think this would be somewhat of a difficule read if you hadn't played the game. Of all the books, this one probably spends the least time laying out the plot and gameplay in a linear way. Or thoughts, perhaps.įor starters, this is not the BFB title to read if you're not at least fairly familiar with Metal Gear Solid. Soooo many complicated emotions about this book.

Witness a celebration/takedown of this landmark game with the combination of insight and hilarity that Ashly and Anthony have made their careers on. After nearly two decades, Metal Gear Solid's once-innovative stealth mechanics seem outdated, the cutscenes have lost some of their action movie punch, and the game's treatment of women is often out of touch. The only problem: Ashly and Anthony grew up but their all-time favorite video game didn't. Several console generations later, Metal Gear Solid is still often touted as the series high water mark. Before they co-created the hit web series Hey Ash, Whatcha Playin'?, before Anthony was lead writer of Borderlands 2, before Ashly lent her voice to Saints Row IV, Towerfall, and Adventure Time-Ashly and Anthony Burch were just a brother and sister who shared a weird obsession with Solid Snake and his 3D debut, Metal Gear Solid (1998).Īnd why wouldn't they? Hideo Kojima's attempt at creating the Playstation's greatest game featured groundbreaking stealth mechanics, a gruff and hunky leading man, a brilliantly claustrophobic setting, tons of cinematic cutscenes, shocking fourth wall breaks, and terrifying bosses.

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