Kojima, man

        • GalaxyBrain [they/them]
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          3 years ago

          Hey, he accidentally managed to do a genius postmodernism while knowing jack shit about it with MGS2. Land of contrasts

            • MarxGuns [comrade/them]
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              3 years ago

              A weee babe! I remember playing the MGS1 demo a billion times on my PS1 when I was somewhere around that age. It’s kinda hard to get past the simplicity of everything compared to later games so it’s not surprising you didn’t play it. Course, I had no other options so that made it easy.

              • GalaxyBrain [they/them]
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                3 years ago

                I will mock metal gear and Kojima endlessly now but playing that first game and especially 2 as a kid are absolutely responsible for me being a communist now.

                • MarxGuns [comrade/them]
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                  3 years ago

                  As a counterpoint, I was a libertarian for a very long time even while playing 1 through 3. I’m not very smart though.

                    • MarxGuns [comrade/them]
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                      3 years ago

                      I was somewhere in my worker ‘trying to understand the contradictions of capital’ phrase while playing MSGV, myself.

                      • GalaxyBrain [they/them]
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                        3 years ago

                        Ah, played them on release day aside from MGS1. Playing MGS2 right after 9/11 as a twelve year old was absolutely instrumental to my life. Trying to make sense of that led me to studying philosophy and theory at a super young age

    • Haste_Hall [he/him]
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      3 years ago

      huge soviet military installations in the game and fultoning these highly trained soldiers

      That's not really the vibe I get from their depiction of the Soviets. Ignoring OKB Zero, which isn't really Soviet, the biggest military installation there is a base with three concrete hangars, one of which is caved in. It's not exactly Bagram Airfield over here.

      And I'm not entirely sure how the soldiers skills work, but I'm pretty sure I find higher skill soldiers in Africa than Afghanistan.

      • GalaxyBrain [they/them]
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        3 years ago

        It's based on your general progress/online bullshit, don't think the location should make a difference.