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On his way to rescue President Johnson, Raiden is confronted by the terrorist commander, who claims to be Solid Snake. Enraged by this, Pliskin reveals himself as the true Solid Snake and fires on the imposter from a helicopter. Utilizing an advanced exoskeleton, the terrorist leader evades Snake's attack and boards a Harrier being piloted by Vamp. Snake then tells Raiden to shoot it down, throwing a Stinger missile launcher down to him. After Raiden takes it down, the Harrier plummets, only to be caught by Metal Gear RAY. RAY proceeds to launch missiles into the air, destroying sections of the Big Shell and damaging the Kasatka, forcing it to land. RAY then departs into the ocean, taking the Harrier with it. After recovering from RAY's attack, Solid Snake contacts Raiden, introducing him to Otacon. They reveal they are there to stop the terrorists from using the new Metal Gear prototype. They also tell Raiden that Otacon has another reason for being in the Big Shell: to rescue his sister, Emma Emmerich. Raiden then proceeds to rendezvous and rescue President Johnson. Once Raiden finally gets to the President, he is told about the Patriots, a mysterious organization that secretly rules over America. He also explains that the terrorist leader was his predecessor, the 43rd U.S. President George Sears, known by the codename Solidus Snake, a clone of the legendary soldier Big Boss, created in the "Les Enfants Terribles" project. Johnson adds that Solidus orchestrated the Shadow Moses Incident in 2005 but was removed from office by the Patriots. Solidus wanted to challenge the Patriots, unlike Johnson, who had simply wished to become one of them. Johnson also confirms that the Big Shell is merely a cover-up for the construction of Arsenal Gear, a gigantic mobile fortress that employs mass-produced unmanned Metal Gear RAYs to defend itself and can fire nuclear warheads from anywhere on the planet. It also has access to the Military's Tactical Network, granting it absolute control over the nation's armed forces and nuclear arsenal. However, Arsenal's true purpose is to filter information from the internet and other forms of digital communication using an AI called GW. By doing this, the Patriots hope to shape history as they see fit while maintaining the secret of their existence. Johnson's last request is that Raiden locate GW's main programmer, Emma Emmerich, and provide her with a computer worm to eradicate the AI. Afterward, feeling he has said everything he needed to, Johnson suddenly grabs Raiden's gun, asking Raiden to kill him. Raiden resists, but Revolver Ocelot soon intervenes, shooting Johnson before Raiden can stop him.

Remastered From 2022: TSC News TV host Fred Richani interviews legendary voice actor Josh Keaton about filling Chris Evans' giant shoes in What If...? on Disney Plus, getting his big break as a kid, playing young Hercules, being canonically part of the MCU, his roles in Young Justice Phantoms, becoming synonymous with the animated Spider-Man, his incredibly supportive wife and family, advice for success, his love for video games, his awkward moment as a child on Baywatch, and being a part of Marvel AND DC Universe! Follow Josh Keaton: https://www.instagram.com/spacepadre/  Book Josh Keaton on Cameo: https://www.cameo.com/joshkeaton/  Josh Keaton IMDB Bio: Joshua Luis Wiener or Josh Keaton is an American voice actor and musician. He is known for voicing young Hercules in the 1997 Disney film Hercules, Charlie Carbone in Kangaroo Jack: G'Day USA, Revolver Ocelot in Metal Gear Solid 3, Spider-Man, Electro and Harry Osborn in several Spider-Man video games and cartoons, Ryu Hayabusa in Ninja Gaiden and Shiro in Voltron: Legendary Defender. Other notable roles: -Salo / Deckard / Gorgeous Man in Arcane on Netflix (League of Legends) -Captain America / Steve Rogers in Marvel Studios' What If...? -Anduin Wrynn in World of Warcraft: Shadowlands   Additional notable roles in The Spectacular Spider-Man, Star Trek: Resurgence, Dota: Dragon's Blood, Ben 10, Psychonauts 2, Marvel's Iron Man VR, Death Stranding, Ant-Man in Avengers Assemble, World of Final Fantasy Maxima, Guardians of the Galaxy, and Voltron.

“Whose footprints are these?” This week we talk about our favorite parts from one of the greatest video games of all time! The complex gameplay, the intriguing characters, the weapons, the plot, even the music…. Metal Gear may have been one of the most “secret black projects”, but Metal Gear Solid is one of the most well-known and fun games ever! (IGN #36, IMDB #5!)Today's root beer is Cicero Salted Caramel.Intro and Outro music by Stockmusic331 on Pond5Send us a Text Message.

Willkommen zurück zu METAL GEAR SOLID. Folge 2 führt uns tiefer in die, von Terroristen besetzte, Abrüstungsanlage. Unsere beiden, prominenten Geiseln zu finden gestaltet sich einfacher als sie aus der Anlage zu befreien. Am Ende stellen wir uns dem ersten Mitglied von Fox Hound, Revolver Ocelot. Er scheint uns ebenbürtig, doch dann nimmt der Kampf eine unerwartete Wendung und Ocelot muss fliehen. Viel Spaß beim hören wünschen Marius, Fabian und Ringo ⁠⁠Hier⁠⁠⁠ findet ihr uns im Web! (die Folge enthält Kapitelbilder)

Happy New Year, Gamers! This week resumes our Tournament at Konsole Kombat bringing two revolver wielding villains to each others throats! The Joker from Batman: Arkham Asylum dueling it out against Revolver Ocelot from Metal Gear Solid! Will the Joker outwit Ocelot, or will Ocelot ricochet his tricks and become the victor? Only one way to find out! Please leave us a 5 Star Rating on your podcast platform of choice, it goes a long way in reaching the vast community of gamers out there! We are part of the Dynamic Podcast Network! www.dynamicpodcasts.com --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/konsolekombat/message

This time we are joined by lovely wife, Nora, to talk about the Shadow Moses incident and making fun of Revolver Ocelot. What's not to love. Follow Autumn on Twitter and Cohost! Follow Rick on Twitter and Patreon! Our art was done by Cam! You should follow their excellent webcomic, Matchmaker! To support the show and get access to an extra episode each month, go to exportaud.io! "Bass Vibes" Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com) Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 4.0 License http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/

