Episode 624: The Metal Gear Storyline, Pt. I (Patreon)

Jeremy: I have a feeling that this will turn out to be one of those episodes that a lot of people really enjoy but a handful of super-fans will find deeply annoying. Metal Gear demi-super-fans Shane Bettenhausen and Tomm Hulett and I have all spent a lot of time playing and thinking about Metal Gear games, but this is the kind of conversation that tends to be a little livelier if the participants don't memorize every detail in advance in order to spark a little extra conversation and keep things loose and just a little bit messy. I mean, heck, that was Hideo Kojima's entire approach to plotting the Metal Gear saga. We're just keeping things authentic.

The second part of this will arrive next month. And not to spoil anything, but the back half of the Metal Gear storyline is so chaotic that we're going to have to do a little more prep work just to keep things from flying off the rails.

Edits by Greg Leahy. Art by Greg Melo.

• 09:33 - "Metal Gear 20 Years History ~Past, Present, Future~"

• 19:39 - Metal Gear (MSX2): Beyond Big Boss

• 28:55 - Metal Gear 2: Solid Snake: Reprieve of the Doctor

• 40:28 - Metal Gear Solid: Cavern

• 50:13 - Metal Gear Solid: Tank Hangar

• 57:56 - Metal Gear Solid: The Best is Yet to Come

• 1:08:31 - Metal Gear Solid: Enclosure

• 1:17:33 - Metal Gear Solid 3: Snake Eater: Ocelot Youth Confrontation

• 1:26:05 - Metal Gear Solid 2: Sons of Liberty: MGS Main Theme

• 1:36:45 - Metal Gear Solid 2: Sons of Liberty: The World Needs Only One...

• 1:47:17 - Metal Gear Solid 2: Sons of Liberty: Freedom to Decide

• Closing - Metal Gear Solid 2: Sons of Liberty: Can't Say Goodbye to Yesterday