I didn't grow up with commercials telling me to want Metroid. That's not me being a wise old sage about the marketing landscape of the mid-1980s. It's just true. My family got an NES for Christmas, the kind of package deal that came bundled with the three-games-in-one cartridge of Super Mario Bros., Duck Hunt, and … Continue reading Alone in the Dark: What Metroid Taught Me About Being Lost on Purpose
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Solid Snake’s Legacy: Metal Gear Solid Franchise Analysis
There's a moment near the end of Metal Gear Solid, right after Snake has destroyed REX and stopped Liquid, when Colonel Campbell tells him something almost throwaway. To keep the government from hunting him down, Snake will simply be registered as killed in action. He saved the world and the reward is that the world … Continue reading Solid Snake’s Legacy: Metal Gear Solid Franchise Analysis