Join Squidge and VTuber Alyxa the Kitsune as they embark on a hilarious journey through the world of Metal Gear Solid. With Alyxa's unexpected reactions and heartfelt connections to the game's characters, combined with Squidge's relatable frustrations and comedic banter, this episode offers a fresh and entertaining take on the iconic game. From explosive surprises to brainstorming a kid-friendly version of Metal Gear Solid, this episode is a laugh-out-loud gaming adventure that will leave you wanting more.Remember that you can always get in touch with us on our Facebook page, on Twitter, or with our Contact page.Show NotesBecause he started us off last time (and even though he was the guest for this one), Squidge introduced the episode and the idea behind it:Waffling Taylor's Lite: the pocket size podcast that packs a gaming punch.In this serving of byte sized banter with a side of gaming goodness. We catch up with Alyxa the kitsune about Metal Gear Solid for the PS One.Take it away, guys— SquidgeThe WT Lite series of episodes will be peppered in alongside the "standard" episodes, so keep an eye out for them. These episodes allow us to focus specifically on a specific game or series, and really focus on our guest's thoughts. And after a brief discussion on Metal Gear memes - nanomachines, son! - Squidge wanted to know about Alyxa the Kitsune:So, hi, my name is Alyxa.I am a voice actress. I haven't done a lot of voice acting stuff, though. In Portuguese, by the way. European Portuguese. Not in the thick of Brazilian Portuguese. I'm also a VTube streamer on twitch. I go by Alyxa the Kitsune - that's A-L-Y-X-A underscore T-H-E underscore K-I-T-S-U-N-E. Okay. I was trying to see if I had forgotten any letters. I did not.And I actually started streaming. My first stream was actually playing Metal Gear Solid. And it also created, like, this funny nickname among my followers, which is Glitter Fox.— AlyxaThere's So Much StoryFor his first question, Squidge wanted to know whether Alyxa was ready for the sheer amount of story involved in Metal Gear Solid.I was a bit, because my boyfriend played the games, like, way before I started playing them.I'm playing the whole series for the first time in my life. I've never previously played anything Metal Gear Solid related. I knew some memes, that's all I know. The extremely famous and extremely overused alert sound.But I will never forget that there was this one time when I was having a very anxious moment of thinking, "oh, well, is anything even worth it in life?" And my boyfriend is actually like, "there's this video game series that I really like, and this character actually says something like this," and I'm pretty sure he was talking about Metal Gear Solid Two. I'm pretty sure he was talking about Metal Gear Solid Two, now that I think about it. And just a few months ago, he decided to replay the whole series again. And I was like, "okay, but I really need to understand, why does he like Metal Gear Solid so much?" And so that's how I decided to play the games.So I was a bit ready for the amount of story and information that was going to be dumped on me. I was not ready for the extreme amount of information that was going to be dumped on me. Yeah, the lore is quite extensive, especially because when he was playing, I wasn't paying that much attention, so I couldn't really like I was picking this and that and that information over there, but really basically almost nothing.But then I started playing, I was like, "oh, that is a lot. That is a lot."— AlyxaWhose The Best On Shadow Moses?There are quite a lot of characters in Metal Gear Solid, and almost all of them interact with Snake whilst he is on Shadow Moses Island. So Squidge's question was: who is Alyxa's favourite character?You gave me, like, a week to think about this, and it's still hard to choose just one character.So imagine if this was, like, about the whole series and not just the first game. I would be like, "I don't know. I would need a month think, at the very least," because every single character has something that's I wouldn't say, like, lovable about them. Like, not all of them are lovable. I mean, you got [Revolver] Ocelot, for crying out loud....But everyone has something so interesting about them.Like, I love Mei Ling and all the Chinese sayings that she has that are also connected to things that we have to do and that we should do.I also love Sniper Wolf because I cried when Sniper Wolf died. I cried when she died, and I was not expecting that. I saw my boyfriend playing, like, the whole first game, and I was like, "okay, Sniper Wolf died." But when I played it, it hurts. Because when she was talking about her past and how she suffered, I'm like, "I was not ready for this. I was not."And then there's Otakon. He kind of sounds like the comic relief, which is also good, but I don't know, there's something so enduring about him.— AlyxaFull Show NotesCheck out the full show notes for the full list of Squidge's questions, some extra stuff, and some links to related things.What's your most memorable 'Snake' moment in Metal Gear Solid? If you could recruit any character from the Metal Gear Solid universe as your real-life espionage partner, who would it be and why? In true Metal Gear Solid fashion, let's hear your best codec call impression! Dial in with your own hilarious codec conversation. Let us know!Let us know on Discord, Twitter, Facebook, or try our brand-new contact page.And have you left us a rating or review? We really like to hear back from listeners about our show, so check out https://wafflingtaylors.rocks/our-podcast/ for links to services where you can leave us some wonderful feedback.The Waffling Taylors is a proud member of Jay and Jay Media. If you like this episode, please consider supporting our Podcasting Network. One $3 donation provides a week of hosting for all of our shows. You can support this show, and the others like it, at https://ko-fi.com/jayandjaymedia ★ Support this podcast ★

The Music Of America Podcast begins our journey to Hawaii with Skullboy, the Band.Songs include Revolver Ocelot, Liquid Snake and Hipster Rock

Subscribe to my Podcast Platforms Follow me on Twitch twitch.tv/draykingjaymes ✔︎ https://goo.gl/5wWkP2 | Anchor ✔︎ https://rb.gy/8ko0ua | Spotify ✔︎ https://pcr.apple.com/id1476905690 | Apple Podcast Just search Dray Jaymes and it'll pop up! As of my last knowledge update in September 2021, "Metal Gear Solid" is often regarded as one of the greatest video games of all time, but it's essential to note that opinions about video games can be highly subjective, and new games may have emerged since then that have also gained widespread acclaim. However, I can provide some reasons why "Metal Gear Solid" has been so highly regarded by many players and critics: Pioneering Stealth Gameplay: "Metal Gear Solid" introduced a revolutionary style of gameplay, emphasizing stealth over brute force. Players were encouraged to avoid direct confrontations and use strategic thinking to sneak past enemies and complete missions. Engaging Storytelling: The game boasts a compelling and intricate storyline, filled with political intrigue, military drama, and philosophical themes. Its cinematic presentation, cutscenes, and voice acting were considered groundbreaking for its time, creating an immersive experience. Memorable Characters: The game features iconic characters like Solid Snake, Revolver Ocelot, Gray Fox, and Psycho Mantis, each with their distinct personalities and memorable moments that resonate with players. Innovative Gameplay Mechanics: "Metal Gear Solid" introduced unique gameplay mechanics, such as the use of the radar system, boss battles, and the necessity to interact with the environment and NPCs in creative ways. Strategic Depth: The game encouraged players to think strategically and consider various approaches to accomplish their objectives. This open-ended design gave players a sense of agency and freedom. Cultural Impact: "Metal Gear Solid" has had a significant cultural impact on the video game industry, inspiring numerous games, books, comics, and even films. Hideo Kojima's Vision: The game's creator, Hideo Kojima, is known for his creative and innovative approach to game design. His passion and attention to detail have resonated with fans and contributed to the game's success. Nostalgia and Legacy: For many gamers, "Metal Gear Solid" holds a special place in their hearts as a game that defined their childhood or gaming experiences. This nostalgia contributes to its enduring popularity and reputation. Remember that opinions about video games can vary, and while "Metal Gear Solid" is highly regarded by many, others may have different preferences or opinions on what makes a game the greatest. --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/talkinbout/message Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/talkinbout/support

Snake is captured! Fortunately for us, this gives us our first chance to meet Liquid which really only raises more questions than it answers. After some cock and ball torture from Revolver Ocelot and a quick reunion with our BF Otacon, we manage to escape our cell (one of us with the aid of a ketchup bottle, and one of us with the good ol' hide-under-the-bed-and-hope-no-one-notices trick). Then it's off to the Metal Gear hangar again, but not before we fight Liquid in his Hind D (a Hind D?!) and have one last sniper showdown with Sniper Wolf. Episode 4: Press ◯ to Not Cum

Now that we've dug through the main menu for all its juicy info and lore, we can finally start playing MGS for real! We kick things off by getting our bearings on Shadow Moses Island before meeting the DARPA Chief (RIP) and the president of Armstech, Kenneth Baker (also RIP). And finally we face off against Revolver Ocelot and try not to get distracted by his sick gun flip tricks. Episode 1: Stomach Cigarettes

Welcome back! On this episode of the State of the Arc Podcast, we finally play the game! We get to flirt with all the girls, sneak past a few guards and destroy a tank all by ourselves. The story is paced with silly moments and serious themes as we try to solve the mystery of Shadow Moses Island; very reminiscent of a 90's game. Timecodes: 1. Intro (0:00) 2. Beginning of the game (0:33) 3. DARPA Chief (21:12) 4. Revolver Ocelot (34:00) 5. Deepthroat (55:12) 6. Cyborg Ninja (1:05:02)

Happy new Year!In this episode, we will tackle the behemoth that is Revolver Ocelot. From his beginnings in Russia to the Guns of The Patriots, we tried to cover it all. He's a bit of an enigma and a bit of a sick puppy, that Ocelot, but we had a great time talking up the challenge of breaking down Adamska.Support the show (https://www.patreon.com/Shadowmosescafe)

How do you like your Snake: Naked or Solid? Find out how we eat ours as we discuss the third entry in the Metal Gear Solid franchise: Snake Eater. We also randomly talk about Wicked City, Bluepoint Games, and iconic video game songs. 

