Month: April 2014

The Last Days Of FOXHOUND (reissue 019 – Kinesis)

[The Last Days of FOXHOUND is a fan made comic that I stumbled upon a few years ago while perusing the Internetz as an MGS fan. This strip, created by a fellow MGS fan named Chris Douchette, ran this comic from 2003-2008. I was lucky enough to run into all 500 completed pages and wanted to share them with all of you readers. I’ll try to reiterate each and every consecutive page as time goes on. Most of the humor stems from the going on throughout the MGS series, so those who aren’t too familiar may find themselves slightly lost. My solution: play the MGS games. You guys wouldn’t be here anyways if you haven’t at least played MGS1. Anywho, enjoy!]

019 – Kinesis

MGTAV – Ground Zeroes’ Trailer Awesomely Redone With GTAV Engine

I ran into the dopest thing of the day on the internetz. The MGSV: Ground Zerores RED BAND trailer has been recreated as faithfully as possible with the GTA5 engine. I was so impressed that I was actually inspired to take to Photoshop and cobble together my own mashup poster and use it as my header. Below is the GTA5 trailer.

The original MGSV trailer can be seen under what I’m currently typing.

And here is the side by side comparison.

What would be really interesting is if Kojima did a reversal and had Big Boss running around in the GTA5 open world, holding his 1911 in a gangster style “kill shot” pose yelling “GAT GAT GAT” with the Jack Bauer growl. Hilarity.

Source: Kotaku

Word Of The Day – Vetting

[I decided to add this category to my roster just for kicks, and to see if I could tie any words I may come across into anything Metal Gear. Because, of course!]

Vetting is the process of performing a background check on someone before offering them employment, conferring an award, etc. A prospective person or project may be vetted before making a hiring decision. In addition, in intelligence gathering, assets are vetted to determine their usefulness.

Sentence usage: Solid Snake was vetted before being assigned by Colonel Campbell the task to take down Metal Gear.

Weekend Memes

Calvin & Hobbes (1985-1986 Reissue 009)

[Calvin & Hobbes is one of the best comic strips to have come into existence in the latter part of the 20th century. This strip, created by the awesome Bill Watterson, ran for a decade, from November 18, 1985 to December 31, 1995. As a kid I discovered the first ever collection of strips in book form self titled Calvin & Hobbes in a local bookstore. As I glanced through the first few pages I became instantly hooked. It centers on a 6 year old boy Calvin, and his stuffed toy aka best friend come to imaginary life Hobbes, and their adventures about life. It’s a truly remarkable series that I’d like to share with you boys and girls. As that sharing goes, I’ll do my best to pepper in a strip as time goes on. Enjoy!]

1985-1986 Reissue 009

The Last Days Of FOXHOUND (reissue 018 – The Psycho Test)

018 – The Psycho Test

Kojima Station – Episode 4

Source: Konami

We Play: Metal Gear Solid Peace Walker

Hey all! I know I haven’t posted much. Busy with wedding planning and all, and sort of getting stuck playing InFamous: Second Son.
I still have to get my review of the HTC One M8, as well as Titanfall, as well as InFamous. I have yet to actually start the work on these, well, I do have the source material for my Titanfall HAR (Half Assed Review), but I just haven’t been able to put it together.

Anyhow, this is not what this post is about. About a week ago, Nekked and I did a session on MGS: Peace Walker, and we recorded the whole thing. Now, it is close to 50 minutes long, and for some reason my audio is very low. Granted this is the first time we did this, so please bear with us for now. This is really a test run for some stuff we have planned out.

Hope y’all enjoy it, somewhat. And if you did, please subscribe to our channel, and like our video…and while we are doing plugs, like our new FB page too! https://www.facebook.com/JWABlog

More iDroid Photos And Details

千値練さんのiDROID型iPhoneケース。光るライト(青い球体)はある程度動かせる。 pic.twitter.com/ziBY2csi0d

— 小島秀夫 (@Kojima_Hideo) April 8, 2014

Kojima has posted more pictures and details of the MGSV:GZ iDroid iPhone case. In one of the pics it looks like the case has a modular design and can be taken apart piece by piece to be reassembled around the phone. Japan will release this bad boy this October for 7500 yen/53 euro/73 usd.

There’s a camera cover to hide the iPhone lense. Also, the blue light can be moved around a bit.

I really like this case, but jeez, the price tag for it leaves something to be desired. For those of you who want this though, it looks like you will have to import the item because there are no details as of yet for release outside the land of the rising sun.

Source: Hideo Kojima Twitter

Portable Ops Is In MGSV: Ground Zeroes. Sort of.

I know I posted it a couple articles ago, but I just got around to watching episode 3 of Kojima Station. I’ve only gotten through the first 20 minutes but there are some interesting things to take note of. Case in point the crew talks about the DEJA VU mission (PlayStation exclusive) which actually has some records that players can set. Among these records is finding various MGS logos from past games. The goal is to, as Sean Eyestone puts it, erase these logos with a similar technique that’s used by Skull Face in the Ground Zeroes trailer. What got my attention is that, in this demonstration, one of the logos is that of Portable Ops.

I suppose Kojima was thinking of us MPO fans when he wanted to come up with some challenges. Nonetheless, it’s a cool surprise. Some logos apparently won’t be as easy to find as they can be hidden behind, or possibly under objects. So look carefully. You also may need to use your weapons to move certain objects out of the way.