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News Snake Plissken Actor Explains Why He Never Played Iroquois Plisken in Metal Gear Solid

Will the real Solid Snake please stand up?

Kurt Russell, the legendary action movie star of Escape From New York fame, made a huge impression on a young Hideo Kojima. So much so that the auteur game designer's most iconic character, Solid Snake, is essentially a walking homage to Russell's character in the 1981 classic, the iconic Snake Plissken...

• Wed 31st Jan 2024
• Konami
• Metal Gear Solid

Random Have Solid Snake Stare at You with This Terrifying Life-Size Bust

Snake it real

Ever wanted to feel like Solid Snake, in all of his grizzled glory, is watching you from the corner of a room? Well, your dreams are about to come true. As reported by Famitsu, model-making company First 4 Figures has announced a life-size bust of the legend himself, and its icy, borderline psychotic stare is frankly terrifying. Did...

• Fri 9th Sep 2022
• Konami
• PS1
• Metal Gear Solid

Weirdness Snake, Roy Campbell, and Psycho Mantis Are, Er, Promoting Ford Cars

Vehicles to surpass metal gear

There's the odd ad every now and then where video game publishers will unite with companies to advertise something that never fails to surprise. Among many examples, Konami is no stranger to this with the Metal Gear franchise by promoting Doritos and a Japanese energy drink. Nintendo has even teamed up with...

• Sat 9th Apr 2016
• Konami
• Metal Gear Solid
• Advertising
• Marketing
• Weirdness

News Konami's Going to Love This Metal Gear Solid Fan Remake

Snake! Snake! Snaaake!

Konami loves nothing more than a consultation with its legal team, and we suspect that the nefarious publisher will be huddled around a boardroom table right now pondering how it can shut down Shadow Moses, a fan remake of the original Metal Gear Solid game. The hobbyist upgrade's being helmed by Airam Hernandez in Unreal...

• Mon 18th Jan 2016
• Konami
• PSone
• Metal Gear Solid
• Culture