We go deep with music artist Jae Skeese. Check out his latest work Revolver Ocelot exclusively on Audiomack. Follow Jae Skeese

In this video, we dicuss Jae Skeezee's 'Revolver Ocelot' mixtape. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Where does Metal Gear Solid rank in the history of great video game opening sequences?This week John and Stace discuss the opening hour of the original Metal Gear Solid (1998), from the initial cut-scene to the Revolver Ocelot boss fight. The sequence is a masterclass of game design, narrative and originality, providing us with numerous concepts and ideas that have gone on to become commonplace across many games.Our discussion of Metal Gear Solid comes ahead of our look at Metal Gear Solid 2 which celebrates its 20th anniversary on 13 November 2021.Gaming: The Podcast is released every Tuesday and is bought to you by Indie By Design, creators of books and podcasts that delve into the history, culture and design of video games.A video version of this podcast is available on YouTube.Visit us at IndieByDesign.netTwitter: @IndieByDesign See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

Where does Metal Gear Solid rank in the history of great video game opening sequences?This week John and Stace discuss the opening hour of the original Metal Gear Solid (1998), from the initial cut-scene to the Revolver Ocelot boss fight. The sequence is a masterclass of game design, narrative and originality, providing us with numerous concepts and ideas that have gone on to become commonplace across many games.Our discussion of Metal Gear Solid comes ahead of our look at Metal Gear Solid 2 which celebrates its 20th anniversary on 13 November 2021.Gaming: The Podcast is released every Tuesday and is bought to you by Indie By Design, creators of books and podcasts that delve into the history, culture and design of video games.A video version of this podcast is available on YouTube.Visit us at IndieByDesign.netTwitter: @IndieByDesign See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

In this weeks episode, Jared, Ky, and Ben continue their adventures in Metal Gear Solid. We will be starting after the fight with Revolver Ocelot and playing through the Psycho Mantis boss fight. There are a few bosses we fight in this section and in Metal Gear fashion, lots of plot twists and complicated narrative.  Find us on Twitter and Instagram @PlayAlongPod. Episodes of this podcast go up every Tuesday at 9 am PST. Music is done by https://boqeh.bandcamp.com/ --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app

In this weeks episode, Jared, Ky, and Ben start the Tactical Espionage Action Metal Gear Solid. We play up through the first boss fight with, Revolver Ocelot. Strap in folks, because there is a lot narrative, dialogue, cutscenes, plot twist and more. Find us on Twitter and Instagram @PlayAlongPod. Episodes of this podcast go up every Tuesday at 9 am PST. Music is done by https://boqeh.bandcamp.com/ --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app

Terrence returns, and apparently Fall Guys is going to be our new obsession? Halo Infinite becomes ever free-er than before, xCloud is coming, Sony has made the ultimate dick-move , and Strauss Zelnick continues to exemplify Take Two's general crappiness.   Use our Amazon page to donate to the show: www.densepixels.com/amazon Subscribe to our YouTube channel: Dense Pixels You can now follow us on Twitch! Brad - DensePixelsBrad Terrence - App4RITioN410 Micah - denseblacknerd Carrie - supitscarrie   Twitter: @DensePixels Facebook: Dense Pixels Podcast Subscribe on iTunes or Google Play Music

Ce n’était qu’une question de temps avant que Solid Snake ne s’infiltre dans ce podcast. Si on prévoyait à la base un épisode « saga », le Covid et quelques autres petites choses en ont décidé autrement. Ainsi, vous avez droit à la formule traditionnelle, ne portant que sur le premier volet (sort of) de la licence. Parce que Metal Gear Solid est sans aucun doute l’un des jeux les plus marquants de la première Playstation, cette lettre d’amour a été écrite collectivement par cette équipe qui n’a rien à envier à l’unité Fox.  Audrey, chef barmaid au Liquorium, bar parisien situé au 11 rue Saint-Denis Jean-Baptiste, ex-journaliste, coanimateur des podcast Outrider et Landrider | ingénieur son et image pour différentes chaînes YouTube, notamment le French Wargame Studio et La Bonne Auberge | Twitter  Johan, libraire à BDnet Nation | Twitter Guillaume, professeur de Lettres et d’Histoire | Twitter  Merci à eux tous de s’être livré à l’exercice de l’enregistrement à distance, raison pour laquelle le son n’est pas aussi bon que d’habitude. J’ai fais ce que j’ai pu et désolé si parfois ça sature un peu.  Cet épisode estival ne sera pas le seul. Suivra dans quelques semaines un numéro un peu spécial qui, pour la première fois, sera centré sur une actu. D’ici-là, passez un bon été ! Playlist :  01 – TAPPY - Main Theme | Metal Gear Solid Original Game Soundtrack © 1998 King Records / Konami  02 – KCE – Encounter | Metal Gear Solid Original Game Soundtrack © 1998 King Records / Konami 03 – KCE – Enclosure | Metal Gear Solid Original Game Soundtrack © 1998 King Records / Konami 04 – KCE – Rex’s Lair | Metal Gear Solid Original Game Soundtrack © 1998 King Records / Konami 05 – Rika Muranaka & Aoife Ní Fhearraigh - End Title - The Best is yet to come | Metal Gear Solid Original Game Soundtrack © 1998 King Records / Konami Si vous avez enjaillé l’écoute de ce podcast, allez-donc lâcher un petit commentaire (mais une grosse note) sur Apple Podcast. Vous pouvez aussi nous rejoindre sur les grandes plateformes de l’Internet mondial : - Facebook - Twitter - Instagram

Metal Gear: Turn on your radios Normies and get ready for a little, green side-by-side chat as your hosts talk all things Metal Gear. Before Death was Stranded, Before S.H. (almost) became P. T., before Castlevania was made extreme, one game series started it all dating all the way back to floppy disks. Solid Snake, Psycho Mantis, Revolver Ocelot; we get into all the great animal/adverb secret agents that make up Hideo Kojima’s masterpiece series when we talk Metal Gear on Normies Like Us! He who controls the battlefield, controls the clicks↓ Insta: @NormiesLikeUs https://www.instagram.com/normieslikeus/ @jacob https://www.instagram.com/jacob/ @JoeHasInsta https://www.instagram.com/joehasinsta/ @MikeHasInsta https://www.instagram.com/mikehasinsta/ Special Guests: Andrew Fiscus and Jacob Ebel.

