Metal Gear Solid's postmodern legacy: part 1

“What was that noise?” I love the Metal Gear Solid series. Despite it’s overindulgence of cutscenes and increasingly nonsensical plots, I love the series to death. I tell you this so that you know my next statement is going to

Why Shadow of the Colossus is Overrated

Warning: This opinion piece contains detailed narrative spoilers but few mechanical spoilers for Shadow of the Colossus, ICO, Prince of Persia (2008) and God of War. To celebrate the release of The ICO & Shadow of the Colossus Collection, I

For Nostalgia's Sake: Metal Gear Solid

With the unveiling of the new Metal Gear Solid Rising comes the opportunity to reflect back on the perfection Hideo Kojima and the Konami folks achieved in 1999 with Metal Gear Solid. Even more opportune, is that I started running

Sony still hasn't discovered Brazil

Officially, Brazil was discovered by the Portuguese explorer Pedro Álvares Cabral in 1500. 509 years later and Sony finally did the same, or so it seemed. Executives from Sony do Brasil declared on April 14th that the Playstation 3 will