While detailing aspects of video games that would make restricting them problematic, the fact that many games have a story came up. That opened up the question of what makes a good video game story. So here’s a quick look at trends that work well, with a few examples. Storytelling ability or actual authors Yes, more »

Metal Gear has always placed a great emphasis on stealth and secrets and Konami is treating the newest installment with “if we tell you we’ll have to kill you” care. Thus, we aren’t leaving E3 with exactly a full dossier on Metal Gear Solid:Rising. I can tell you that swordplay is going to be a huge game mechanic and featured prominently in the footage that was shown.

Hideo Kojima’s new installment of the Metal Gear Solid franchise is out. You can insert the triumphant fanfare soon. I will tell you that I wanted to like the game and, well, I didn’t like it.

I loved it.

During a press conference in Tokyo to promote Metal Gear Solid: Peace Walker. Hideo Kojima made a bold prediction in the nature of game evolution. The prediction is that platforms, more notably traditional ones like consoles, will soon be extinct. Reuters was there for the news that Kojima Productions would be shifting to games that more »

Been keeping a close eye on the Kojima Productions “next” website countdown? Well, if not, there has been quite the change since we last posted.

Not only has the Flash video become slightly more filling with dark clouds and heavy rain but we also get a peek at one of the characters from the mysterious (or not-so-mysterious) game: Big Boss.

Rumors first broke about the iPhone/iPod Touch game earlier this morning (December 17, 2008), when someone noticed that Famitsu” title=”Famitsu’s” target=”external”>Famitsu’s upcoming issue contains scans” title=”scans”>scans of a game dubbed Metal Gear Touch.

I was linking to the official Kojima Productions website, when the teaser disappeared and unveiled confirmation that indeed, the next Metal Gear game is: Metal Gear Touch….

Let’s face it, gaming is expensive. With the economy currently in its poor state, gamers have quite a bit to worry about.

There are, however, are some ways to appease the habit and get more bang for your buck. You can take everything that you’ll read to heart as advice from a fellow poor gamer along with some of the advice given to us by MSNBC. These tips should help ease some of your monetary burdens when it comes to gaming…

Been playing some Metal Gear Online lately? Probably not but if you do have an account you might want to log in November 25, 2008, through December 9, 2008, as Konami will be giving all players who log into their Metal Gear Online accounts 10,000 reward points that they can use to spruce up those dusty characters at in the game’s shop.

It’s just one part of Konami’s “Commemorative Campaign” for its online war game, which is a celebration of achieving over one million members. The catch is that the points won’t be awarded until after December 9, 2008.

Part two of the campaign involves…

I can’t wait for my copy of Metal Gear Solid 4: Guns of the Patriots but I don’t want to say goodbye to elite agent Solid Snake, whom we’ve grown to love while following his adventures.

We pray that rumors of an end are not true and continue to pose theories about why the series could never end. Even so, as a preemptive memorial to help cope with the denial that this may be the absolute last game for Snake, here is a look at the MGS franchise….

Cnet’s Don Reisinger posed a very heated question to gamers of the world today on the Digital home: “What’s the best videogame series of all time?”. He lists a few of the bigger (and safer) franchises – Halo, Mario, GTA, Metal Gear, Final Fantasy, Zelda, etc. before positing a couple of more obscure series like more »