We're excited to introduce the first episode of Black & White Gaming's Game Club! Each week, we'll be playing to a certain point in a video game and then discuss our thoughts on what we have played, be it story, gameplay, controls, etc. To kick off this discussion series, we are playing through Metal Gear Solid The Twin Snakes. For this episode, we played through the Revolver Ocelot boss fight. This week's section: Part 1 (End of Revolver Ocelot boss fight) Would you like to participate in our Game Club adventures? Join our Discord at https://discord.gg/S5denM8. We'll always tell you what part we are playing to so you can join in and discuss the game with us and others. If you have any questions you'd like us to address, leave them in the Discord and we'll cover them in our episode! Lastly, if you like what you see and hear, give us a follow on Twitter, Instagram and Twitch at blkwhtgaming. Thank you for listening!

In this special series, Zane tries his best to explain the ENTIRE plot of ALL the Metal Gear Solid games to Ben. This week is Metal Gear Solid 3: Snake Eater. Included plot points: CQC, the birth of Revolver Ocelot, HALO jumps & a lot of TIME PARADOXES! This one turns out to be Ben's favourite so far. Buckle Up! SNNNAAAKKKKEEEE!

Episode 39Join Dennis, Johnny, and Frankie as the take a look at The Legacy of Luther Strode, the final book in Luther Strode Trilogy. The Legacy of Luther Strode is by writer Justin Jordan and artist Tradd Moore. The Luther Strode Trilogy is the story of a young man who desires to be powerful and quickly learns that not everything you want is worth having.In this episode the gang discusses the the journey of Luther Strode and Petra, his girlfriend and sidekick, from The Strange Talent of Luther Strode, the first book in the series, to The Legacy of Luther Strode; if the characters have become caricatures or are still fully fleshed out; if Tradd Moore was going through a dry spell during creation of this book; what you would get if you crossed Revolver Ocelot with a Rastifarian and The Man with No Name; why Rodimus Prime didn't show up in this story; how if Conservatives have Voldemort, then Liberals have Thanos; and finally the storytelling and art of The Legacy of Luther Strode.--- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/graphicnovelexplorersclub/message See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

Welcome to another episode of the Power Up Podcast. Today, we are 1 guest short but Andrew, Taylor and Anthony have it covered. They sit down and discuss the state of EA, Pokemon and much more. First up, the guys talk a bit about the recently announced Pokemon Sword & Shield that will be coming to the Switch. The new map is based on the UK and will feature a fire, water, and grass starter Pokemon. Is this the game that most Pokemon fans have been waiting for? Could the Pokemon company have done a better job? We discuss. Next up, is EA slipping on games publishing and was the Mass Effect and Dragon age series flukes? We discuss just what EA & Bioware needs to do to put out successful games. We also take a look at Anthem's recent sales figures and find out just what it is that makes Anthem bad. The recent AMA on 8CHAN has drawn the attention of gamers and the news in general. The management team sat down and announced that they were doing an AMA last minute on the highly controversial website 8CHAN. That did not go as planned!   Of course, you can follow us on any and all social media accounts, from Instagram, where we post pictures of our daily plays and PC builds, to Discord where we sit down for community playthroughs and AMA's with our community. Follow us for more community interaction and podcast action.   Facebook - https://www.facebook.com/COGdotnet/ Twitter - https://twitter.com/COGdotnet Instagram - @cultureofgaming Discord - https://discord.gg/cf4KG4 Twitch - https://twitch.tv/cultureofgaming Podbean - https://cogpoweruppodcast.podbean.com/ Itunes - https://itunes.apple.com/au/podcast/p...

We begin other game! Background and introductory elements of Metal Gear Solid, and the beginning of the story: meeting the two hostages (the DARPA Chief and the ArmsTech President), and the encounter with Revolver Ocelot. The next episode, in two weeks, will go through the fourth boss fight (In the Commander's Room). Links: Dara O'Briain on Metal Gear Solid Revolver Ocelot  

Welcome to Dev Game Club, where we present our interview with Tom Hall, Project Lead of 2001's quirky Western-built Japanese-style RPG Anachronox. We talk about the team, the labor of love, what got left on the cutting floor, and various other bits and bobs. Dev Game Club looks at classic video games and plays through them over several episodes, providing commentary. Podcast breakdown: 0:35    Interview segment 55:28  Break 56:00  Mail/outro Issues covered: the game's science fiction underpinnings, JRPGs and adventure games, the surprise of having the adventure game elements, the lore bible and map of the Universe, generating the background information to make characters sound consistent, creating alphabets, the black and white pirate world, PAL-18's digital home world and cel-shading, knowing what happens next, writing and cinematic direction with tools (PLANET), programming the mini-games (APE), in-depth cinematics and facial animation and mitten hands, getting a story in the bathroom (and starting with the name), talking process with Terry Gilliam, little ideas coming together to unite a concept, having a poisoned past, Nick Danger and radio plays, coming up with the most surprising things you could think of, Democratus having its origins in John Carmack's D&D campaign, a planet walks into a bar, playing with expectations, feeling episodic, making characters come first to drive those episodes, loyalty missions in Mass Effect, hidden content, having different levels for different choices, renaming characters, origin of Paco's and Rho Bowman's names, Stiletto Anyway's origins, crunching too much and team size, team cohesion, structure of ION Storm, Dream Design, doing one take of Walton Simmons, thirty years into the industry, being just a bit ahead of time for mobile, directing Gordon Ramsay, missing the big references to Hitchhiker's Guide, talking about the black and white world, talking crunch, potential achievements for Anachronox, adding achievements to remastered adventure games. Games, people, and influences mentioned or discussed: Tom Hall, SoftDisk, John Carmack, John Romero, id Software, Commander Keen, Wolfenstein, DOOM, Apogee, Rise of the Triad, Terminal Velocity, ION Storm, Monkeystone Games, Hyperspace Delivery Boy, KingIsle Entertainment, Loot Drop, PlayFirst, Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy, Chrono Trigger, Secret of Monkey Island, Lee Perry, Epic, Fornite, Jet Set Radio, Borderlands, Richard Gaubert, Jake Hughes, Joey Liaw, Brian Eiserloh, Crystal Dynamics, Watchmen, Terry Gilliam, Monty Python, Brazil, Firesign Theater, Dungeons and Dragons, Star Trek, Doctor Who, Game of Thrones, Mass Effect, Chrono Cross, Final Fantasy IX, Peter Marquardt, El Mariachi, Robert Rodriguez, Band of Brothers, Eidos, Deus Ex, Murder One, Daniel Bengali, ngmoco, JAMDAT, gluMobile/PlayFirst, Cooking Dash/Restaurant Dash with Gordon Ramsay, Diner Dash, Eric Zimmerman, Jeff Green, Marc Laidlaw, Half-Life, Valve Software, Quake 2, Jedi Starfighter, MaasNeotekProto, Day of the Tentacle, Aaron Evers, Metal Gear Solid, Thief, Revolver Ocelot, PlayStation, Hideo Kojima, Peacewalker, PSP, Brandon Fernandez. Next time: Metal Gear Solid: Up thru Revolver Ocelot @brett_douville, @timlongojr, and @devgameclub DevGameClub@gmail.com

Tony sits down with the class this week to talk about Metal Gear Solid on the PSX and how it helped shape games so early into the birth of 3D gaming. You want stealth? Action? Espionage?! Metal Gear Solid has them in spades. From Sniper Wolf to Revolver Ocelot the action never stops in this pivotal chapter in the history of Metal Gear Solid. Let's get started. The Metal Gear Solid Movie?: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MeYbHWQrM9A&t=605s Copyright Tony Spears

Welcome to our fourth and final episode examining 1996's survival horror classic Resident Evil. We discuss the major story beats of the section, the nonsensical mess of the ending, the tyrant, and talk about some pillars and takeaways from the game. Dev Game Club looks at classic video games and plays through them over several episodes, providing commentary. Sections played: Finishing the game! In the labs. Podcast breakdown: 0:29 Segment 1: The end and takeaways 52:03 Segment 2: Reviews and what's next Issues covered: current events, RE story beats, the thin hand-waving at a conspiracy involving Wesker, multiple endings, filling out the map and finding the three computers, faking urgency, new game+ stuff, credits sequence, commitment to melodrama, Wesker and Revolver Ocelot, famous villains, asymmetry and symmetry in monsters, foreshadowing and suspense, lack of feedback fighting the tyrant, poor telegraphing, teaching is important, custom coding vs systemic work, frustrated filmmakers, disempowerment/anti-wish fulfillment, genre reinforcing well with mechanics, self-contained/holistic spaces, better puzzles at the end, resource management, cinematic cameras and techniques. Games, people, and influences mentioned or discussed: John Oliver, Last Week Tonight, Metal Gear Solid series, LOST, Chrono Cross, Silent Hill 2, Siri, Starfighter, 343 Industries, Hideo Kojima, Shinji Mikami, Capcom, Warren Spector, Firewatch, Sean Vanaman, Jake Rodkin, The Evil Within, DOOM (1993), Quake, Tomb Raider (2013), The Descent, Soma, Amnesia, Frictional Games, Penumbra, Alien: Isolation, Dead Space, Event Horizon, Rage, DOOM (2016), Yarkie, ChadBarth, TIE Fighter, Rogue One. Next time: Join us next week for a little bonus content for Thanksgiving week! @brett_douville, @timlongojr, and @devgameclub DevGameClub@gmail.com

(Thanks to ALONE IN THE CHAOS for the show’s theme music, via the Creative Commons license). Revolver Ocelot spinning slow rhymes about his gun. Also: Top 3 awesome genre-franchise mashup ideas9

Gary Butterfield, Kole Ross, and Tyler Crumrine talk about the Undead Parish and the Lower Undead Burg. If you're playing along, we cover everything from the rats in the bridge up til the goat demon with the dogs. The next episode will cover the Darkroot Garden through the Depths. If you hit the area with all the poison, you've gone too far! Note: for the purposes of the show, we are considering "Darkroot Garden" to be the areas from the Prowling Demon up through the Moonlight Butterfly. The Hydra and Sif are reserved for later. Links of Note: Ninjas vs. Podcast White Blocks Parliament Funkadelic Parliament Dunkadelic Lisa Frank Resident Evil Door Knob Haunter> Scizor Chop Chop Master Onion Siegmeyer Dialoge (SPOILERS) Faces of Dark Souls Andre's Hidden Depths Andre's Dialogue Slingblade Apse Dark Souls Map Viewer Lautrec Dialogue (Spoilers) Revolver Ocelot Looney Tunes cut of meat Protect your neck Parallel Worlds, Parallel Lives Body in a barrel of rum [Please do not occupy narrow spaces]

Episode 35Joys of human invention Hello, and thank you for joining me on another super special episode of Jay Wont dart's podcast.For episode 35 I'll talk about some , such as Alex, the artificial voice that comes with Apple's OSX. My intro was Underwear Goes Inside The Pants, a song by LazyboyI like alot of things, both living and not alive. I like birds, bees and blueberries, but also expensive technology, cars, computers and laser death rays. To reference a prior episode about the scary old hospital here, as I walked through the old ruins, its not quite like roman era marble blocks, all weathered away over the centuries, but it sure is awfully dated inside, I started to think about how cheap a lot of man made things are. Things are made to be disposable, things get outdated from how they look. Take buildings, in just 10 years a building will be seriously out of fashion really. I remember thinking Splash Palace, the fancy swimming pool here in Invercargill, it was amazingly modern, it had an expensive, and modern design, kind of swooping lines, like a split open shellfish really. Its in pastel colours too, very light red, green, maybe pink? Made in the late 90's I think, it looks kinda crappy now. The council cheaped out on a lot of the materials, to save money, I seem to remember it costing half what it initially was going to. Within the first year I think, tiles inside started to break off, coming off the walls altogether or chipping, the steam room caused storage areas behind it to rot, the wave pool was designed for kids, it has, well, wave generator machines that make artifical waves that go through the pool, that was useless to teach children how to swim in, because of its odd shape, I know, I was a swimming instructor for a couple years. During a bad storm, part of the roof over the wave pool ripped right off, it was held down with sand bags during repair. The problems dont stop there, the main pool was meant to not really need chemicals to keep the water clean, or they were to be very slight, so you wouldnt get red eyes, that filtering system never worked, so chlorine had to be dumped in, I need googles when I swim otherwise my eyes get all red and sore. Parts of the floor around the pools would get very slippery, made from tiles, and gritty cement, that felt like sandpaper really, you can grate your feet on it. The hydroslide never worked properly, it was completely made wrong, the tubing was from an old Invercargill pool, I loved that hydroslide, it was in North Invercargill, I didnt get to go often, when I did I loved the hydroslide. It was a big deal. The south Invercargill pool before Splash palace, on Connon Street by Pak n Save, it never had anything fancy like hydroslides. When the kinda dingy south invercargill, and ritzy north invercargill pools shut down, the hydroslide was to go at the new, single Invercargill pool. For some reason, they tubing never was right, and so the fancy recycled hydroslide was slow, very short and boring as hell. At first it was rough inside too, you could get deep marks from joins between tubes. I've seen some hydroslides where you need to have foam mats, like the awesome Nelson hydroslide. If you come off, you get scoured by the rough fiberglass.So, the hydroslide didnt work. The pool needed extra seating, that had to be bolted on to one side of the building years later, it cost a huge amount of money, and the main building had to be extended out over the pavement. A learners pool was eventually made, since the wave pool sucked big time for swimming lessons.Ok, well, my point is, this huge fancy man made building was so amazing when it opened, the opening ceremony was at night, it was on national tv, that lotto break between the big family movie on a Saturday night, about 7:30PM, where the lotto ticket numbers are announced live. I had to be in Dunedin , and watched on TV. It was a big deal, probably the best swimming pool in New Zealand! But, it was rushed through, money was saved wherever possible, and the thing started to fall apart quickly. Now, its dated looking, and I have bad memories about it. While Im picking on Splash Palace, I should probably mention when I first got to go, there were huge lines since it was new, I think we waited literally hours outside in the queue, you dont normally need to wait for ANYTHING in little old Invers. The sun was so hot, it had melted the new bitumen, fun word to say, the black tar kind of car park flooring, what roads are made from. So we got sticky tar all over our feet. Oh, and then theres that time I did the longest distance for school swimming, 1500 metres, the pool is 50 metres, split into two 25 metres lengths, so thats 30 laps there and back. I started off doing it with Chelsea in front of me, she decided not to do the full distance this time, and got out, I stopped too, to see what the problem was, I was told to carry on, so I did alone. It was weird not following someone anymore, the pool felt lonely, very quiet, and nothing to look at. It took me about an hour to do the total distance, I was going very slowly to save energy. I thought my friends would be watching from the side of the pool, cheering me on. So I had that kinda bravery in my head, like im going to get some respect for doing the 1500 Metres. When I actually had done the distance, I thought I had another two laps to go for some reason, I got smacked on the head with a kickboard, SLAP they go when they hit the water, I got hit on the head, bit my lip and hit the wall! It was the crazy old coach guy, telling me time to stop. He said something like "hmmngg good on ya lad hmmmmggaaach burhogh *COUGH*" as I stood up dazed from hitting the poolside with my smacked head. Turns out, my friends were kinda watching, and saying "hes going to stop this lap, no, this lap", placing bets about when I'd give up, not believing in me at all! Bastards! Whats worse, my two best equal friends had only done 50Metres each, thats 100 metres between the two of them! I could have done that when I were 2 years old! Scum!This has turned into quite the Splash Palace episode huh? Ok, so what I was saying before, the pool was all cool and new, it was shiny, and the best pool in the country, it was on national primetime television for an opening by the prime minister, I think. But, within a year or two, it was falling apart, and now ten years on, its kinda shitty looking. What I'm trying to say is, often man made things break down, or go out of fashion quickly. Splash Palace was falling apart after a year or two, cutting edge for 5 years maybe, ten years on it sucks. Compare this to a bird, at the old hospital when we were taking things away, I saw some dead birds inside the old abandoned hospital wards, a sparrow that looked like it was sleeping. Its feathers were all perfect, very clean looking. Perhaps it just starved to death, trapped inside after it climbed in through a leak hole in the roof. It was close to a window, it could have been flying straight into the glass until it killed itself for all I know. I hate when birds do that, its really upsetting. Its kind of like they are in a blender.But even with my gruesome thoughts about how it must have died, it was still so much nicer than all the things around it, this dead animal was so much prettier than any of the bedside cabinets, or the brown paper bags saying "patients belongings", or the metal bedpans old people have crapped in thousands of times. Looking at the pattern of its feathers, it was so perfectly beautiful, in a way that modern colour schemes, fads, fashions, just dont normally live up to. Using the Invercargill swimming pool again, it was dated within ten years, compared to Sparrows that have been the same for hundreds of years, maybe thousands, or even millions, and still look incredibly nice. They're not made out fancy colours like hummingbirds, they cant fly as well as a Dragonfly, and they dont quite have the same appeal as Blackbirds to me, but the dead Sparrow was so much nicer looking than the dead hospital. Just in front is the modern hospital, that was opened 5 years or so ago. Its also plagued with pastel colours, like Splash Palace, theres these painted rectangles on the sides, lavender, light green, light pink, a light blue, a purple I think. Its shitty looking! Absolute bullshit compared to the prettiness of a simple dead bird. Using only three colours, brown, grey and black, the sparrow was so much nicer than the hospital building, with all those awful bright/faded pastel fruit colours.So, I can understand that aspect to the manmade creation haters flying spittle braying, that most buildings that are slabs of concrete, thrown together by tradesmen, they dont last over time! They are ugly compared to natural animals, or even sand dunes, mountains, waves. I totally understand that.BUT, BUT, there are plenty of beautiful man made buildings too, things like Skyscrapers, many of those are just terrrific. My favourite that I can think of would be the Chrysler building, in New York. I like it better than the Empire State Building, The Empire State is taller and more well known, but its a more boring looking shape. The Chrysler looks thinner, its rounded at the top, with shiny steel ornamentation up to the spire. Coming off the building, on corners, are giant Eagles, based on a Chrysler car decoration at the time. The Chrysler Building was started in 1928, and finished in 1930. The Chrysler cars of the time are long gone really, and I dont like ANY american cars generally, but the building is still amazing to look at. To think, very soon Chrysler might be a forgotten name altogether, the way the American Car makers have been since the 1970's. I said to my dad recently, its funny that the only time that Americans made arguably good cars was in the 1950's, and 1960's. When the rest of the world had been at war, getting factories and millions of people blown up, and then struggling to rebuild. As soon as the Japanese and Germans had their shit together again, they kicked america firmly in the butt, I dont think theres ever been an american car as good as a German or Japanese car of the same age. If we think that american car companies got it all wrong in the 1970s, thats when America was all tangled up in Vietnam, while Japan had rebuilt and was designed cars American people wanted. Now in 2009, while America is at war in the middle east, their car companies are begging for more bailouts. Thats a good case for Pacifism if ever I heard one! About buildings, I dont like large crowds, I'm from a city of 50,000 people. If theres a single person at the supermarket counter ahead of me, I consider it a line. If I could have the house of my dreams, I'd actually choose to live underground, somewhat like a hobbit hole. Its apparently very good for the environment, heating costs are basically nothing, its stronger, hence the reason why people were meant to hide in bunkers during the cold war, and its not an eyesore, a grassy hill with a window or two on one side is not going to date that fast, and even if it does, Im sure I can update the window cheaper than most people would spend updating an entire building. To live underground, in a warm and very light home, I think thats great. You could have the entire "roof" of your house for a garden, everyone could have all the fruit trees they needed, there would be no concrete, it would be a paradise.I think a lot of the worlds problems must be caused by overpopulation. Reading from NPG.org, the Negative Population Growth organisation site, advocating smaller american families to reduce the number of people living in America, the worlds population was just 3 billion or less in 1950, we hit 4 billion in 1974, 5 billion in the year I myself were born, 1987, 6 billion around 1999 and we will be at 7 billion around 20 13. There will be, according to NPG.org, 7 billion people in the world, in just 4 years. Four years, and remember, as I record this episode, 2009 is older rather than newer. We were at 3 billion in 1950, 50 years later, the year 2000 we were over 6 billion. We'd doubled in population in 50 years. In another 50 years, NPG.org says we will be at 9 billion. 100 years, 1950 to 2050, and we will have gone from under 3 billion to over 9 billion people. In that time, new oil wont have grown in useful amounts, the earth itself wont have expanded to make more livable space, the oceans havnt become deeper to provide more water....There must be an ideal number, a world population where we are not too hot, not too cold, but just right, so sayth Goldilocks. The website I used for my statistics said america would be better at 1950's numbers, about 150 million Americans instead of 300 million as today. So, lets say the entire world should be what it were in 1950, we would have half the number of people as today, just 3 billion, not six.I dont know about you, but I grew up just living with my mother, 2 people living in the house from what I can remember, I'd live with my dad for a weekend once every two weeks. My whole immediate family is 3 people, and most of the time I only lived with one at a time. I know my family wasnt causing the problem of overpopulation, all 3 of us. My dad grew up with 9 people in his immediate family, thats 3 times more than I had. My mother had 4 people living in her parents house, thats twice what I had. So, if the developed countries, if you count New Zealand as developed with our slow internet access , and Southlands rolled r'ssssssssss, are declining in family size, who is making up the bulk of population growth? Third world countries? China is trying to control its population, one child per family and all that, China will soon go from number one largest country with 1.3 billion, to second behind India, which is currently somewhere around 1 billion, from having less children, and thus less people. To control other third world countries, do we need more disease and famine? Thats awful, shocking to think about, I thought people were suffering and dying nonstop, especially in poor countries, and yet we've doubled in number worldwide in just 50 years. If I wanted to be crazy, I might say this current Swine Flu deal is an American conspiracy to wipe out people worldwide, I wont go into that though. So, if we say that with more people in the world, using more resources, making more pollution to achieve the same level of consumerism as America has had for decades, could that be the main cause of what makes things so bad today? I asked my friend Elizabeth , of NZ Vegan podcast about what she thought about modern life. Elizabeth has lived in New York, Americas largest city, and has many friends from all around the world, so I thought she would have some inspiring things to add to this episodeThank you to Elizabeth for being on my podcast, yo u can find NZ Vegan podcast on iTunes, just search for NZ Vegan and you will see the real, gen u whine NZ Vegan Podcast itself, as well as a few imitators, including some jerk with a Dragonfly for his podcast artwork.I'd like to talk about the power we have now that we have never had before. Computers have given so much freedom, for people to share and talk to each other no matter where they live, or what language they speak. Its given governments and "The Man" the ability to track us, but also more ways to get around the mainstream media too. If I dont like that veganism isnt mentioned on tv, theres no Channel 6, the vegan channel, at least in New Zealand, then I can make my own podcast and talk about it, nobody can block me, well, maybe The Great Firewall of China makes things harder for my Chinese listeners, BUT, even people living in China can somewhat easily get around their government as it tries to crack down on internet access. All it takes is one person to figure something out, and boom, everyone can be told how to do it easily, a program could be made by a very smart person, and a not so sophisticated person could be told "double click this, and you'll bypass the restriction". Adam Curry mentions people linking WIFI together, if all the phone lines went down, in theory at least, people could link all their laptops etc together through wireless connections, just one person with internet access could share it through their computer to others who can wirelessly connect to each other.I dont have a car, I dont smoke, I dont drink alcohol, I dont take drugs, I dont even eat meat. But, take away my computer? Um, thats my one vice, if you consider the greatest invention of mankind a bad thing to use on a daily basis. I always wanted an Apple computer, ever since the Principal at my primary school, St Josephs school on Eye street Invercargill got the school new iMac G3 computers. He was a mac user, and so got the school mac computers. I think each room had an iMac, and there were one or two iBook laptop computers. Some of the teachers hadnt grown up with computers and had to be taught how to use them. I remember the Principal had a top of the line iMac for himself, an iMac DV, the big difference you could tell was that it was not Bondi Blue, or Tangerine in colour, it was see through BLACK. Sure it had a good graphics card inside, but the things I noticed were that it was black, and had an Apple Pro Optical Mouse. I loved that mouse, it was the first Mouse I'd ever seen that used an optical tracking sensor instead of a rubber coated metal ball. I've now collected a few Apple Pro mice, I love the things. Growing up, its not really fair to demand a more expensive computer from your dad but as soon as I made some money of my own, I bought a secondhand PowerBook G4, the cute little 12 inch, and I love it. Its one of the coolest things I've ever seen. I'm recording this podcast on my second Apple computer, a PowerMac G5, and I cherish it every day. The first time I ever saw a G5 in the metal, its made from Aluminium, was in Wellington, the capital of New Zealand, in the north island. I saw it as my dad drove the rental car, and screamed "stop!", it was in a MagnumMac store, where Apple computers are sold. I love all the things I can do with my computers, the information I can find, the things I can release for others worldwide to see, or listen to, its very liberating. My parents grew up in a mostly white country, now in New Zealand there are many more people of all different races, with different languages, different religions. New ideas, new ways of life. Being all one type of people breeds racism I think, people learn from rumours what other people in other countries are supposedly like, they get awful stereotypes. With the internet, or people immigrating to New Zealand , we can all learn from each other the truth. I dont think I've ever had a New Zealand European, otherwise known as "white", best friend. My closest friends are Maori, Pacific Islanders, Half Filipino/Dutch, Thai. My parents grew up only with people from the "Home nations", the british descended people who moved here a hundred years or so ago, there where Irish and Scottish people who had red hair, but basically everyone was fair skinned.I notice the older generations saying things I consider sexist, or racist, if I bring it up, they dont see it the way I do, and think I'm just complaining for the sake of complaining. They also say things wrong, my dad will say "marry" instead of "mah ree" , and doesnt believe we need to pronounce Maori place names the proper Maori way, but that the bastardised white new zealand way of saying them should stay. Known for many years as the Wanganui River, the river's name reverted to Whanganui in 1991, according with the wishes of local iwi, an iwi is sort of a Maori community. Theres recently been a huge debate about changing the name of the city of Wanganui to the correct Whanganui, just putting an 'h' in. The mayor and many of the locals are PISSED OFF about that, I think its the right thing to do. The river was admitted to be spelt wrong, and changed in 91, why not change the city name to be correct? The current, wrongly spelt, signs would be worth a lot, they would be collectable, it would be an interesting story for people living there to talk about to their future grandchildren. "I remember when we were allowed to say wanganui, now we have to say whunga bloody nui because of some bloody minority oooooh". I think the people who dont want to correct the name tend to be older and cant admit they are wrong, they grew up in a different time where white people could choose how other races spelt the words belonging to their own language. As the world becomes more global, as we move to other countries and grow fiber optic links, the world becomes smaller and more integrated.I'll now play a long Stephen Fry clip, he gave this talk in an Apple store, hes as big an Apple advocate as I am! I love basically everything Stephen Fry says and does. In the clip I'll play, he talks about computers liberating people, bringing us all together and how new inventions are always regarded as causing problems, and being bad for you.I love Stephen Fry, yes that was long, but I couldnt cut it down much more, it was from an hour long podcast, I'd love to have played the full hour long clip here.something that gets an unfairly bad reputation is Genetic Engineering. Am I glad we dont have GE food in New Zealand? Yes, I often think that normal consumers dont get benefits from GE food, its more to make it grow faster, and in larger amounts so large companies make money. There are some evil companies like Monsanto who are doing things to GE food to control people in third world nations. Thats far too big to get into in this episode. However, do I have anything against GE itself? No! Of course not! Fire must kill a million people, or more, worldwide each year. Do we ban fire? No, but we regulate it, and teach people how to be safe around it. Do we ban nuclear power plants etc? Dammit, in this crackpot country we do, oh, except for, lets say, X Rays that show how cancer is growing in people, the Nuclear Medicine that kills off the cancer, of the smoke alarms that protect us from another regulated technology, fire. Normal smoke alarms have a nuclear material inside, in a very tiny amount, on my fire alarm it says its "america-ium". Theres a story about a former Eagle Scout who got as many smoke alarms as he could, for the nuclear material, and tried to make a nuclear bomb, or nuclear power plant in a backyard shed, maybe you want to look that up on Google.That was a comment left by H dot Aiku, haiku, on the Secret Diary of Steve Jobs blog.I think GE can help people, sure, its not really any different than breeding dogs with long tails with each other so their puppies have long tails as well. People dont consider that "playing god", but its no different. Its selecting traits we want, so that future offspring have those. Using this on food tends to make it produce more, grow faster, etc. I'm not fond of GE food, I wouldnt eat it if I could choose, but I have nothing against genetic engineering itself.Its mentioned that GE food is needed to feed the world, that we need more food fullstop. Other reports are that we have enough food already, and its wasted. For example, if everyone were vegan, we would need so much less grain and plant food, as currently its fed to animals like cows, to produce big muscles, for big fat steaks. This process uses lots of food, to produce a relatively tiny amount of meat at the end.I saw an awesome comment on Slashdot that I'd like to use. The poster is QuantumG, I dont agree with him about other things, he dissed Macs and the iPhone, and so we are mortal enemies, but hes very right about how modern food is made .I'll read QuantumG's replies to samples from the book Fast Food Nation, which critcised, among many other more shocking things, how artificial flavours are used.Thank you to QuantumG for letting me use a comment he made on slashdot.I could go on forever, but I should end this episode soon.I would like to mention that I care about the environment, it should be looked after, I dont believe in child labour, or out of sight, out of mind policies such as letting China do all the worlds dirty work, while rich countries just get pretty plastic packets packed pefectly on supermarket shelves. I do have hope for the future, not a hundred thousand years from now, but the second after everyone in the world has listened to this episode of my podcast, I hope they will pick themselves up and say "wow, im going to make the world a better place". I believe there must be lots of easy ways to make the world a cleaner, greener place, to reduce pollution while still having a modern lifestyle. The world has never been perfect for everyone at the same time. There will always be people who clean the streets of dog poo, I dont expect President Obama to go door to door washing peoples dishes. I guess thats the class system alive and well, based on who has the most money. But, its not like we moved away from a better system, people moved from hand washing things to washing machines, because it was genuinely better. Could a new and better way of life than what I have come about? I have no doubt it will, and I'm prepared to change as soon as I can.Andy Warhol had a great quote about consumerism."What's great about this country is that America started the tradition where the richest consumers buy essentially the same things as the poorest. You can be watching TV and see Coca Cola, and you know that the President drinks Coca Cola, Liz Taylor drinks Coca Cola, and just think, you can drink Coca Cola, too. A coke is a coke and no amount of money can get you a better coke than the one the bum on the corner is drinking. All the cokes are the same and all the cokes are good. Liz Taylor knows it, the President knows it, the bum knows it, and you know it." I think thats marvellous to think about, no matter how rich you are, you cant drink a better can of coke. I know of purists who only drink coke out of those fancy glass coca cola bottles, but theres not many of them and they get the same product anyway. Wine and other drinks have price ranges, but not coca cola, it has a tremendous brand image, its one of the most well known brands worldwide, and yet is relatively dirt cheap, for everyone. "Quantity has a Quality all of its own", Josef Stalin.Consumerism can fund projects, like going into space. I think its fair to say that one day the earth will be "used up" in a sense, at least maybe we will need to import raw materials from other planets, its not any different to one nation importing resources from another country to me. Japan has bugger all natural resources, no oil or iron ore, but it imports metal that cost $1 to get out of the ground, paying $10 for that, and making it into a Japanese car, and selling it as a product for $100 for every piece of that $1 metal. We can be successful even if we dont have any more of the resources we need on this planet, or if we actually need new materials that were never here in the first place, maybe moon rocks cure cancer, who knows?I dont expect us to get to space in cotton space shuttles, running on sunflower seeds, but biodiesel has lots of potential. I just hope its not made from food crops.Heres a fun quote about space exploration and cost."Space is an unexplored frontier. The fate of the Space Shuttle Columbia reminds us that those who venture beyond the Earth confront real danger. The astronauts themselves have always been mindful of the hazards. I recall attending a lecture given, back in the 1960s, by John Glenn, the first American to go into orbit. A questioner asked him what went through his mind while he was crouched in the rocket nose-cone, awaiting blastoff. He wryly replied " I was thinking that the rocket had twenty thousand components, and each was made by the lowest bidder". Glenn survived to become a US senator, as well as an inspiration to elderly Americans when he ventured into space again, at age 77."Nuclear Power inspires me, basically how the power stations work is that nuclear fuel heats up water to make steam, the steam drives turbines which create electricity. Nuclear plants often seem to purify water, so thats an added bonus, and they always have excess heat, and steam, which is used in many places to heat houses, this is called "co generation". There are other ways to do this, like coal power stations also make the steam, its the same principle as nuclear, just less high tech, and clean! If you have ever wondered why New York has steam coming from manholes in the movies, its because New York has a steam network, steam rushes through pipes and is used both industrially and by people for heat and steam. I didnt know that myself until recently, and now maybe you have actually learnt something from my podcast :)I think that there are many things in the world I dont like, poka music, racists, beef flavoured instant noodles. There are many amazing things too though, things that make life now as good, if not better, than its ever been. We have so many new inventions that help us stay in contact with people overseas, to make new friends in different countries. Things we take for granted would have been taken for magic if we could go back in time and show them off. I dont believe in magic things happening, as Revolver Ocelot said in Metal Gear Solid 2 I was unsure how to end this episode with a positive song, its hard to find contemporary music that is upbeat, every generation has that really, in the 70s there were all the songs against the vietnam war etc. Happy modern music I could think of was all about consumerism, "I drinks de cognac in tha club and smacks my "female dog" in the eye", not very appropriate for my positive view of consumerism!Instead, I'll end with a clip about the distant future, the year 2000, from some fellow New Zealanders, the Flight of the Conchords with the song Robots.You can find the script for this episode, as well as downloads for every episode of Jay Wont darts podcast at jaywontdart.blogspot.comIf you want to contact me, even just to say you listened, send an email to jaywontdart@gmail.com, j a y w o n t d a r t @ gmail.com, I'd appreciate it.Have a super happy day, bye.Sources=======World Population figureshttp://www.npg.org/facts/world_pop_year.htmastronaut, lowest bidderhttp://www.firstscience.com/home/articles/space/men-in-space_1468.html

Episode Seven “Johnny: A Story of Valor and Courage - Side A” The following takes place between the events of Metal Gear Solid 1 and Metal Gear Solid 2. Since the early 1990s, the politics of the archipelago have been marked by repeated clashes between two political parties, the Chama Cha Mapinduzi (CCM) and the Civic United Front (CUF). Contested elections in late 2000 led to a massacre in Zanzibar in January 2001, with the government shooting into crowds of protesters, killing 35 and injuring 600. Violence erupted again in 2005 after another contested election, with the CUF again claiming its rightful victory had been stolen from them. Its is rumored that a highly sensitive material involving the "KGB" was partially the cause for this events. CAST Rod Pool………………………Solid Snake …………………………………..Revolver Ocelot …………………………………..Soldier 2 ............................................Extras Mandi Nittinger……………..Meryl Silverburgh Bradford Guisinger………………Johnny Thomas Clagett.......................Logan Written and Produced by Rodrigo Pool

The following takes place short after the events that preceded Code Name: "Shadow Moses" Solid Snake, Hal Emmerich and Meryl Silberburgh are being pursued by an elite organization known as the KGB. Lead by FOXHOUND's Revolver Ocelot. Introducing the voice talents of: Jamaal "Jay" Ephriam as Revolver Ocelot and Soldier#3 and Bradford Guisinger as Soldier#4 CAST Rod Pool...........................Solid Snake .........................................Soldier#1 .........................................Soldier#2 .........................................Otacon Mandi Nittinger.................Meryl Silverburgh Jamaal "Jay" Ephriam..........Revolver Ocelot ..........................................Soldier#3 Bradford Guisinger............HQ .........................................Soldier#4 Written and Produced by Rodrigo Pool